1973 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Collingwood v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 1973 between Collingwood and Carlton in the second semi final of the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Collingwood (12.15.87) were defeated by Carlton (15.17.107).

Match Details

Season: 1973 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Collingwood v Carlton
Date: Saturday 15 September 1973
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 60,072

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Carlton
Score: 12.15.87 - 15.17.107

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 8 5 . 9 9 . 14 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
Carlton 1 . 6 6 . 11 9 . 12 15 . 17 15 . 17 (107)
Margin COLL by 20 CARL by 8 COLL by 2 CARL by 20 CARL by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Neil Mann

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: John Nicholls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 4
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 3 0 0 2
53 Beck, Greg ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
4 Bisset, George ? ? 3 2 16 15 1 3 0 2 1
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 2 1
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 27 24 3 12 0 2 3
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 10 0 1 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 1 0 1 1
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 4 0 1 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 3 2 1 3
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 8 3 0 4
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 2 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 5 0 2 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 1
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 0 0 0 0
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 3 14 12 2 2 2 1 3
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 0 22 20 2 5 0 5 3
24 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 4 2
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 3 18 10 8 7 24 1 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 2 24 13 11 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 15 280 211 69 74 31 28 36

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 2 28 26 2 4 0 3 3
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 0 2
26 Byrne, Ray ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 0 0 0 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 2
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 0 1 3
23 Davis, Craig ? ? 4 1 15 14 1 8 0 2 1
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 6 0 2 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 3 1 0 3
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 11 16 3 0
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 0 0 0 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 3 1 13 12 1 7 4 3 4
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 3 1 7 4 3 4 2 0 0
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 0 0
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 3 0 2 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 3 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 6 1
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 1 2 13 12 1 2 0 5 4
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 3 5 24 23 1 7 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 17 300 240 60 76 23 35 28

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