1973 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1973 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Richmond Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Richmond Reserves were the premiers, with Col Saddington as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1973 VFLR Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Reserves Princes Park Keith McKenzie
Collingwood Reserves Victoria Park Ron Richards
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill
Fitzroy Reserves Junction Oval
Footscray Reserves Western Oval
Geelong Reserves Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Reserves Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne Reserves MCG Bernie Massey
North Melbourne Reserves Arden Street Oval
Richmond Reserves MCG Col Saddington
South Melbourne Reserves Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Reserves Moorabbin Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Richmond Reserves
Runners-Up: Geelong Reserves
Minor Premiers: Richmond Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Richmond Reserves 1st 19 -0- 3 76 156.8% 2,724 1,737 394 360 245 267
Essendon Reserves 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 125.2% 2,262 1,806 328 294 256 270
Geelong Reserves 3rd 14 -1- 7 58 119.2% 2,348 1,969 334 344 278 301
Carlton Reserves 4th 14 -0- 8 56 118.1% 2,207 1,869 313 329 262 297
Footscray Reserves 5th 11 -1- 10 46 98.5% 2,060 2,092 292 308 297 310
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 10 -0- 12 40 100.9% 2,190 2,171 318 282 308 323
Melbourne Reserves 7th 9 -1- 12 38 92.6% 1,876 2,026 262 304 285 316
Collingwood Reserves 8th 9 -0- 13 36 91.0% 2,094 2,302 292 342 333 304
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 9 -0- 13 36 87.9% 2,076 2,362 299 282 341 316
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 7 -1- 14 30 88.7% 1,965 2,216 285 255 315 326
St Kilda Reserves 11th 7 -0- 15 28 89.4% 1,813 2,028 255 283 293 270
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 5 -0- 17 20 62.2% 1,706 2,743 241 260 400 343

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Richmond Reserves 1st Premiers
Geelong Reserves 2nd Runners-Up
Footscray Reserves 3rd Defeated by Geelong Reserves (Preliminary Final)
Essendon Reserves 4th Defeated by Footscray Reserves (Semi Final)
Carlton Reserves 5th Defeated by Footscray Reserves (Elimination Final)
Hawthorn Reserves 6th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne Reserves 7th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood Reserves 8th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy Reserves 9th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne Reserves 10th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda Reserves 11th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne Reserves 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/04/1973 Collingwood (R) v South Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 120 - 74
SAT 07/04/1973 Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) Windy Hill 118 - 92
SAT 07/04/1973 Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R) Junction Oval 131 - 115
SAT 07/04/1973 Geelong (R) v Carlton (R) Kardinia Park 123 - 106
SAT 07/04/1973 Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 79 - 58
SAT 07/04/1973 North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Arden Street Oval 72 - 111

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Reserves 1st 1 -0- 0 4 162.2% 120 74
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 154.2% 111 72
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 136.2% 79 58
Essendon Reserves 4th 1 -0- 0 4 128.3% 118 92
Geelong Reserves 5th 1 -0- 0 4 116.0% 123 106
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 1 -0- 0 4 113.9% 131 115
Footscray Reserves 7th 0 -0- 1 0 87.8% 115 131
Carlton Reserves 8th 0 -0- 1 0 86.2% 106 123
Richmond Reserves 9th 0 -0- 1 0 78.0% 92 118
St Kilda Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 73.4% 58 79
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 1 0 64.9% 72 111
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 1 0 61.7% 74 120

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/04/1973 Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 100 - 91
SAT 14/04/1973 Footscray (R) v Collingwood (R) Western Oval 92 - 106
SAT 14/04/1973 Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 77 - 118
SAT 14/04/1973 Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 101 - 120
SAT 14/04/1973 South Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Lakeside Oval 91 - 137
SAT 14/04/1973 St Kilda (R) v Fitzroy (R) Moorabbin Oval 88 - 89

