1972 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Carlton were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Carlton were the premiers, with John Nicholls as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1972 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 139

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park John Nicholls Keith McKenzie
Collingwood Victoria Park Neil Mann
Essendon Windy Hill Des Tuddenham
Fitzroy Junction Oval Graham Donaldson
Footscray Western Oval Bob Rose
Geelong Kardinia Park Bill McMaster
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval John Kennedy
Melbourne MCG Ian Ridley
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Brian Dixon
Richmond MCG Tom Hafey
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Norm Smith
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Allan Jeans Eric Guy

Season Results

Premiers: Carlton
Runners-Up: Richmond
Minor Premiers: Carlton

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Carlton 1st 18 -1- 3 74 134.3% 2,237 1,666 327 275 228 298
Richmond 2nd 18 -0- 4 72 117.7% 2,469 2,098 358 321 293 340
Collingwood 3rd 14 -1- 7 58 133.8% 2,338 1,747 343 280 246 271
St Kilda 4th 14 -0- 8 56 115.6% 1,989 1,721 283 291 241 275
Essendon 5th 14 -0- 8 56 108.3% 2,317 2,140 333 319 307 298
Hawthorn 6th 13 -0- 9 52 111.1% 2,277 2,050 324 333 295 280
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 11 44 94.7% 1,930 2,038 273 292 289 304
Melbourne 8th 10 -0- 12 40 105.9% 2,043 1,929 290 303 276 273
Fitzroy 9th 9 -0- 13 36 96.8% 1,997 2,062 282 305 296 286
Geelong 10th 7 -0- 15 28 84.2% 1,994 2,369 285 284 344 305
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 20 8 65.1% 1,513 2,323 206 277 340 283
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 21 4 62.9% 1,628 2,589 226 272 375 339

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Carlton 1st Premiers
Richmond 2nd Runners-Up
St Kilda 3rd Defeated by Carlton (Preliminary Final)
Collingwood 4th Defeated by St Kilda (Semi Final)
Essendon 5th Defeated by St Kilda (Elimination Final)
Hawthorn 6th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 7th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 9th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 10th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 11th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/04/1972 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 81 - 70 33,601
SAT 01/04/1972 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 104 - 75 21,513
SAT 01/04/1972 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 134 - 76 21,373
MON 03/04/1972 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 67 - 128 27,935
MON 03/04/1972 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 105 - 101 72,659
MON 03/04/1972 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 73 - 61 18,643

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 1 -0- 0 4 191.0% 128 67
St Kilda 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 176.3% 134 76
Hawthorn 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 138.7% 104 75
South Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 0 4 119.7% 73 61
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 0 4 115.7% 81 70
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 0 4 104.0% 105 101
Collingwood 7th 0 -0- 1 0 96.2% 101 105
Fitzroy 8th 0 -0- 1 0 86.4% 70 81
Geelong 9th 0 -0- 1 0 83.6% 61 73
Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 1 0 72.1% 75 104
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 56.7% 76 134
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 1 0 52.3% 67 128

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 75 - 75 37,070
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 107 - 60 22,611
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 88 - 80 19,998
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 63 - 149 18,498
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 84 - 105 21,452
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 76 - 138 10,200

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 2 -0- 0 8 185.0% 235 127
Hawthorn 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 160.3% 242 151
Richmond 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 154.9% 254 164
Carlton 4th 1 -1- 0 6 107.6% 156 145
St Kilda 5th 1 -0- 1 4 130.5% 214 164
Fitzroy 6th 1 -0- 1 4 98.1% 158 161
Footscray 7th 1 -0- 1 4 81.1% 172 212
South Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 79.2% 133 168
Collingwood 9th 0 -1- 1 2 97.8% 176 180
Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 76.1% 159 209
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 2 0 55.9% 152 272
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 2 0 55.9% 124 222

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 113 - 48 25,172
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn VFL Park 65 - 107 16,431
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 86 - 109 10,383
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 111 - 131 55,825
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 94 - 126 20,491
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 139 - 81 20,402

