| Venue: VFL Park - Waverley | Date: Saturday September 15, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 20 points | Umpire: Ian Robinson | Crowd: 60,072 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: C.Davis 4, D.McKay 3, B.Walsh 3, J.Nicholls 3, R.Walls 1, K.Hall 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: G.Southby, C.Davis, B.Armstrong, G.Crane, R.Byrne, B.Walsh, P.Jones, D.McKay, J.Nicholls. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The crowd for this game was a VFL Park record, and they saw a typically willing contest between the games' fiercest rivals. Halfway through the last quarter, the Magpies led by 12 points and were seemingly set for victory. But it was then that John Nicholls took control in the ruck, and kicked two team-lifting goals in quick succession. Collingwood's defence crumbled, and the Blues rammed through three more late goals to win by 20 points.Team
| B: | 26 Ray Byrne | 20 Geoff Southby | 30 Vin Waite |
| HB: | 11 Bruce Doull | 17 Brent Crosswell | 15 Phil Pinnell |
| C: | 27 David Dickson | 12 Barry Armstrong | 6 Garry Crane |
| HF: | 23 Craig Davis | 42 Robert Walls (vc) | 3 Kevin Hall |
| F: | 2 John Nicholls (cc) | 25 Alex Jesaulenko (dvc) | 18 Brian Walsh |
| Ruck: | 28 Peter Jones | 43 David McKay | 8 Trevor Keogh |
| Res: | 21 Rod Austin | 32 Bryan Quirk | |
| Coach: | John Nicholls | ||
Milestones
Score Records: This win would be Carlton's last finals win until 1978, commencing a record equalling run of 5 consecutive finals lossesFootage
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrSyHSL4arwPart 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66pBXNmA9W8
Qualifying Final | Grand Final