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 2 -0- 0 8 145.9% 197 135
Essendon Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 139.3% 255 183
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 136.1% 226 166
Geelong Reserves 4th 2 -0- 0 8 117.4% 243 207
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 2 -0- 0 8 108.4% 220 203
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 1 -0- 1 4 98.9% 188 190
Carlton Reserves 7th 1 -0- 1 4 96.3% 206 214
Footscray Reserves 8th 0 -0- 2 0 87.3% 207 237
St Kilda Reserves 9th 0 -0- 2 0 86.9% 146 168
Richmond Reserves 10th 0 -0- 2 0 81.1% 193 238
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 2 0 77.3% 163 211
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 0 64.2% 165 257

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1973 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Victoria Park 106 - 115
SAT 21/04/1973 North Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Arden Street Oval 151 - 118
SAT 21/04/1973 St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R) Moorabbin Oval 87 - 81
MON 23/04/1973 Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 87 - 92
MON 23/04/1973 Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 116 - 75
MON 23/04/1973 South Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Lakeside Oval 106 - 87

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 3 -0- 0 12 149.0% 313 210
Essendon Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 128.5% 347 270
Geelong Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 114.4% 358 313
Collingwood Reserves 4th 2 -0- 1 8 118.1% 332 281
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 2 -0- 1 8 95.5% 338 354
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 1 -0- 2 4 97.5% 275 282
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 1 -0- 2 4 95.4% 314 329
St Kilda Reserves 8th 1 -0- 2 4 93.6% 233 249
Carlton Reserves 9th 1 -0- 2 4 85.2% 281 330
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 1 -0- 2 4 78.8% 271 344
Footscray Reserves 11th 0 -0- 3 0 85.7% 294 343
Richmond Reserves 12th 0 -0- 3 0 84.3% 274 325

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/04/1973 Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 93 - 118
SAT 28/04/1973 Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 80 - 121
SAT 28/04/1973 Footscray (R) v Essendon (R) Western Oval 60 - 121
SAT 28/04/1973 Geelong (R) v South Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 116 - 68
SAT 28/04/1973 Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 134 - 94
SAT 28/04/1973 St Kilda (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 72 - 81

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 4 -0- 0 16 149.7% 434 290
Essendon Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 141.8% 468 330
Geelong Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 0 16 124.4% 474 381
Collingwood Reserves 4th 3 -0- 1 12 117.0% 413 353
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 2 -0- 2 8 104.8% 393 375
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 2 -0- 2 8 88.0% 418 475
Richmond Reserves 7th 1 -0- 3 4 97.4% 408 419
St Kilda Reserves 8th 1 -0- 3 4 92.4% 305 330
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 1 -0- 3 4 88.1% 408 463
Carlton Reserves 10th 1 -0- 3 4 83.5% 374 448
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 1 -0- 3 4 73.7% 339 460
Footscray Reserves 12th 0 -0- 4 0 76.3% 354 464

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1973 Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 117 - 66
SAT 05/05/1973 Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) Windy Hill 116 - 112
SAT 05/05/1973 Hawthorn (R) v Footscray (R) Glenferrie Oval 101 - 124
SAT 05/05/1973 Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 111 - 143
SAT 05/05/1973 North Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Arden Street Oval 69 - 121
SAT 05/05/1973 South Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Lakeside Oval 63 - 106

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 5 -0- 0 20 132.1% 584 442
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 126.5% 534 422
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 125.9% 545 433
Geelong Reserves 4th 4 -0- 1 16 117.9% 586 497
St Kilda Reserves 5th 2 -0- 3 8 104.6% 411 393
Richmond Reserves 6th 2 -0- 3 8 104.0% 551 530
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 2 -0- 3 8 99.0% 494 499
Carlton Reserves 8th 2 -0- 3 8 95.5% 491 514
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 2 -0- 3 8 81.8% 484 592
Footscray Reserves 10th 1 -0- 4 4 84.6% 478 565
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 1 -0- 4 4 81.7% 477 584
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 4 4 71.0% 402 566

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1973 Collingwood (R) v Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 91 - 133
SAT 12/05/1973 Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) Junction Oval 137 - 111
SAT 12/05/1973 Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) Kardinia Park 91 - 102
SAT 12/05/1973 North Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) VFL Park 104 - 113
SAT 12/05/1973 Richmond (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 115 - 104
SAT 12/05/1973 St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R) Moorabbin Oval 132 - 71

