1973 VFL Season: South Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results of South Melbourne for the 1973 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in twelfth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1973 VFL Season
Team:
South Melbourne
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
12th (W-D-L: 4-0-18, P%: 79.0)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aanensen, Vic | #2 | 18 | 14 | R01, R06-22 |
| Ball, Ray | #31 | 16 | 0 | R02, R08-22 |
| Baskin, Keith | #4 | 4 | 5 | R04, R06-08 |
| Bedford, Peter | #11 | 19 | 52 | R01-08, R12-22 |
| Beecroft, Barry | #8 | 20 | 1 | R01-07, R09-11, R13-22 |
| Brice, Gary | #7 | 14 | 10 | R07-10, R13-22 |
| Brown, Peter | #32 | 10 | 1 | R01-06, R11-12, R21-22 |
| Cook, Russell | #17 | 17 | 7 | R01-05, R10-12, R14-22 |
| Craighead, Geoff | #30 | 7 | 0 | R02-04, R08, R10-11, R22 |
| Davis, Bruce | #18 | 13 | 4 | R01-10, R13-14, R19 |
| Dempster, Graham | #45 | 11 | 0 | R01-03, R13, R15-16, R18-22 |
| Doyle, Robert | #28 | 20 | 8 | R01-09, R12-22 |
| Ewin, Wayne | #43 | 6 | 1 | R07-12 |
| Gleeson, Reg | #27 | 21 | 0 | R01-04, R06-22 |
| Goss, Norm | #12 | 22 | 20 | R01-22 |
| Gull, Stewart | #34 | 14 | 29 | R09-22 |
| Harley, Gary | #44 | 2 | 0 | R13, R19 |
| Hodges, Russ | #47 | 2 | 0 | R11-12 |
| Hoffman, Steve | #26 | 19 | 22 | R01-06, R08, R11-22 |
| Lambert, Greg | #33 | 18 | 4 | R02-06, R09-17, R19-22 |
| McAuliffe, Haydn | #25 | 14 | 6 | R01, R03-10, R14-18 |
| McKew, Shane | #35 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| McLeish, David | #29 | 16 | 0 | R03-18 |
| Miller, Greg | #5 | 5 | 0 | R01-05 |
| Moore, Eric | #22 | 7 | 9 | R01-04, R07-09 |
| Murphy, John | #6 | 6 | 0 | R01-03, R05-07 |
| Norris, Michael | #39 | 2 | 0 | R07, R21 |
| Obudzinski, Ted | #38 | 2 | 0 | R08-09 |
| Pitura, John | #21 | 19 | 29 | R01-05, R07-20 |
| Prentice, Jim | #19 | 22 | 27 | R01-22 |
| Quade, Ricky | #16 | 15 | 14 | R04-06, R10-20, R22 |
| Stibbard, Neville | #41 | 10 | 7 | R05-06, R10-12, R17-18, R20-22 |
| Stibbard, Robert | #42 | 6 | 1 | R05-07, R09, R20-21 |
| Thomson, Ian | #20 | 20 | 2 | R01-02, R05-22 |
| Woodman, Brian | #10 | 22 | 0 | R01-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John, Graeme | 22 | 4 | -0- | 18 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/04/1973 | Round 1 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 76 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 14/04/1973 | Round 2 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 37 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 23/04/1973 | Round 3 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 17 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 28/04/1973 | Round 4 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 32 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 05/05/1973 | Round 5 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 28 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 12/05/1973 | Round 6 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 44 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 19/05/1973 | Round 7 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 29 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 26/05/1973 | Round 8 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 79 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 04/06/1973 | Round 9 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 47 | Graeme John | unknown |
| 09/06/1973 | Round 10 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 30 | Graeme John | unknown |
| 16/06/1973 | Round 11 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 43 | Graeme John | unknown |
| 23/06/1973 | Round 12 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 22 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 30/06/1973 | Round 13 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 29 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 07/07/1973 | Round 14 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 45 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 14/07/1973 | Round 15 | Footscray | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 62 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 21/07/1973 | Round 16 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 7 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 28/07/1973 | Round 17 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 39 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 04/08/1973 | Round 18 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 8 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 11/08/1973 | Round 19 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 57 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 18/08/1973 | Round 20 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 4 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 25/08/1973 | Round 21 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 49 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 01/09/1973 | Round 22 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 37 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.