1973 VFL Season
The complete 1973 season — final ladder, results and finals.
Premiers
🏆 Richmonddef. Carlton
Richmond won the 1973 VFL premiership, defeating Carlton in the Grand Final. Collingwood had finished on top of the home-and-away ladder as minor premiers.
12 teams contested the season. The 5th-placed cut-off sent Collingwood, Richmond, Carlton, Essendon and St Kilda into the finals. South Melbourne finished last with 4 wins. The full final ladder and round-by-round results follow.
Ladder
| # | Club | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collingwood | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2356 | 1878 | 125.5 | 76 |
| 2 | Richmond | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2301 | 1957 | 117.6 | 68 |
| 3 | Carlton | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2342 | 1850 | 126.6 | 60 |
| 4 | Essendon | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2443 | 2341 | 104.4 | 52 |
| 5 | St Kilda | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2024 | 1922 | 105.3 | 48 |
| 6 | North Melbourne | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1938 | 1986 | 97.6 | 46 |
| 7 | Hawthorn | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2194 | 2002 | 109.6 | 44 |
| 8 | Fitzroy | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1990 | 2194 | 90.7 | 36 |
| 9 | Footscray | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1860 | 2109 | 88.2 | 30 |
| 10 | Melbourne | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1938 | 2111 | 91.8 | 28 |
| 11 | Geelong | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1903 | 2426 | 78.4 | 24 |
| 12 | South Melbourne | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1932 | 2445 | 79.0 | 16 |
Top 5 (green) made the finals. Ladder is home-and-away only; percentage = points for ÷ points against.
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Results
138 matches