1973 VFL Season Round 21: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1973 between Geelong and Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Geoff Ainsworth captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Farmer and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Geelong (17.11.113) defeated Melbourne (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,489

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 17.11.113 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 7 . 7 13 . 8 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Melbourne 6 . 4 9 . 6 11 . 9 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 11 GEEL by 11 GEEL by 15 GEEL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Geoff Ainsworth
Coach: Graham Farmer

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff (c) ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 10 0 1 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 4 1 18 14 4 6 0 1 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 1 1 33 31 2 9 0 4 0
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 7 0 3 3
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 0
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 3 0 2 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 2 0 11 10 1 5 0 4 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 3 0 3 2
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 2 0 1 0
9 Mayne, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 4 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 3 20 19 1 4 0 5 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 3 0 12 10 2 4 2 1 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 9 12 2 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 2 14 13 1 2 0 2 5
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 4 2 14 12 2 6 0 4 2
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
38 Yates, Warwick ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 6 4 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 11 285 253 32 87 18 41 26

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 2 29 24 5 13 0 2 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 2 5
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 1 1
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 4 1 8 6 2 3 0 1 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 1 20 17 3 1 0 1 1
54 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 2 0 3 3
5 Clennett, John ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 1
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 2 0 1 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 7 22 1 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 1 2 5 5 0 1 3 1 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 6 0 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 0 1 4
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 4
45 MacDonald, Greg ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 0 0 1 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 2 1 19 15 4 9 4 4 3
22 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 0 5
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 1 2 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 29 26 3 4 0 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 14 272 224 48 76 30 26 41

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