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 5 -0- 1 20 129.4% 678 524
Essendon Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 114.1% 655 574
Geelong Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 113.0% 677 599
Collingwood Reserves 4th 4 -0- 2 16 112.6% 625 555
St Kilda Reserves 5th 3 -0- 3 12 117.0% 543 464
Richmond Reserves 6th 3 -0- 3 12 105.0% 666 634
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 3 -0- 3 12 88.3% 621 703
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 2 -0- 4 8 95.1% 605 636
Carlton Reserves 9th 2 -0- 4 8 94.6% 595 629
Footscray Reserves 10th 2 -0- 4 8 88.4% 580 656
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 4 8 76.9% 515 670
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 5 4 83.4% 581 697

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1973 Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 113 - 69
SAT 19/05/1973 Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 97 - 67
SAT 19/05/1973 Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 54 - 131
SAT 19/05/1973 Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R) Western Oval 82 - 87
SAT 19/05/1973 Hawthorn (R) v Geelong (R) Glenferrie Oval 129 - 122
SAT 19/05/1973 Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 139 - 107

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 6 -0- 1 24 129.5% 817 631
Essendon Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 117.3% 752 641
Richmond Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 115.8% 797 688
St Kilda Reserves 4th 4 -0- 3 16 115.4% 630 546
Geelong Reserves 5th 4 -0- 3 16 109.8% 799 728
Collingwood Reserves 6th 4 -0- 3 16 103.9% 694 668
Carlton Reserves 7th 3 -0- 4 12 101.4% 708 698
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 3 -0- 4 12 96.8% 734 758
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 3 -0- 4 12 80.9% 675 834
Footscray Reserves 10th 2 -0- 5 8 89.1% 662 743
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 5 8 76.9% 622 809
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 6 4 81.6% 648 794

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1973 Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) Victoria Park 90 - 149
SAT 26/05/1973 Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 79 - 96
SAT 26/05/1973 North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Arden Street Oval 103 - 103
SAT 26/05/1973 Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 136 - 79
SAT 26/05/1973 South Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Lakeside Oval 72 - 131
SAT 26/05/1973 St Kilda (R) v Geelong (R) Moorabbin Oval 61 - 99

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 7 -0- 1 28 117.8% 848 720
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 123.2% 896 727
Richmond Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 121.6% 933 767
Geelong Reserves 4th 5 -0- 3 20 113.8% 898 789
Carlton Reserves 5th 4 -0- 4 16 109.0% 839 770
St Kilda Reserves 6th 4 -0- 4 16 107.1% 691 645
Collingwood Reserves 7th 4 -0- 4 16 96.0% 784 817
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 4 -0- 4 16 89.2% 824 924
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 3 -0- 5 12 90.9% 813 894
Footscray Reserves 10th 2 -1- 5 10 90.4% 765 846
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 6 8 73.8% 694 940
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -1- 6 6 83.7% 751 897

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 04/06/1973 Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 92 - 30
MON 04/06/1973 Fitzroy (R) v South Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 82 - 104
MON 04/06/1973 Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) Western Oval 74 - 73
MON 04/06/1973 Geelong (R) v North Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 98 - 87
MON 04/06/1973 Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 112 - 46
MON 04/06/1973 St Kilda (R) v Hawthorn (R) Moorabbin Oval 85 - 58

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 7 -0- 2 28 108.1% 878 812
Richmond Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 128.5% 1,045 813
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 121.0% 969 801
Geelong Reserves 4th 6 -0- 3 24 113.7% 996 876
Carlton Reserves 5th 5 -0- 4 20 116.4% 931 800
St Kilda Reserves 6th 5 -0- 4 20 110.4% 776 703
Collingwood Reserves 7th 4 -0- 5 16 89.3% 830 929
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 4 -0- 5 16 88.1% 906 1,028
Footscray Reserves 9th 3 -1- 5 14 91.3% 839 919
Hawthorn Reserves 10th 3 -0- 6 12 89.0% 871 979
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 6 12 78.1% 798 1,022
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -1- 7 6 84.2% 838 995

