Collingwood
"Collingwood players were rugged individualists who integrated themselves into a machine knowing that it was greater than the sum of its individual parts. That machine played football with precision and purpose. Shepherding and chasing were as important as kicking goals. Each player had the specific task of beating his opponent and the general task of assisting his team mates..."
John Devaney takes an in-depth look at the game's biggest and most famous club.
1973 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Collingwood's 1973 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1973-04-07 1 | H | Collingwood | 4.6 | 11.9 | 14.14 | 17.22 | 124 | WON | South Melbourne | 1.2 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 6.12 | 48 | 76 | VIC | 1973-04-07 Apr 7 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-04-14 2 | A | Collingwood | 1.1 | 5.6 | 8.10 | 14.18 | 102 | WON | Footscray | 1.7 | 3.9 | 9.15 | 11.16 | 82 | 20 | WES | 1973-04-14 Apr 14 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-04-21 3 | H | Collingwood | 6.5 | 11.13 | 15.18 | 21.23 | 149 | WON | Geelong | 2.4 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 11.13 | 79 | 70 | VIC | 1973-04-21 Apr 21 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-04-25 4 | A | Collingwood | 2.4 | 7.7 | 11.11 | 19.16 | 130 | WON | St. Kilda | 1.4 | 4.7 | 6.11 | 8.12 | 60 | 70 | VFL | 1973-04-25 Apr 25 (Wed, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-05-05 5 | A | Collingwood | 3.4 | 7.15 | 10.17 | 15.19 | 109 | WON | North Melbourne | 2.14 | 3.16 | 8.18 | 13.20 | 98 | 11 | ARD | 1973-05-05 May 5 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-05-12 6 | H | Collingwood | 5.5 | 7.6 | 15.8 | 15.10 | 100 | WON | Melbourne | 2.1 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 10.16 | 76 | 24 | VIC | 1973-05-12 May 12 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-05-19 7 | A | Collingwood | 4.5 | 5.9 | 8.9 | 8.12 | 60 | LOST | Carlton | 3.4 | 7.12 | 11.17 | 16.23 | 119 | -59 | PRI | 1973-05-19 May 19 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-05-26 8 | H | Collingwood | 3.2 | 6.6 | 11.10 | 15.13 | 103 | WON | Fitzroy | 5.4 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 68 | 35 | VIC | 1973-05-26 May 26 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-06-04 9 | A | Collingwood | 7.6 | 10.8 | 14.12 | 15.15 | 105 | WON | Richmond | 3.2 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 10.6 | 66 | 39 | VFL | 1973-06-04 Jun 4 (Mon, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-06-09 10 | A | Collingwood | 3.6 | 7.12 | 13.15 | 15.18 | 108 | WON | Hawthorn | 3.5 | 10.5 | 14.9 | 14.11 | 95 | 13 | GLE | 1973-06-09 Jun 9 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-06-16 11 | H | Collingwood | 3.6 | 13.10 | 15.14 | 23.16 | 154 | WON | Essendon | 5.5 | 6.11 | 14.15 | 16.16 | 112 | 42 | VIC | 1973-06-16 Jun 16 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-06-23 12 | A | Collingwood | 5.0 | 8.1 | 13.5 | 15.9 | 99 | WON | South Melbourne | 4.3 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 12.5 | 77 | 22 | LAK | 1973-06-23 Jun 23 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-06-30 13 | H | Collingwood | 1.6 | 6.9 | 9.16 | 13.17 | 95 | WON | Footscray | 4.2 | 6.4 | 9.4 | 14.6 | 90 | 5 | VIC | 1973-06-30 Jun 30 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-07-07 14 | H | Collingwood | 4.3 | 9.7 | 13.9 | 15.13 | 103 | WON | St. Kilda | 2.2 | 4.4 | 9.6 | 12.10 | 82 | 21 | VIC | 1973-07-07 Jul 7 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-07-14 15 | A | Collingwood | 1.4 | 3.11 | 7.15 | 13.18 | 96 | WON | Geelong | 8.4 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.10 | 88 | 8 | KAR | 1973-07-14 Jul 14 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-07-21 16 | H | Collingwood | 5.4 | 7.8 | 9.10 | 10.11 | 71 | LOST | North Melbourne | 0.3 | 3.7 | 7.7 | 11.10 | 76 | -5 | VFL | 1973-07-21 Jul 21 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-07-28 17 | A | Collingwood | 4.4 | 10.7 | 14.14 | 17.24 | 126 | WON | Melbourne | 5.6 | 7.7 | 8.11 | 12.15 | 87 | 39 | MCG | 1973-07-28 Jul 28 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-08-04 18 | H | Collingwood | 4.2 | 10.4 | 16.5 | 19.7 | 121 | WON | Carlton | 3.5 | 8.8 | 10.12 | 15.16 | 106 | 15 | VIC | 1973-08-04 Aug 4 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-08-11 19 | A | Collingwood | 3.2 | 6.4 | 10.7 | 19.10 | 124 | WON | Fitzroy | 2.5 | 2.11 | 7.13 | 10.19 | 79 | 45 | JUN | 1973-08-11 Aug 11 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-08-18 20 | H | Collingwood | 1.2 | 2.6 | 6.9 | 8.11 | 59 | LOST | Richmond | 4.2 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 14.16 | 100 | -41 | VIC | 1973-08-18 Aug 18 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-08-25 21 | H | Collingwood | 3.1 | 10.5 | 13.8 | 16.10 | 106 | WON | Hawthorn | 5.5 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.10 | 88 | 18 | VFL | 1973-08-25 Aug 25 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-09-01 22 | A | Collingwood | 4.1 | 10.3 | 14.7 | 17.10 | 112 | WON | Essendon | 4.4 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 16.6 | 102 | 10 | WIN | 1973-09-01 Sep 1 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1973-09-15 2SF | H | Collingwood | 4.8 | 5.9 | 9.14 | 12.15 | 87 | LOST | Carlton | 1.6 | 6.11 | 9.12 | 15.17 | 107 | -20 | VFL | 1973-09-15 Sep 15 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
