1972 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 14-0-8, P%: 108.3%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by St Kilda (Elimination Final)
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): John Williams (18)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Geoff Blethyn (105)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Neville Fields

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain(s): Barry Davis

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barclay, Stuart #37 4 R12, R17-R19 0
Blethyn, Geoff #11 23 R01-R22, EF 107
Brown, Bruce #49 1 R17 0
Cassin, John #9 18 R01-R11, R14, R16-R18, R20-R21, EF 9
Close, Robin #19 15 R01-R13, R15-R16 21
Daniel, Peter #28 15 R05, R08, R10, R12-R22, EF 3
Davis, Barry #32 22 R01-R11, R13-R22, EF 2
Delahunty, Hugh #40 11 R01, R14-R22, EF 8
Fields, Neville #1 23 R01-R22, EF 24
Fletcher, Ken #21 23 R01-R22, EF 7
Gerlach, Darryl #17 18 R01, R07-R22, EF 0
Grainger, Gary #4 5 R03-R05, R12, R17 0
Grinter, Barry #18 21 R02-R18, R20-R22, EF 4
Gross, Don #15 9 R01-R07, R15, R22 4
Halley, Len #44 17 R01-R06, R13-R22, EF 4
Headlam, Wayne #14 5 R07-R11 5
Hickmott, Peter #23 2 R04-R05 0
Hogan, Ken #29 10 R01-R09, R12 4
Lake, Eddie #38 1 R12 0
McKenzie, Don #24 21 R01-R02, R05-R22, EF 0
Moloney, Laurie #34 14 R01-R14 2
Noonan, Alan #10 21 R01-R11, R13-R19, R21-R22, EF 37
Parkes, Gary #5 11 R12-R13, R15-R22, EF 5
Payne, Charlie #7 14 R01-R07, R09, R11-R14, R22, EF 1
Perry, Greg #36 18 R01-R04, R06-R16, R19-R21 15
Roberts, Ken #6 21 R01-R14, R17-R22, EF 23
Schultz, Graeme #12 16 R06, R09-R22, EF 23
Smith, Ray #35 9 R15-R22, EF 0
Talbot, Sandy #27 12 R01-R12 0
Tuddenham, Des #8 21 R01-R04, R06-R16, R18-R22, EF 22
Wellington, Pat #56 2 R19-R20 0
Williams, John #22 21 R01-R11, R13-R16, R18-R22, EF 0
Wilson, Andy #33 16 R02-R03, R08, R10-R11, R13-R22, EF 13

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Tuddenham, Des 23 14 -0- 9 R01-R22, EF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1972 Round 1 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 61 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
08/04/1972 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 47 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
15/04/1972 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 20 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
22/04/1972 Round 4 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 43 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
25/04/1972 Round 5 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 15 Des Tuddenham Barry Davis
06/05/1972 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 24 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
13/05/1972 Round 7 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 41 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
20/05/1972 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 35 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
27/05/1972 Round 9 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 2 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
03/06/1972 Round 10 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 2 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
12/06/1972 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 55 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
24/06/1972 Round 12 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 34 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
01/07/1972 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 3 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
08/07/1972 Round 14 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 10 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
15/07/1972 Round 15 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 21 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
22/07/1972 Round 16 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 16 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
29/07/1972 Round 17 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 45 Des Tuddenham Barry Davis
05/08/1972 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 7 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
12/08/1972 Round 19 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 45 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
19/08/1972 Round 20 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 19 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
26/08/1972 Round 21 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 15 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
02/09/1972 Round 22 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 5 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham
09/09/1972 Elimination Final St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 53 Des Tuddenham Des Tuddenham