1972 VFL Season Elimination Final: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 1972 between St Kilda and Essendon in the elimination final of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at VFL Park. Ross Smith captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

St Kilda (18.16.124) defeated Essendon (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 9 September 1972
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 52,499

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Essendon
Score: 18.16.124 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 5 . 5 11 . 8 15 . 16 18 . 16 18 . 16 (124)
Essendon 2 . 2 8 . 3 8 . 4 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin STKL by 21 STKL by 23 STKL by 54 STKL by 53 STKL by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 ? 0 1
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 1 17 13 4 5 ? 1 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 ? 1 0
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 2 19 17 2 7 ? 2 2
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 2 1 15 10 5 5 ? 2 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 ? 4 1
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 3 2 7 5 2 4 ? 0 1
34 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 ? 1 2
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 2 2 14 9 5 0 ? 1 2
44 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 4 ? 0 1
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 4 ? 3 3
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 ? 2 2
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 ? 0 5
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 ? 1 4
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 ? 0 1
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 3 ? 1 1
32 Stephens, John ? ? 4 4 21 20 1 2 ? 7 2
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 ? 0 3
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 1 1 22 20 2 3 ? 4 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 16 273 225 48 63 0+ 30 34

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 2 2 13 12 1 3 ? 5 0
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 ? 0 6
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 ? 1 2
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 12 ? 2 0
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 8 ? 1 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 0 ? 5 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 14 14 0 4 ? 0 0
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 ? 0 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 2 ? 3 0
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 ? 4 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 ? 1 4
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 1 11 7 4 2 ? 0 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 3 ? 2 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 0
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 2 ? 2 3
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 1 ? 2 0
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 ? 1 0
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 1 ? 3 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 6 ? 1 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 1 20 20 0 2 ? 1 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 11 268 221 47 61 0+ 34 30

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s