Round 21, 1973

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Venue: Western OvalDate: Saturday August 25, 1973
Result: Lose by 9 pointsUmpire: K.SmithCrowd: 18,988
Goalkickers: J.Nicholls 3, R.Walls 2, R.Ashman 1, P.Jones 1, D.McKay 1, G.Southby 1.
Reports: Injuries: A.Jesaulenko (corked thigh) replaced by P.Hall at half time. D.Dickson (bruised hip) replaced by B.Quirk in last quarter. V.Waite (bruised back), P.Jones (corked thigh), G.Crane (cut above the eye0 J.Nicholls (cut face)










Game Review

Team

B: 26 Ray Byrne 20 Geoff Southby 30 Vin Waite
HB: 11 Bruce Doull 17 Brent Crosswell 21 Rod Austin
C: 27 David Dickson 12 Barry Armstrong 6 Garry Crane
HF: 43 David McKay 42 Robert Walls (vc) 5 Syd Jackson
F: 2 John Nicholls (cc) 25 Alex Jesaulenko (dvc) 14 Rod Ashman
Ruck: 28 Peter Jones 3 Kevin Hall 8 Trevor Keogh
Res: 32 Bryan Quirk 31 Peter Hall
Coach: John Nicholls



Milestones

100 Games: David McKay Interesting Fact: Blues Legend Geoff Southby kicked the first goal of his career; the only goal he kicked in his first 100 Games!

Former Carlton premiership player Adrian Gallagher had 32 kicks for the 'Dogs.

Video

Final 10 minutes of the last quarter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krWqdrDg9lE


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