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1973 Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 108 - 63
SAT 09/06/1973 Essendon (R) v Fitzroy (R) Windy Hill 130 - 105
SAT 09/06/1973 Hawthorn (R) v Collingwood (R) Glenferrie Oval 93 - 105
SAT 09/06/1973 Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 87 - 102
SAT 09/06/1973 North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Arden Street Oval 85 - 81
SAT 09/06/1973 South Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Lakeside Oval 71 - 98

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 8 -0- 2 32 109.9% 1,008 917
Richmond Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 129.3% 1,143 884
Geelong Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 114.0% 1,098 963
Carlton Reserves 4th 6 -0- 4 24 120.4% 1,039 863
Melbourne Reserves 5th 6 -0- 4 24 116.9% 1,056 903
St Kilda Reserves 6th 5 -0- 5 20 108.8% 857 788
Collingwood Reserves 7th 5 -0- 5 20 91.5% 935 1,022
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 4 -0- 6 16 87.3% 1,011 1,158
Footscray Reserves 9th 3 -1- 6 14 87.8% 902 1,027
Hawthorn Reserves 10th 3 -0- 7 12 88.9% 964 1,084
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 7 12 77.6% 869 1,120
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 2 -1- 7 10 85.8% 923 1,076

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1973 Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R) Victoria Park 101 - 119
SAT 16/06/1973 Footscray (R) v Richmond (R) Western Oval 78 - 127
SAT 16/06/1973 Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R) Kardinia Park 125 - 60
SAT 16/06/1973 Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 95 - 56
SAT 16/06/1973 South Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 79 - 140
SAT 16/06/1973 St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R) Moorabbin Oval 99 - 75

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 9 -0- 2 36 110.7% 1,127 1,018
Richmond Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 132.0% 1,270 962
Geelong Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 119.6% 1,223 1,023
Melbourne Reserves 4th 7 -0- 4 28 120.0% 1,151 959
Carlton Reserves 5th 6 -0- 5 24 115.8% 1,114 962
St Kilda Reserves 6th 6 -0- 5 24 110.8% 956 863
Collingwood Reserves 7th 5 -0- 6 20 90.8% 1,036 1,141
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 4 -0- 7 16 94.9% 1,104 1,163
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 4 -0- 7 16 83.5% 1,071 1,283
Footscray Reserves 10th 3 -1- 7 14 84.9% 980 1,154
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 8 12 75.2% 948 1,260
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 2 -1- 8 10 83.6% 979 1,171

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1973 Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 65 - 64
SAT 23/06/1973 Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 105 - 81
SAT 23/06/1973 Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 93 - 69
SAT 23/06/1973 Richmond (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 96 - 75
SAT 23/06/1973 South Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Lakeside Oval 111 - 89
SAT 23/06/1973 St Kilda (R) v Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 54 - 57

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 9 -0- 3 36 131.7% 1,366 1,037
Essendon Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 107.9% 1,202 1,114
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 119.2% 1,208 1,013
Geelong Reserves 4th 8 -0- 4 32 118.3% 1,287 1,088
Carlton Reserves 5th 7 -0- 5 28 114.9% 1,179 1,026
St Kilda Reserves 6th 6 -0- 6 24 109.8% 1,010 920
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 5 -0- 7 20 97.2% 1,197 1,232
Collingwood Reserves 8th 5 -0- 7 20 89.9% 1,125 1,252
Footscray Reserves 9th 4 -1- 7 18 87.9% 1,085 1,235
Fitzroy Reserves 10th 4 -0- 8 16 83.0% 1,152 1,388
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 4 -0- 8 16 78.5% 1,059 1,349
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 2 -1- 9 10 82.9% 1,048 1,264

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1973 Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) Victoria Park 122 - 85
SAT 30/06/1973 Essendon (R) v South Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 154 - 49
SAT 30/06/1973 Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R) Junction Oval 119 - 97
SAT 30/06/1973 Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 103 - 130
SAT 30/06/1973 Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 92 - 118
SAT 30/06/1973 North Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Arden Street Oval 101 - 134

