High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1973 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between Richmond and Carlton at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 September 1973. It was the 77th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League (VFL), staged to determine the premiers for the 1973 VFL season. Although Carlton were the favourites to win, it was Richmond who would take the flag by 30 points, marking that club`s eighth premiership victory.