1973 VFL Season Round 22: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1973 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Barry Davis captained the hosts. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

North Melbourne (11.5.71) defeated Melbourne (9.12.66).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 September 1973
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 9,411

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 11.5.71 - 9.12.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 2 6 . 3 10 . 5 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
Melbourne 3 . 1 6 . 3 7 . 4 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
Margin NMLB by 7 level NMLB by 19 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Ron Barassi

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 7 0 4 1
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 4 5
49 Craig, David ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 2 1 22 19 3 2 0 4 3
23 Dench, David ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 6 0 1 2
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 1 0 2 4
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 2 2 20 14 6 9 22 1 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 0 24 19 5 4 0 6 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 2 0 4 3
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 1 14 6 8 2 2 2 2
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 9 0 4
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 1 2
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 2 0 21 18 3 1 1 3 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 3 5 3
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 2 1 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 0 20 11 9 5 0 1 6
37 Stilo, Michael ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 1 9 4 5 1 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 5 287 223 64 54 39 44 48

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 2 25 24 1 10 0 3 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 1 3 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 0 2 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 0 25 20 5 3 0 2 3
54 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 4
5 Clennett, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 4 9 1 1
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 1 4 2
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 1 10 1 1
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 4 0 4 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 0 2 3
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 2 3
45 MacDonald, Greg ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 2 0 9 8 1 3 1 2 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 1 0 2 2
22 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 1 1 11 11 0 0 0 5 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 3 0 6 2
36 Swan, Glenn ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 3
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 4
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 2 32 31 1 5 0 6 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 12 251 222 29 51 26 48 44

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