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 10 -0- 3 40 131.2% 1,496 1,140
Essendon Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 116.6% 1,356 1,163
Carlton Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 116.5% 1,313 1,127
Melbourne Reserves 4th 8 -0- 5 32 114.9% 1,300 1,131
Geelong Reserves 5th 8 -0- 5 32 114.1% 1,390 1,218
St Kilda Reserves 6th 6 -0- 7 24 106.5% 1,107 1,039
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 6 -0- 7 24 99.3% 1,315 1,324
Collingwood Reserves 8th 6 -0- 7 24 93.3% 1,247 1,337
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 5 -0- 8 20 85.6% 1,271 1,485
Footscray Reserves 10th 4 -1- 8 18 86.2% 1,170 1,357
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 4 -0- 9 16 73.7% 1,108 1,503
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 2 -1- 10 10 82.2% 1,149 1,398

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1973 Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) Victoria Park 129 - 47
SAT 07/07/1973 Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 67 - 87
SAT 07/07/1973 Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R) Glenferrie Oval 118 - 72
SAT 07/07/1973 Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 44 - 80
SAT 07/07/1973 North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Arden Street Oval 74 - 132
SAT 07/07/1973 South Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Lakeside Oval 53 - 172

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 11 -0- 3 44 134.1% 1,628 1,214
Essendon Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 113.8% 1,423 1,250
Geelong Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 122.9% 1,562 1,271
Carlton Reserves 4th 8 -0- 6 32 111.2% 1,385 1,245
Melbourne Reserves 5th 8 -0- 6 32 111.0% 1,344 1,211
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 7 -0- 7 28 102.7% 1,433 1,396
Collingwood Reserves 7th 7 -0- 7 28 99.4% 1,376 1,384
St Kilda Reserves 8th 6 -0- 8 24 98.8% 1,154 1,168
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 6 -0- 8 24 88.4% 1,351 1,529
Footscray Reserves 10th 5 -1- 8 22 88.3% 1,257 1,424
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 4 -0- 10 16 69.3% 1,161 1,675
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 2 -1- 11 10 79.9% 1,223 1,530

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1973 Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 97 - 34
SAT 14/07/1973 Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) Windy Hill 113 - 44
SAT 14/07/1973 Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 93 - 114
SAT 14/07/1973 Footscray (R) v South Melbourne (R) Western Oval 162 - 57
SAT 14/07/1973 Geelong (R) v Collingwood (R) Kardinia Park 127 - 99
SAT 14/07/1973 Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 104 - 61

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 12 -0- 3 48 135.8% 1,732 1,275
Essendon Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 118.7% 1,536 1,294
Geelong Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 123.3% 1,689 1,370
Carlton Reserves 4th 9 -0- 6 36 115.9% 1,482 1,279
Melbourne Reserves 5th 8 -0- 7 32 105.4% 1,378 1,308
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 7 -0- 8 28 97.9% 1,477 1,509
Collingwood Reserves 7th 7 -0- 8 28 97.6% 1,475 1,511
Footscray Reserves 8th 6 -1- 8 26 95.8% 1,419 1,481
St Kilda Reserves 9th 6 -0- 9 24 95.5% 1,215 1,272
Fitzroy Reserves 10th 6 -0- 9 24 87.9% 1,444 1,643
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 4 -0- 11 16 66.3% 1,218 1,837
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -1- 11 14 82.4% 1,337 1,623

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1973 Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 67 - 92
SAT 21/07/1973 Fitzroy (R) v Carlton (R) Junction Oval 116 - 101
SAT 21/07/1973 Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Western Oval 75 - 63
SAT 21/07/1973 Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) Kardinia Park 100 - 89
SAT 21/07/1973 Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 85 - 57
SAT 21/07/1973 St Kilda (R) v South Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 96 - 97

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 13 -0- 3 52 136.4% 1,817 1,332
Geelong Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 122.6% 1,789 1,459
Essendon Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 116.6% 1,625 1,394
Carlton Reserves 4th 9 -0- 7 36 113.5% 1,583 1,395
Melbourne Reserves 5th 8 -0- 8 32 103.0% 1,435 1,393
Footscray Reserves 6th 7 -1- 8 30 96.8% 1,494 1,544
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 7 -0- 9 28 97.2% 1,540 1,584
Collingwood Reserves 8th 7 -0- 9 28 96.2% 1,542 1,603
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 7 -0- 9 28 89.4% 1,560 1,744
St Kilda Reserves 10th 6 -0- 10 24 95.8% 1,311 1,369
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 5 -0- 11 20 68.0% 1,315 1,933
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 4 -1- 11 18 84.6% 1,429 1,690

