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Encyclopedia > 1973 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1973. This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...


See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list. AFL Logo This page is a chronological listing of Australian Football League premiers. ...

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Grand Final

Richmond defeated Carlton 16.20 (116) to 12.14 (86), in front of a crowd of 116956 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Carlton Football Club is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of football...


Ladder

Team Won Lost Draw For Against % Points
1 Collingwood 19 3 0 2356 1878 125.5 76
2 Richmond 17 5 0 2301 1957 117.6 68
3 Carlton 15 7 0 2342 1850 126.6 60
4 Essendon 13 9 0 2443 2341 104.4 52
5 St Kilda 12 10 0 2024 1922 105.3 48
6 North Melbourne 11 10 1 1938 1986 97.6 46
7 Hawthorn 11 11 0 2194 2002 109.6 44
8 Fitzroy 9 13 0 1990 2194 90.7 36
9 Footscray 7 14 1 1860 2109 88.2 30
10 Melbourne 7 15 0 1938 2111 91.8 28
11 Geelong 6 16 0 1903 2426 78.4 24
12 South Melbourne 4 18 0 1932 2445 79.0 16

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Carlton Football Club is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The North Melbourne Football Club, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League. ... The Hawthorn Hawks known formally as the Tassie Hawks from 07 onwards, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ... The Western Bulldogs, formerly known, and occasionally still referred to, as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. ... The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ...

Notes

Peter McKenna, born 1951 was an Australian rules footballer, who played 180 games and kicked 838 goals with the Collingwood Football Club between 1967 and 1974 before finishing his career with one season at Carlton Football Club. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ... Keith Greig played for the Australian Rules North Melbourne Football Club from 1971 to 1985. ...

References

  • Stephen Rogers and Ashley Brown (1998). Every Game Ever Played. 6th ed. Victoria: Penguin Books.
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