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 3 -0- 0 12 161.6% 349 216
Essendon 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 153.8% 366 238
Carlton 3rd 2 -1- 0 10 118.0% 282 239
St Kilda 4th 2 -0- 1 8 144.1% 353 245
Richmond 5th 2 -0- 1 8 123.7% 365 295
Fitzroy 6th 2 -0- 1 8 108.1% 267 247
Collingwood 7th 1 -1- 1 6 126.8% 289 228
South Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 77.2% 227 294
Footscray 9th 1 -0- 2 4 72.1% 253 351
Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 3 0 64.3% 207 322
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 62.5% 238 381
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 3 0 57.4% 189 329

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1972 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 104 - 109 28,377
SAT 22/04/1972 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda VFL Park 67 - 87 40,290
SAT 22/04/1972 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 129 - 86 18,862
SAT 22/04/1972 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 83 - 64 16,937
SAT 22/04/1972 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 100 - 86 12,827
SAT 22/04/1972 2:10 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 127 - 56 18,594

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 4 -0- 0 16 152.8% 495 324
St Kilda 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 141.0% 440 312
Hawthorn 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 138.1% 413 299
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 1 12 118.8% 474 399
Fitzroy 5th 3 -0- 1 12 112.5% 350 311
Carlton 6th 2 -1- 1 10 110.9% 386 348
Footscray 7th 2 -0- 2 8 80.8% 353 437
Collingwood 8th 1 -1- 2 6 113.0% 356 315
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 3 4 88.4% 334 378
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 3 4 67.2% 283 421
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 4 0 67.4% 324 481
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 4 0 60.0% 275 458

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
TUE 25/04/1972 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton VFL Park 73 - 88 50,367
TUE 25/04/1972 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 89 - 84 38,154
SAT 29/04/1972 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 75 - 127 16,343
SAT 29/04/1972 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 104 - 76 15,440
SAT 29/04/1972 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 62 - 140 17,414
SAT 29/04/1972 2:10 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 47 - 70 19,724

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 4 -0- 1 16 142.1% 510 359
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 137.9% 568 412
Hawthorn 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 137.9% 517 375
Fitzroy 4th 4 -0- 1 16 123.6% 477 386
Richmond 5th 4 -0- 1 16 116.6% 563 483
Carlton 6th 3 -1- 1 14 112.6% 474 421
Collingwood 7th 2 -1- 2 10 131.6% 496 377
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 3 8 79.3% 429 541
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 4 4 89.5% 418 467
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 4 4 67.2% 330 491
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 5 0 62.2% 386 621
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 5 0 59.8% 350 585

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 147 - 98 18,365
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 96 - 101 29,885
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 112 - 90 18,466
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 109 - 85 41,357
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne VFL Park 106 - 91 9,111
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 165 - 76 33,555

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 5 -0- 1 20 155.2% 675 435
Hawthorn 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 131.2% 618 471
Carlton 3rd 4 -1- 1 18 119.7% 621 519
Essendon 4th 4 -0- 2 16 125.3% 653 521
Fitzroy 5th 4 -0- 2 16 113.9% 567 498
Richmond 6th 4 -0- 2 16 98.6% 639 648
Footscray 7th 3 -0- 3 12 85.7% 541 631
Collingwood 8th 2 -1- 3 10 123.8% 592 478
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 95.5% 527 552
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 4 8 74.9% 436 582
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 6 0 65.6% 477 727
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 6 0 61.2% 448 732

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne VFL Park 75 - 38 30,114
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 123 - 82 27,875
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 75 - 100 26,776
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 108 - 111 16,836
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 92 - 74 13,727
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 121 - 94 17,331

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 6 -0- 1 24 130.3% 710 545
Carlton 2nd 5 -1- 1 22 125.0% 696 557
St Kilda 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 135.7% 757 558
Essendon 4th 5 -0- 2 20 128.7% 776 603
Richmond 5th 5 -0- 2 20 102.4% 760 742
Fitzroy 6th 4 -0- 3 16 107.4% 642 598
Footscray 7th 4 -0- 3 16 88.2% 652 739
Collingwood 8th 3 -1- 3 14 125.1% 692 553
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 90.1% 565 627
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 5 8 75.7% 510 674
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 7 0 67.3% 571 848
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 7 0 66.0% 556 843

