Qualifying Final, 1973
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
| Venue: M.C.G. | Date: Saturday September 8, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 20 points | Umpire: Ian Robinson | Crowd: 86,386 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: J.Nicholls 4, C.Davis 3, R.Walls 3, B.Armstrong 1, B.Walsh 1, D.McKay 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: G.Southby, B.Walsh, J.Nicholls, P.Pinnell, B.Armstrong, R.Walls, P.Jones, T.Keogh, B.Crosswell. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: | Injuries: N.Chandler (bruised foot) replaced by K.Hall in second quarter. | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Richmond's gun forward Royce Hart went into this match under an injury cloud, and was kept in check all day by a cohesive Carlton defence. The Blues led at every change, before Richmond staged a comeback midway through the last quarter and drew to within nine points. John Nicholls and Robert Walls then both scored majors, and Carlton won comfortably.
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: | 43 David McKay | 42 Robert Walls (vc) | 23 Craig Davis |
| F: | 2 John Nicholls (cc) | 25 Alex Jesaulenko (dvc) | 18 Brian Walsh |
| Ruck: | 28 Peter Jones | 22 Neil Chandler | 8 Trevor Keogh |
| Res: | 3 Kevin Hall | 32 Bryan Quirk | |
| Coach: | John Nicholls | ||
\nRound 22 | Semi Final