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1973 Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 67 - 86
SAT 28/07/1973 Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R) Windy Hill 80 - 75
SAT 28/07/1973 Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 90 - 72
SAT 28/07/1973 Hawthorn (R) v Fitzroy (R) Glenferrie Oval 86 - 93
SAT 28/07/1973 Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 92 - 127
SAT 28/07/1973 South Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 67 - 114

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 14 -0- 3 56 136.0% 1,903 1,399
Essendon Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 116.1% 1,705 1,469
Geelong Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 120.1% 1,861 1,549
Carlton Reserves 4th 9 -0- 8 36 111.4% 1,650 1,481
Footscray Reserves 5th 8 -1- 8 34 98.0% 1,584 1,616
Melbourne Reserves 6th 8 -0- 9 32 100.5% 1,527 1,520
Collingwood Reserves 7th 8 -0- 9 32 98.5% 1,669 1,695
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 8 -0- 9 32 90.3% 1,653 1,830
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 7 -0- 10 28 97.0% 1,626 1,677
St Kilda Reserves 10th 6 -0- 11 24 95.7% 1,386 1,449
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 5 -1- 11 22 87.8% 1,543 1,757
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 5 -0- 12 20 67.5% 1,382 2,047

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1973 Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R) Victoria Park 126 - 147
SAT 04/08/1973 Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) Kardinia Park 102 - 73
SAT 04/08/1973 North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Arden Street Oval 66 - 106
SAT 04/08/1973 Richmond (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 168 - 58
SAT 04/08/1973 South Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 70 - 77
SAT 04/08/1973 St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R) Moorabbin Oval 81 - 122

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 15 -0- 3 60 142.1% 2,071 1,457
Essendon Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 118.0% 1,811 1,535
Geelong Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 121.0% 1,963 1,622
Carlton Reserves 4th 10 -0- 8 40 111.8% 1,797 1,607
Footscray Reserves 5th 9 -1- 8 38 100.5% 1,706 1,697
Melbourne Reserves 6th 9 -0- 9 36 100.9% 1,604 1,590
Collingwood Reserves 7th 8 -0- 10 32 97.4% 1,795 1,842
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 8 -0- 10 32 85.6% 1,711 1,998
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 7 -0- 11 28 95.5% 1,699 1,779
St Kilda Reserves 10th 6 -0- 12 24 93.4% 1,467 1,571
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 5 -1- 12 22 86.4% 1,609 1,863
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 5 -0- 13 20 68.4% 1,452 2,124

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1973 Carlton (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 112 - 59
SAT 11/08/1973 Essendon (R) v Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 136 - 52
SAT 11/08/1973 Fitzroy (R) v Collingwood (R) Junction Oval 95 - 99
SAT 11/08/1973 Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R) Western Oval 130 - 74
SAT 11/08/1973 Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 125 - 75
SAT 11/08/1973 Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R) Glenferrie Oval 103 - 141

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 16 -0- 3 64 141.8% 2,212 1,560
Essendon Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 122.7% 1,947 1,587
Geelong Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 123.0% 2,088 1,697
Carlton Reserves 4th 11 -0- 8 44 114.6% 1,909 1,666
Footscray Reserves 5th 10 -1- 8 42 103.7% 1,836 1,771
Collingwood Reserves 6th 9 -0- 10 36 97.8% 1,894 1,937
Melbourne Reserves 7th 9 -0- 10 36 95.9% 1,656 1,726
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 8 -0- 11 32 86.1% 1,806 2,097
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 7 -0- 12 28 93.9% 1,802 1,920
St Kilda Reserves 10th 6 -0- 13 24 90.9% 1,542 1,696
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 5 -1- 13 22 84.4% 1,683 1,993
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 5 -0- 14 20 67.6% 1,511 2,236

