1973 VFL Season Semi Final 1: Richmond v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 1973 between Richmond and St Kilda in the first semi final of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. Stuart Trott captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Richmond (15.18.108) defeated St Kilda (9.14.68).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: Richmond v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 15 September 1973
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 86,483

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. St Kilda
Score: 15.18.108 - 9.14.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 6 6 . 11 9 . 15 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
St Kilda 1 . 5 3 . 8 8 . 14 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Margin RICH by 7 RICH by 21 RICH by 7 RICH by 40 RICH by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

St Kilda

Captain: Stuart Trott
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 0 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 2 5 36 33 3 4 0 0 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 1 1
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 2
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 3 0
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 8 13 1 2
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 2 4 25 19 6 7 0 2 0
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 1 1
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 0 3 2
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 3 0 3 3
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 0 2
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 2 0 21 14 7 0 0 2 6
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 1 0 10 6 4 5 15 0 4
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 3 3
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 3 31 24 7 0 0 3 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 1 1 20 18 2 2 0 1 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 6 0 5 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 3 0 5 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 18 293 231 62 62 28 35 42

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 7 0 2 3
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 3 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 3 13 11 2 5 0 1 5
28 Corner, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 2 23 17 6 3 0 6 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 3 17 11 6 8 0 2 2
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 3 8 2 0
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 4 0 1 0
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 3 0
26 Manzie, John ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 1 0 0 2
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 2 0 10 9 1 0 0 2 0
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 4 9 2 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 3 1
32 Perovic, Val ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 6 0 2 7
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 0 4 1
30 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 4 1
22 Stephens, John ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 1 0 2 0
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 4 0 1 1
7 Trott, Stuart (c) ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 5
27 Young, George ? ? 1 3 10 8 2 2 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 14 270 227 43 72 17 42 35

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