1972 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 2-0-20, P%: 65.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 45
Brownlow Leader(s): Russell Cook (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter Bedford (28)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Russell Cook

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Rantall

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ball, Ray #31 16 R01-R03, R07-R18, R20 0
Baskin, Keith #4 6 R06-R07, R18-R21 6
Bedford, Peter #11 21 R01-R11, R13-R22 28
Bell, Bob #24 9 R04-R12 0
Brice, Gary #7 7 R01-R05, R12-R13 5
Brown, Peter #32 14 R01-R11, R16, R19-R20 1
Carrodus, Trevor #38 1 R21 1
Cook, Russell #17 20 R01-R09, R11-R20, R22 2
Davis, Bruce #18 11 R06, R11-R13, R16-R22 9
Dempster, Graham #45 2 R19-R20 1
Doyle, Robert #28 10 R01-R03, R09-R10, R13-R15, R17, R21 2
Ewin, Wayne #43 7 R16-R22 1
Gleeson, Reg #27 21 R01-R08, R10-R22 0
Goss, Norm #12 17 R01-R05, R08-R17, R19, R22 16
Grima, Robert #30 2 R07-R08 0
Gull, Stewart #34 5 R18-R22 7
Haines, Jim #1 10 R01-R09, R14 2
Hay, Robert #2 7 R04, R11, R15-R19 1
Hoffman, Steve #26 13 R01-R04, R06-R07, R10-R13, R20-R22 17
Kerr, Peter #45 1 R16 0
Lakes, George #20 6 R12-R17 2
Lambert, Greg #33 4 R01-R02, R14-R15 0
McAuliffe, Haydn #25 1 R04 0
McCracken, Peter #22 1 R02 0
McHenry, Russell #36 8 R05, R09-R12, R14, R18-R19 7
McKew, Shane #35 13 R01, R03, R05-R15 3
McLeish, David #29 18 R01-R12, R14-R15, R18-R19, R21-R22 5
Miller, Greg #48 4 R19-R22 0
Miller, Neville #13 10 R01-R04, R09, R13, R17, R20-R22 10
Moore, Eric #22 11 R06-R15, R22 19
Morton, Lance #8 12 R03-R05, R10-R11, R15-R19, R21-R22 23
Murphy, John #6 11 R01-R02, R05-R06, R12-R18 2
Norris, Michael #39 3 R20-R22 2
Officer, Stephen #3 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 1
Pitura, John #21 19 R04-R22 6
Plant, Mick #49 4 R15-R17, R21 1
Prentice, Jim #19 18 R01-R03, R05-R09, R12-R18, R20-R22 6
Quade, Ricky #16 21 R01-R20, R22 15
Rantall, John #5 22 R01-R22 0
Robertson, Garry #15 5 R10-R14 0
Robertson, Max #23 7 R16-R22 0
Stibbard, Robert #42 2 R08-R09 0
Walsh, Wayne #10 8 R03-R10 1
Wilkinson, Jim #9 10 R01-R10 1
Woodman, Brian #50 5 R18-R22 3

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)
Smith, Norm 22 2 -0- 20 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1972 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 12 Norm Smith John Rantall
08/04/1972 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 47 Norm Smith John Rantall
15/04/1972 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 32 Norm Smith John Rantall
22/04/1972 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 71 Norm Smith John Rantall
29/04/1972 Round 5 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 23 Norm Smith John Rantall
06/05/1972 Round 6 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 15 Norm Smith John Rantall
13/05/1972 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 18 Norm Smith John Rantall
20/05/1972 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 58 Norm Smith John Rantall
27/05/1972 Round 9 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 17 Norm Smith John Rantall
03/06/1972 Round 10 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 69 Norm Smith John Rantall
10/06/1972 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 64 Norm Smith John Rantall
24/06/1972 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 31 Norm Smith John Rantall
01/07/1972 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 3 Norm Smith John Rantall
08/07/1972 Round 14 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 24 Norm Smith John Rantall
15/07/1972 Round 15 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 65 Norm Smith John Rantall
22/07/1972 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 36 Norm Smith John Rantall
29/07/1972 Round 17 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 9 Norm Smith John Rantall
05/08/1972 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 59 Norm Smith John Rantall
12/08/1972 Round 19 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 45 Norm Smith John Rantall
19/08/1972 Round 20 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 13 Norm Smith John Rantall
26/08/1972 Round 21 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 77 Norm Smith John Rantall
02/09/1972 Round 22 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 76 Norm Smith John Rantall