1972 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 1-0-21, P%: 62.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Keith Greig (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Vin Doolan, Sam Kekovich (19)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Ken Montgomery

Team Leaders

Captain(s): David Dench

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baker, Phil #29 16 R01-R08, R13-R20 9
Briedis, Arnold #6 4 R01, R20-R22 6
Brown, Neil #36 2 R09-R10 0
Cowton, Gary #13 12 R03, R05, R08-R15, R21-R22 0
Dawson, Mark #41 12 R04-R07, R15-R22 11
Dench, David #23 20 R01-R20 2
Doherty, Phil #15 7 R16-R22 18
Doolan, Vin #7 19 R01-R17, R21-R22 19
Douglas, John #11 7 R01, R06-R09, R15, R21 6
Duthie, John #43 3 R06-R08 1
Feltham, Paul #18 18 R01, R06-R22 10
Goodingham, Barry #10 18 R01-R05, R10-R22 1
Greig, Keith #27 20 R01-R08, R10-R11, R13-R22 8
Gumbleton, Frank #38 18 R02-R07, R09-R12, R14-R20, R22 1
Hall, Brian #31 7 R01, R03-R04, R07-R09, R20 0
Hawking, Michael #42 3 R09, R11-R12 5
Haywood, Kerry #3 15 R01-R13, R21-R22 2
Henshaw, Ross #34 8 R11, R15-R19, R21-R22 3
Hodgetts, Athol #14 1 R10 0
Hopgood, Jeff #1 16 R05-R10, R13-R22 13
Joseph, Glenn #33 20 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R22 10
Kekovich, Sam #4 11 R01-R09, R12-R13 19
Mitchell, Stan #35 13 R03-R05, R07-R12, R14, R19-R21 8
Montgomery, Ken #12 21 R02-R22 1
Montgomery, Ron #28 1 R14 0
Muir, Russell #37 10 R01-R02, R06, R14-R18, R21-R22 5
Mulvihill, Brian #22 9 R02-R10 9
Nunn, Bill #25 15 R01-R02, R06, R08, R11-R14, R16-R22 1
Pagan, Denis #17 18 R02-R13, R15-R20 0
Perry, John #21 17 R02-R05, R10-R22 6
Peterson, Robert #8 12 R01-R02, R06, R09-R10, R13-R14, R16-R20 14
Pretty, David #9 19 R01-R05, R07-R15, R18-R22 6
Redenbach, Michael #24 9 R01-R05, R11-R14 13
Robinson, Peter #52 9 R11-R19 1
Ryan, Phil #19 22 R01-R22 12
Smith, Rob #26 5 R01-R04, R22 6
Symes, Brian #39 2 R05, R12 0
Taylor, Ray #2 1 R01 0

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)
Dixon, Brian 22 1 -0- 21 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1972 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 58 Brian Dixon David Dench
08/04/1972 Round 2 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 62 Brian Dixon David Dench
15/04/1972 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 23 Brian Dixon David Dench
22/04/1972 Round 4 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 14 Brian Dixon David Dench
29/04/1972 Round 5 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 78 Brian Dixon David Dench
06/05/1972 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 15 Brian Dixon David Dench
13/05/1972 Round 7 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 27 Brian Dixon David Dench
20/05/1972 Round 8 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 35 Brian Dixon David Dench
27/05/1972 Round 9 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 62 Brian Dixon David Dench
03/06/1972 Round 10 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 108 Brian Dixon David Dench
12/06/1972 Round 11 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 9 Brian Dixon David Dench
17/06/1972 Round 12 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 41 Brian Dixon David Dench
01/07/1972 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 64 Brian Dixon David Dench
08/07/1972 Round 14 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 36 Brian Dixon David Dench
15/07/1972 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 44 Brian Dixon David Dench
22/07/1972 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 28 Brian Dixon David Dench
29/07/1972 Round 17 South Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 9 Brian Dixon David Dench
05/08/1972 Round 18 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 48 Brian Dixon David Dench
12/08/1972 Round 19 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 45 Brian Dixon David Dench
19/08/1972 Round 20 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 89 Brian Dixon David Dench
26/08/1972 Round 21 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 33 Brian Dixon unknown
02/09/1972 Round 22 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 51 Brian Dixon unknown