1972 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 10-0-12, P%: 105.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Greg Wells (22)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Greg Parke (63)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Stan Alves

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Frank Davis
Vice-Captain(s): Barry Bourke

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alves, Stan #15 21 R01-R11, R13-R22 22
Anderson, Col #26 2 R10-R11 0
Biffin, Ray #19 20 R01-R14, R17-R22 0
Bourke, Barry #14 22 R01-R22 0
Brewer, Ross #27 17 R01-R02, R07-R08, R10-R22 15
Burgmann, Lloyd #10 7 R01, R10-R15 12
Callery, Paul #35 22 R01-R22 23
Carr, Ray #22 4 R01-R04 11
Clark, Denis #17 9 R03-R08, R15, R17-R18 2
Clennett, John #34 17 R02-R04, R06-R12, R15-R21 13
Collins, Mike #12 13 R04-R09, R12-R18 6
Davis, Frank #6 21 R01-R16, R18-R22 0
Delmenico, Wayne #38 1 R17 0
Dillon, Ross #24 11 R01-R09, R14, R18 5
Dilnot, Peter #39 1 R09 0
Gallus, John #5 8 R05, R10-R16 8
Hardeman, Gary #33 21 R01-R11, R13-R22 10
Harrold, Geoff #46 2 R15-R16 0
Keenan, Peter #8 16 R01-R10, R13-R18 13
Kerley, Stephen #41 14 R09-R22 1
Lakes, George #9 2 R01-R02 0
Leary, Noel #29 1 R17 0
Letcher, John #30 12 R01-R02, R12-R16, R18-R22 0
McKenzie, Robert #2 8 R05, R12-R15, R19-R21 0
McSpeerin, Shane #50 6 R04-R06, R09, R12-R13 3
Molloy, Graham #21 21 R01-R09, R11-R22 7
Osborne, Graham #7 13 R01-R03, R05-R06, R09, R15-R20, R22 7
Parke, Greg #26 20 R02-R14, R16-R22 63
Queay, Laurie #20 2 R16-R17 2
Reid, John #37 1 R22 0
Ritterman, Henry #45 12 R06-R08, R10-R12, R14, R16, R19-R22 4
Rollinson, Trevor #3 6 R03, R10-R11, R19-R21 0
Sinclair, Peter #23 8 R01-R04, R07-R08, R10-R11 8
Sullivan, Tony #4 18 R01-R13, R18-R22 0
Tilbrook, Jim #18 9 R10-R15, R17, R21-R22 10
Townsend, John #16 12 R01-R09, R16-R18 9
Walker, Max #1 11 R01, R03-R09, R20-R22 1
Wells, Greg #11 22 R01-R22 34
Williamson, Peter #54 4 R12, R19, R21-R22 0
Yeo, Peter #9 3 R19-R20, R22 1

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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)
Ridley, Ian 22 10 -0- 12 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1972 Round 1 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 29 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
08/04/1972 Round 2 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 21 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
15/04/1972 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 65 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
22/04/1972 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 71 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
25/04/1972 Round 5 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 5 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
06/05/1972 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 24 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
13/05/1972 Round 7 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 37 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
20/05/1972 Round 8 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 33 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
27/05/1972 Round 9 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 37 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
03/06/1972 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 108 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
12/06/1972 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
17/06/1972 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 1 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
01/07/1972 Round 13 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 37 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
08/07/1972 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 24 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
15/07/1972 Round 15 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 15 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
22/07/1972 Round 16 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 39 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
29/07/1972 Round 17 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 45 Ian Ridley Barry Bourke
05/08/1972 Round 18 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 11 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
12/08/1972 Round 19 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 57 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
19/08/1972 Round 20 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 1 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
26/08/1972 Round 21 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 33 Ian Ridley Frank Davis
02/09/1972 Round 22 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 32 Ian Ridley Frank Davis