1973-09-22 PF | H | Collingwood | 6.7 | 10.7 | 12.9 | 14.14 | 98 | LOST | Richmond | 2.2 | 4.7 | 10.13 | 15.15 | 105 | -7 | MCG | 1973-09-22 Sep 22 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
1973 Player Stats
Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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Adamson, Lee | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 19 | 2.4 | 89 | 11.1 | 32 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Atkinson, Alan | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | 30 | 3.0 | 130 | 13.0 | 35 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 0.4 | 5 | 29 | ||
Beck, Greg | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 4 | 0.8 | 42 | 8.4 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 2 | 32 | ||
Bisset, George | 23 | 455 | 19.8 | 105 | 4.6 | 560 | 24.3 | 116 | 5.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 42 | 38 | 34 | 1.5 | 21 | 225 | ||
Britt, Con | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 5 | 0.7 | 101 | 14.4 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Browne, Michael | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 8 | 1.6 | 30 | 6.0 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 7 | ||
Clifford, Stephen | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 26 | 13.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Clifton, Jeff | 23 | 158 | 6.9 | 34 | 1.5 | 192 | 8.3 | 78 | 3.4 | 3 | 0.1 | 44 | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Coles, Henry | 12 | 152 | 12.7 | 21 | 1.8 | 173 | 14.4 | 22 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 24 | 26 | 18 | 1.5 | 15 | 123 | ||
Cranage, Paul | 19 | 234 | 12.3 | 19 | 1.0 | 253 | 13.3 | 47 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Dean, Robert | 22 | 317 | 14.4 | 77 | 3.5 | 394 | 17.9 | 154 | 7.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 49 | 49 | 2 | 0.1 | 3 | 15 | ||
Delahunty, Mike | 10 | 129 | 12.9 | 18 | 1.8 | 147 | 14.7 | 49 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 30 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 12 | ||
Dunne, Ross | 23 | 286 | 12.4 | 35 | 1.5 | 321 | 14.0 | 122 | 5.3 | 17 | 0.7 | 36 | 44 | 18 | 0.8 | 13 | 121 | ||
Dunstan, Graeme | 14 | 132 | 9.4 | 27 | 1.9 | 159 | 11.4 | 65 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 1.1 | 16 | 112 | ||
Foley, Kerry | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gott, Doug | 19 | 211 | 11.1 | 42 | 2.2 | 253 | 13.3 | 77 | 4.1 | 4 | 0.2 | 54 | 31 | 8 | 0.4 | 14 | 62 | ||
Heard, Bob | 18 | 86 | 4.8 | 23 | 1.3 | 109 | 6.1 | 68 | 3.8 | 80 | 4.4 | 17 | 26 | 29 | 1.6 | 13 | 187 | ||
Holmes, Allan | 9 | 93 | 10.3 | 18 | 2.0 | 111 | 12.3 | 24 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 14 | ||
Hyde, Robert | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 20 | 10.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jenkin, Graeme | 18 | 124 | 6.9 | 23 | 1.3 | 147 | 8.2 | 76 | 4.2 | 89 | 4.9 | 15 | 41 | 10 | 0.6 | 11 | 71 | ||
Kaine, Laurie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kink, Rene | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 12 | 3.0 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1.3 | 2 | 32 | ||
Manassa, Phil | 13 | 85 | 6.5 | 15 | 1.2 | 100 | 7.7 | 26 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0.2 | 8 | 26 | ||
McKenna, Peter | 20 | 179 | 9.0 | 17 | 0.9 | 196 | 9.8 | 113 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 38 | 86 | 4.3 | 42 | 558 | ||
Morse, Colin | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
O'Callaghan, Denis | 21 | 245 | 11.7 | 15 | 0.7 | 260 | 12.4 | 75 | 3.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 23 | 31 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | ||
O'Sullivan, Danny | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 8 | 1.1 | 24 | 3.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Oborne, Rod | 24 | 306 | 12.8 | 76 | 3.2 | 382 | 15.9 | 125 | 5.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 46 | 39 | 1.6 | 36 | 270 | ||
Price, Barry | 21 | 282 | 13.4 | 105 | 5.0 | 387 | 18.4 | 54 | 2.6 | 9 | 0.4 | 35 | 34 | 7 | 0.3 | 6 | 48 | ||
Reichman, Graeme | 11 | 109 | 9.9 | 43 | 3.9 | 152 | 13.8 | 37 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 0.4 | 3 | 27 | ||
Richardson, Wayne | 23 | 549 | 23.9 | 50 | 2.2 | 599 | 26.0 | 146 | 6.3 | 10 | 0.4 | 67 | 73 | 18 | 0.8 | 27 | 135 | ||
Richardson, Max | 23 | 394 | 17.1 | 75 | 3.3 | 469 | 20.4 | 118 | 5.1 | 9 | 0.4 | 48 | 56 | 26 | 1.1 | 32 | 188 | ||
Salmon, Daryl | 23 | 235 | 10.2 | 122 | 5.3 | 357 | 15.5 | 71 | 3.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 62 | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Thompson, Len | 23 | 318 | 13.8 | 102 | 4.4 | 420 | 18.3 | 152 | 6.6 | 457 | 19.9 | 81 | 60 | 22 | 1.0 | 23 | 155 | ||
Wearmouth, Ronnie | 13 | 177 | 13.6 | 64 | 4.9 | 241 | 18.5 | 41 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 0.4 | 9 | 39 |