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 56 - 80 25,986
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 134 - 101 19,023
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 61 - 96 14,091
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn VFL Park 91 - 84 25,661
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 61 - 119 12,421
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 72 - 99 31,547

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -1- 1 26 126.4% 795 629
Essendon 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 131.3% 872 664
Hawthorn 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 124.8% 794 636
Richmond 4th 6 -0- 2 24 103.0% 851 826
St Kilda 5th 5 -0- 3 20 126.2% 829 657
Fitzroy 6th 5 -0- 3 20 115.5% 761 659
Footscray 7th 5 -0- 3 20 92.1% 732 795
Collingwood 8th 3 -1- 4 14 118.2% 748 633
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 5 12 96.0% 699 728
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 6 8 72.0% 571 793
Geelong 11th 0 -0- 8 0 67.2% 657 977
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 8 0 66.9% 632 944

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 109 - 47 15,626
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 184 - 109 20,771
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 107 - 105 28,187
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Junction Oval 97 - 105 21,753
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 81 - 64 15,891
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda VFL Park 36 - 73 23,516

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -1- 1 30 133.7% 904 676
Essendon 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 127.3% 979 769
Richmond 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 103.6% 956 923
St Kilda 4th 6 -0- 3 24 130.2% 902 693
Hawthorn 5th 6 -0- 3 24 121.0% 899 743
Footscray 6th 6 -0- 3 24 94.6% 813 859
Fitzroy 7th 5 -0- 4 20 112.3% 858 764
Collingwood 8th 4 -1- 4 18 125.6% 932 742
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 91.8% 735 801
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 7 8 72.7% 635 874
Geelong 11th 0 -0- 9 0 66.0% 766 1,161
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 9 0 64.5% 679 1,053

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy VFL Park 101 - 99 26,791
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 65 - 81 15,835
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 88 - 85 26,585
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 47 - 155 8,063
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 104 - 86 36,986
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 59 - 128 18,085

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 8 -0- 2 32 124.4% 1,080 868
Richmond 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 105.1% 1,060 1,009
Carlton 3rd 7 -1- 2 30 129.5% 989 764
St Kilda 4th 7 -0- 3 28 129.7% 983 758
Hawthorn 5th 7 -0- 3 28 119.2% 987 828
Footscray 6th 6 -0- 4 24 93.4% 899 963
Collingwood 7th 5 -1- 4 22 132.3% 1,060 801
Fitzroy 8th 5 -0- 5 20 110.6% 957 865
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 6 16 105.0% 890 848
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 8 8 69.3% 694 1,002
Geelong 11th 0 -0- 10 0 66.9% 831 1,242
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 10 0 60.1% 726 1,208

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1972 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 51 - 57 23,948
SAT 10/06/1972 2:10 PM Richmond v South Melbourne MCG 95 - 31 18,692
SAT 10/06/1972 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 110 - 56 27,313
MON 12/06/1972 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 148 - 93 44,861
MON 12/06/1972 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Junction Oval 89 - 88 23,103
MON 12/06/1972 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong VFL Park 95 - 104 13,968

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 9 -0- 2 36 111.1% 1,155 1,040
Carlton 2nd 8 -1- 2 34 128.3% 1,046 815
St Kilda 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 134.3% 1,093 814
Essendon 4th 8 -0- 3 32 115.5% 1,173 1,016
Hawthorn 5th 7 -0- 4 28 111.2% 1,043 938
Collingwood 6th 6 -1- 4 26 135.1% 1,208 894
Fitzroy 7th 6 -0- 5 24 109.8% 1,046 953
Footscray 8th 6 -0- 5 24 93.1% 950 1,020
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 7 16 104.4% 978 937
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 9 8 66.1% 725 1,097
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 10 4 69.9% 935 1,337
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 11 0 62.6% 821 1,312

