1973 VFL Season Round 20: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1973 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round twenty of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts. Geoff Ainsworth captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

North Melbourne (9.10.64) defeated Geelong (7.6.48).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 18 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 11,121

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 9.10.64 - 7.6.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 3 7 . 3 9 . 8 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Geelong 2 . 1 5 . 4 5 . 4 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
Margin GEEL by 4 NMLB by 11 NMLB by 28 NMLB by 16 NMLB by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Ron Barassi

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 6 0 2 1
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 2 7
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 2 24 21 3 2 1 1 3
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 3
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 4 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 5 0 2 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 18 3 6
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 3 26 24 2 7 0 3 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 1 4
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 5 5 1 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 2 3 16 10 6 4 1 4 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 2
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 3 3
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 4 0 1 7
5 Rantall, John ? ? 1 1 20 18 2 4 0 7 3
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 7 1 0 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 3 1 15 12 3 5 0 3 5
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 10 293 238 55 80 26 39 53

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 2 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 0 19 13 6 12 1 0 2
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 0 2 21 18 3 3 0 4 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 1 0 4 1
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 1 0 3 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 3 2
9 Mayne, Terry ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 6 0 1 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 1 0 3 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 38 31 7 8 0 6 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 2 18 14 4 11 9 2 5
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 8 10 3 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 3 0 17 15 2 4 0 6 6
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 3 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 1 0 3 4
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 3 0 4 2
38 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 8 5 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 6 295 239 56 73 28 53 39

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s