1973 VFL Season Round 21: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1973 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Richmond (22.11.143) defeated South Melbourne (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 August 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,307

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 22.11.143 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 5 13 . 7 17 . 8 22 . 11 22 . 11 (143)
South Melbourne 4 . 5 7 . 6 11 . 12 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin RICH by 6 RICH by 37 RICH by 32 RICH by 49 RICH by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 3 0 8 4 4 2 2 0 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 0 29 28 1 0 0 2 3
27 Carter, Noel ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 4 1
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 0
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 4 2 19 16 3 6 0 4 4
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 1 1 22 21 1 9 0 6 2
34 Jackson, Francis ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 0 0 1
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 4 1
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 0 3
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 8 17 3 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 8 1 14 12 2 4 0 2 3
46 Nalder, Bill ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 3 1 2
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 4
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 16 1 5
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 0 0 2 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 3 16 12 4 4 1 2 3
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 1 1 24 17 7 5 0 1 3
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 8 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 22 11 282 217 65 70 39 33 41

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 4 3 1
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 1
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 6 4 20 12 8 7 0 0 3
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 1 1 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 3 24 18 6 2 0 2 2
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 0 1 6 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 4 5 4 2
45 Dempster, Graham ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 5 0 2 2
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 1 2 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 5 4
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 2 29 26 3 6 0 5 2
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 1 2 16 12 4 6 1 2 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 3 0 0 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 1 29 24 5 7 0 3 0
39 Norris, Michael ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 1 3 23 19 4 9 0 1 1
41 Stibbard, Neville ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 1 0 0 4
42 Stibbard, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 7 0 1 3
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 17 4 13 3 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 16 316 227 89 71 13 41 33

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