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1972 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 90 - 85 28,288
SAT 17/06/1972 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 76 - 75 31,314
SAT 17/06/1972 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 50 - 91 10,681
SAT 24/06/1972 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 99 - 133 23,903
SAT 24/06/1972 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton VFL Park 55 - 91 29,258
SAT 24/06/1972 2:10 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 104 - 73 14,426

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 9 -1- 2 38 130.7% 1,137 870
St Kilda 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 137.0% 1,184 864
Richmond 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 109.7% 1,240 1,130
Essendon 4th 8 -0- 4 32 110.7% 1,272 1,149
Collingwood 5th 7 -1- 4 30 132.6% 1,298 979
Hawthorn 6th 7 -0- 5 28 110.3% 1,118 1,014
Footscray 7th 7 -0- 5 28 96.8% 1,083 1,119
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 6 24 105.5% 1,101 1,044
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 7 20 104.2% 1,054 1,012
Geelong 10th 2 -0- 10 8 73.7% 1,039 1,410
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 10 8 66.4% 798 1,201
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 12 0 62.1% 871 1,403

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 70 - 62 35,106
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne VFL Park 74 - 111 14,184
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 140 - 76 8,206
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 92 - 168 22,595
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 84 - 87 12,984
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 88 - 53 18,355

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 10 -1- 2 42 129.5% 1,207 932
St Kilda 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 138.7% 1,272 917
Essendon 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 110.2% 1,359 1,233
Richmond 4th 9 -0- 4 36 102.6% 1,332 1,298
Hawthorn 5th 8 -0- 5 32 115.4% 1,258 1,090
Collingwood 6th 7 -1- 5 30 129.6% 1,360 1,049
Footscray 7th 7 -0- 6 28 94.1% 1,157 1,230
Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 7 24 107.3% 1,165 1,086
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 7 24 101.9% 1,154 1,132
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 10 12 80.4% 1,207 1,502
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 11 8 68.5% 882 1,288
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 13 0 61.4% 947 1,543

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 70 - 60 23,873
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy VFL Park 133 - 80 12,375
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 63 - 99 9,302
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 119 - 88 46,471
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 69 - 93 10,405
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 37 - 67 30,451

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 10 -1- 3 42 123.2% 1,295 1,051
St Kilda 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 133.0% 1,309 984
Richmond 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 104.7% 1,451 1,386
Hawthorn 4th 9 -0- 5 36 118.9% 1,391 1,170
Essendon 5th 9 -0- 5 36 108.9% 1,419 1,303
Collingwood 6th 8 -1- 5 34 131.4% 1,427 1,086
Footscray 7th 8 -0- 6 32 97.1% 1,256 1,293
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 7 28 108.9% 1,258 1,155
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 8 24 97.5% 1,234 1,265
Geelong 10th 4 -0- 10 16 81.8% 1,277 1,562
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 12 8 68.9% 951 1,381
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 14 0 61.5% 1,010 1,642

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 128 - 63 13,865
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 90 - 111 23,251
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 110 - 66 7,007
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 91 - 65 18,655
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 128 - 98 16,844
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 58 - 73 30,887

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -1- 3 46 127.7% 1,423 1,114
Richmond 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 105.8% 1,562 1,476
St Kilda 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 127.8% 1,374 1,075
Hawthorn 4th 10 -0- 5 40 119.8% 1,519 1,268
Collingwood 5th 9 -1- 5 38 131.1% 1,500 1,144
Essendon 6th 9 -0- 6 36 106.7% 1,509 1,414
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 6 36 99.2% 1,347 1,358
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 8 28 107.2% 1,316 1,228
Fitzroy 9th 7 -0- 8 28 101.0% 1,344 1,331
Geelong 10th 4 -0- 11 16 81.4% 1,375 1,690
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 13 8 67.2% 1,014 1,509
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 15 0 61.4% 1,076 1,752

