Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| home team | home team score | away team | away team score | venue | crowd | date |
| hawthorn | 14.14 (98) | melbourne | 13.22 (100) | glenferrie oval | 13128 | 14 april 1973 |
| carlton | 18.15 (123) | north melbourne | 14.12 (96) | princes park | 29185 | 14 april 1973 |
| richmond | 18.19 (127) | geelong | 16.14 (110) | mcg | 29665 | 14 april 1973 |
| st kilda | 20.8 (128) | fitzroy | 10.11 (71) | moorabbin oval | 23662 | 14 april 1973 |
| south melbourne | 15.19 (109) | essendon | 21.20 (146) | lake oval | 16260 | 14 april 1973 |
| footscray | 11.16 (82) | collingwood | 14.18 (102) | western oval | 24794 | 14 april 1973 |
Title:
1973 vfl season
Statement:
essendon lost to south melbourne 146 - 109 in the 1973 vfl season
Answer:
refuted