AFL Match Statistics : Melbourne defeated by Western Bulldogs at MCG Round 20 Saturday, 18th August 1973

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Melbourne defeated by Western Bulldogs

Round 20, MCG, Attendance: 12561

Saturday, 18th August 1973, 2:10 PM AEST

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Melbourne	4.2	7.7	10.10	10.13	73
Western Bulldogs	4.3	11.4	15.4	17.8	110

Melbourne Player Stats ❘ Western Bulldogs Player Stats ❘ Match Head to Head Stats ❘ Scoring Breakdown

Melbourne Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals)

Coach: Ian Ridley

Player	K	HB	D	M	G	B	HO	FF	FA
Paul Callery	21	5	26	6	3	1	0	4	1
John Tilbrook	25	0	25	8	2	3	2	1	1
Greg Wells	18	2	20	3	0	1	0	2	2
Tony Sullivan	16	3	19	5	0	0	0	1	3
Stan Alves	15	2	17	4	1	0	0	1	3
Greg Parke	15	2	17	10	0	0	0	1	1
Frank Davis	15	2	17	4	0	0	0	2	0
Ray Biffin	13	3	16	3	0	0	0	2	2
Barry Bourke	14	2	16	3	0	0	0	2	3
Gary Hardeman	10	5	15	4	0	0	0	3	1
Carl Ditterich	11	4	15	5	0	1	17	0	1
Robert Flower	11	3	14	7	0	0	0	1	2
Graham Osborne	12	1	13	6	0	4	0	2	3
Wayne Delmenico	6	3	9	3	0	0	0	2	3
Henry Ritterman	8	1	9	2	1	2	0	2	0
Shane Fitzsimmons	4	3	7	1	0	0	0	3	2
Greg MacDonald	6	0	6	0	1	1	0	2	2
Neil Chamberlain	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Dullard	3	0	3	2	2	0	2	0	1
Peter Keenan	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0

Western Bulldogs Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals)

Coach: Bob Rose

Player	K	HB	D	M	G	B	HO	FF	FA
David Thorpe	21	10	31	6	2	0	0	2	3
Adrian Gallagher	26	4	30	8	0	0	0	4	2
Alan Stoneham	24	4	28	3	0	0	0	2	2
Stuart Magee	21	1	22	1	1	0	0	1	1
Stephen Power	20	1	21	2	0	0	0	4	1
Ian Salmon	17	3	20	6	2	1	3	2	4
Bernie Quinlan	16	3	19	5	0	0	0	1	2
Gary Dempsey	12	7	19	12	0	0	36	1	1
Gordon Casey	18	1	19	3	0	0	0	3	2
Glenn Gingell	14	2	16	4	1	0	0	1	3
Laurie Sandilands	14	1	15	7	8	3	0	2	1
Peter Welsh	12	2	14	5	0	0	3	2	3
Terry Wilkins	10	4	14	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ivan Rasmussen	13	1	14	1	1	2	0	0	0
Gary Steel	11	3	14	3	2	0	0	2	0
Don Brown	11	2	13	3	0	1	0	2	2
Colin Dell	10	0	10	2	0	0	0	3	0
Gary Merrington	9	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	2
Graeme Cook	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Baker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Head to Head
	Melbourne	Statistic	Western Bulldogs
	229	Kicks	280
	41	Handballs	49
	270	Disposals	329
	5.59	Kick to Handball Ratio	5.71
	78	Marks	79
	25	Hitouts	42
	31	Frees For	32
	31	Frees Against	31
	10	Goals Kicked	17
	13	Behinds Kicked	7
	0	Rushed Behinds	1
	23	Scoring Shots	25
	43.5%	Conversion	68.0%
	27.00	Disposals Per Goal	19.35
	11.74	Disps Per Scoring Shot	13.16

Quarter by Quarter Scoring Breakdown


	Melbourne	First Quarter	Western Bulldogs

	4.2 26	Score	4.3 27
	6	Scoring Shots	7
	66.7%	Conversion	57.1%
	Lost quarter by 1	Result	Won quarter by 1
	Trailing by 1	End of Quarter	Leading by 1


	Melbourne	Second Quarter	Western Bulldogs

	3.5 23	Score	7.1 43
	8	Scoring Shots	8
	37.5%	Conversion	87.5%
	Lost quarter by 20	Result	Won quarter by 20
	Trailing by 21	Halftime	Leading by 21


	Melbourne	Third Quarter	Western Bulldogs

	3.3 21	Score	4.0 24
	6	Scoring Shots	4
	50.0%	Conversion	100.0%
	Lost quarter by 3	Result	Won quarter by 3
	Trailing by 24	End of Quarter	Leading by 24


	Melbourne	Final Quarter	Western Bulldogs

	0.3 3	Score	2.4 16
	3	Scoring Shots	6
	0%	Conversion	33.3%
	Lost quarter by 13	Result	Won quarter by 13
	Lost game by 37	End of Game	Won game by 37

Scoring Breakdown For Each Half


	Melbourne	First Half	Western Bulldogs

	7.7 49	Score	11.4 70
	14	Scoring Shots	15
	50.0%	Conversion	73.3%
	Lost half by 21	Result	Won half by 21
	Trailing by 21	Halftime	Leading by 21


	Melbourne	Second Half	Western Bulldogs

	3.6 24	Score	6.4 40
	9	Scoring Shots	10
	33.3%	Conversion	60.0%
	Lost half by 16	Result	Won half by 16
	Lost game by 37	End of Game	Won game by 37

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