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 133 - 117 27,720
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 108 - 80 19,107
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 69 - 85 11,046
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 89 - 130 18,400
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 84 - 123 32,416
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne VFL Park 95 - 59 13,225

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 12 -1- 3 50 126.4% 1,556 1,231
Richmond 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 108.0% 1,685 1,560
St Kilda 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 129.5% 1,469 1,134
Hawthorn 4th 11 -0- 5 44 121.5% 1,649 1,357
Collingwood 5th 10 -1- 5 42 131.4% 1,608 1,224
Essendon 6th 9 -0- 7 36 105.1% 1,626 1,547
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 7 36 96.5% 1,436 1,488
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 9 28 103.6% 1,400 1,351
Fitzroy 9th 7 -0- 9 28 99.8% 1,413 1,416
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 11 20 83.0% 1,460 1,759
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 14 8 66.9% 1,073 1,604
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 16 0 62.2% 1,156 1,860

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 140 - 95 16,318
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray VFL Park 102 - 81 9,574
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 67 - 119 24,797
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 82 - 127 24,132
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 87 - 78 7,191
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 153 - 81 44,348

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 13 -1- 3 54 129.0% 1,675 1,298
Richmond 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 112.0% 1,838 1,641
Collingwood 3rd 11 -1- 5 46 132.8% 1,735 1,306
St Kilda 4th 11 -0- 6 44 120.4% 1,550 1,287
Hawthorn 5th 11 -0- 6 44 116.6% 1,731 1,484
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 7 40 107.6% 1,766 1,642
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 8 36 95.4% 1,517 1,590
Fitzroy 8th 8 -0- 9 32 101.2% 1,515 1,497
Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 10 28 100.3% 1,495 1,491
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 12 20 81.3% 1,527 1,878
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 15 8 68.1% 1,151 1,691
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 16 4 64.1% 1,243 1,938

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 129 - 85 25,007
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 73 - 69 14,699
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 66 - 77 33,364
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond VFL Park 50 - 98 11,425
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 89 - 148 9,207
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 81 - 88 29,062

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 14 -1- 3 58 128.4% 1,752 1,364
Richmond 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 114.5% 1,936 1,691
Collingwood 3rd 12 -1- 5 50 134.0% 1,864 1,391
Hawthorn 4th 12 -0- 6 48 119.5% 1,879 1,573
St Kilda 5th 11 -0- 7 44 118.6% 1,631 1,375
Essendon 6th 11 -0- 7 44 107.6% 1,854 1,723
Footscray 7th 10 -0- 8 40 95.8% 1,590 1,659
Fitzroy 8th 8 -0- 10 32 98.4% 1,600 1,626
Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 11 28 99.6% 1,561 1,568
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 13 20 81.8% 1,596 1,951
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 16 8 67.4% 1,240 1,839
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 4 63.5% 1,293 2,036

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1972 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 94 - 71 22,109
SAT 12/08/1972 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 140 - 95 14,454
SAT 12/08/1972 2:10 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 98 - 53 7,451
SAT 12/08/1972 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood VFL Park 55 - 102 21,528
SAT 12/08/1972 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 85 - 142 12,716
SAT 12/08/1972 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 102 - 113 18,834

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 15 -1- 3 62 128.6% 1,846 1,435
Richmond 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 114.3% 2,049 1,793
Collingwood 3rd 13 -1- 5 54 136.0% 1,966 1,446
Hawthorn 4th 12 -0- 7 48 117.5% 1,981 1,686
Essendon 5th 12 -0- 7 48 109.7% 1,994 1,818
St Kilda 6th 11 -0- 8 44 115.9% 1,702 1,469
Footscray 7th 10 -0- 9 40 93.4% 1,645 1,761
Fitzroy 8th 9 -0- 10 36 101.1% 1,698 1,679
Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 11 32 103.0% 1,703 1,653
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 14 20 80.3% 1,681 2,093
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 17 8 66.8% 1,293 1,937
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 18 4 63.8% 1,388 2,176