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1973 Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) Victoria Park 71 - 110
SAT 18/08/1973 Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 74 - 95
SAT 18/08/1973 Hawthorn (R) v St Kilda (R) Glenferrie Oval 106 - 97
SAT 18/08/1973 Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 60 - 89
SAT 18/08/1973 North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Arden Street Oval 77 - 63
SAT 18/08/1973 South Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Lakeside Oval 74 - 121

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 17 -0- 3 68 142.4% 2,322 1,631
Essendon Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 6 56 120.2% 2,021 1,682
Geelong Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 121.3% 2,151 1,774
Carlton Reserves 4th 12 -0- 8 48 115.2% 2,004 1,740
Footscray Reserves 5th 11 -1- 8 46 105.1% 1,925 1,831
Collingwood Reserves 6th 9 -0- 11 36 96.0% 1,965 2,047
Melbourne Reserves 7th 9 -0- 11 36 94.5% 1,716 1,815
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 9 -0- 11 36 88.8% 1,927 2,171
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 8 -0- 12 32 94.6% 1,908 2,017
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 6 -1- 13 26 85.6% 1,760 2,056
St Kilda Reserves 11th 6 -0- 14 24 91.0% 1,639 1,802
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 5 -0- 15 20 67.2% 1,585 2,357

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1973 Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 73 - 122
SAT 25/08/1973 Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R) Junction Oval 68 - 108
SAT 25/08/1973 Footscray (R) v Carlton (R) Western Oval 69 - 85
SAT 25/08/1973 Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 114 - 114
SAT 25/08/1973 Richmond (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 226 - 40
SAT 25/08/1973 St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 114 - 108

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 18 -0- 3 72 152.5% 2,548 1,671
Essendon Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 6 60 121.7% 2,129 1,750
Geelong Reserves 3rd 13 -1- 7 54 120.0% 2,265 1,888
Carlton Reserves 4th 13 -0- 8 52 115.5% 2,089 1,809
Footscray Reserves 5th 11 -1- 9 46 104.1% 1,994 1,916
Melbourne Reserves 6th 9 -1- 11 38 94.9% 1,830 1,929
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 9 -0- 12 36 97.1% 2,030 2,090
Collingwood Reserves 8th 9 -0- 12 36 94.0% 2,038 2,169
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 9 -0- 12 36 87.5% 1,995 2,279
St Kilda Reserves 10th 7 -0- 14 28 91.8% 1,753 1,910
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 6 -1- 14 26 86.1% 1,868 2,170
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 5 -0- 16 20 62.9% 1,625 2,583

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1973 Carlton (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 118 - 60
SAT 01/09/1973 Essendon (R) v Collingwood (R) Windy Hill 133 - 56
SAT 01/09/1973 Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R) Junction Oval 81 - 83
SAT 01/09/1973 Hawthorn (R) v South Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 160 - 81
SAT 01/09/1973 North Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 97 - 46
SAT 01/09/1973 Richmond (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 176 - 66

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 19 -0- 3 76 156.8% 2,724 1,737
Essendon Reserves 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 125.2% 2,262 1,806
Geelong Reserves 3rd 14 -1- 7 58 119.2% 2,348 1,969
Carlton Reserves 4th 14 -0- 8 56 118.1% 2,207 1,869
Footscray Reserves 5th 11 -1- 10 46 98.5% 2,060 2,092
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 10 -0- 12 40 100.9% 2,190 2,171
Melbourne Reserves 7th 9 -1- 12 38 92.6% 1,876 2,026
Collingwood Reserves 8th 9 -0- 13 36 91.0% 2,094 2,302
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 9 -0- 13 36 87.9% 2,076 2,362
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 7 -1- 14 30 88.7% 1,965 2,216
St Kilda Reserves 11th 7 -0- 15 28 89.4% 1,813 2,028
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 5 -0- 17 20 62.2% 1,706 2,743

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1973 Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 87 - 103

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1973 Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 87 - 100

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1973 Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 67 - 120
SAT 15/09/1973 Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 125 - 111

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1973 Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 124 - 101

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1973 Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 120 - 60