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1972 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 112 - 111 23,106
SAT 19/08/1972 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon VFL Park 106 - 87 36,861
SAT 19/08/1972 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 60 - 149 11,271
SAT 19/08/1972 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 137 - 100 27,651
SAT 19/08/1972 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 66 - 79 9,154
SAT 19/08/1972 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 90 - 89 18,836

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 16 -1- 3 66 133.4% 1,995 1,495
Richmond 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 115.5% 2,186 1,893
Collingwood 3rd 13 -1- 6 54 133.3% 2,077 1,558
Hawthorn 4th 13 -0- 7 52 117.7% 2,087 1,773
St Kilda 5th 12 -0- 8 48 115.0% 1,792 1,558
Essendon 6th 12 -0- 8 48 108.2% 2,081 1,924
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 9 44 94.4% 1,724 1,827
Fitzroy 8th 9 -0- 11 36 99.0% 1,798 1,816
Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 12 32 102.8% 1,792 1,743
Geelong 10th 6 -0- 14 24 81.4% 1,793 2,204
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 18 8 67.4% 1,359 2,016
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 19 4 62.3% 1,448 2,325

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1972 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 156 - 88 32,048
SAT 26/08/1972 2:10 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 149 - 72 19,934
SAT 26/08/1972 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 104 - 119 17,252
SAT 26/08/1972 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 123 - 125 18,117
SAT 26/08/1972 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 124 - 91 11,241
SAT 26/08/1972 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong VFL Park 76 - 61 25,786

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 17 -1- 3 70 135.9% 2,151 1,583
Richmond 2nd 17 -0- 4 68 114.6% 2,311 2,016
Collingwood 3rd 14 -1- 6 58 136.6% 2,226 1,630
St Kilda 4th 13 -0- 8 52 115.4% 1,868 1,619
Hawthorn 5th 13 -0- 8 52 112.8% 2,175 1,929
Essendon 6th 13 -0- 8 52 108.5% 2,200 2,028
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 10 44 94.6% 1,847 1,952
Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 12 36 104.5% 1,916 1,834
Fitzroy 9th 9 -0- 12 36 98.3% 1,902 1,935
Geelong 10th 6 -0- 15 24 81.3% 1,854 2,280
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 19 8 66.1% 1,431 2,165
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 20 4 62.8% 1,539 2,449

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1972 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 86 - 83 24,619
SAT 02/09/1972 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 117 - 112 35,030
SAT 02/09/1972 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 140 - 89 12,267
SAT 02/09/1972 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 102 - 121 22,923
SAT 02/09/1972 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 127 - 95 21,653
SAT 02/09/1972 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Richmond VFL Park 82 - 158 16,667

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 18 -1- 3 74 134.3% 2,237 1,666
Richmond 2nd 18 -0- 4 72 117.7% 2,469 2,098
Collingwood 3rd 14 -1- 7 58 133.8% 2,338 1,747
St Kilda 4th 14 -0- 8 56 115.6% 1,989 1,721
Essendon 5th 14 -0- 8 56 108.3% 2,317 2,140
Hawthorn 6th 13 -0- 9 52 111.1% 2,277 2,050
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 11 44 94.7% 1,930 2,038
Melbourne 8th 10 -0- 12 40 105.9% 2,043 1,929
Fitzroy 9th 9 -0- 13 36 96.8% 1,997 2,062
Geelong 10th 7 -0- 15 28 84.2% 1,994 2,369
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 20 8 65.1% 1,513 2,323
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 21 4 62.9% 1,628 2,589

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1972 2:30 PM St Kilda v Essendon VFL Park 124 - 71 52,499

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1972 2:30 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 164 - 120 91,900

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1972 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond VFL Park 61 - 61 54,338
SAT 16/09/1972 2:30 PM Collingwood v St Kilda MCG 65 - 83 91,857
SAT 23/09/1972 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond MCG 69 - 110 92,670

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1972 2:30 PM Carlton v St Kilda MCG 109 - 93 96,272

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/10/1972 2:50 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 150 - 177 112,393