1972 VFL Grand Final: Richmond v Carlton
This is the match report for the match played on 7 October 1972 between Richmond and Carlton in the grand final of the 1972 VFL season.
Richmond hosted Carlton at MCG.
Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain.
John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.
Richmond
R. Hart (capt.), K. Bartlett (vice-capt.), N. Balme, G. Bond, F. Bourke, R. Boyanich, D. Clay, D. Cumming, R. Hunt, S. Hywood, C. McKellar, R. McLean, M. McMillan, K. Morris, B. Richardson, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, I. Stewart, W. Walsh
Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), R. Walls (vice-capt.), B. Armstrong, N. Chandler, G. Crane, D. Dickson, B. Doull, A. Gallagher, K. Hall, P. Hurst, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, T. Keogh, A. Lukas, D. McKay, J. O'Connell, I. Robertson, G. Southby, V. Waite
Richmond (22.18.150) were defeated by Carlton (28.9.177).
Goalkickers
Richmond: N. Balme (5), B. Richardson (3), K. Sheedy (3), D. Cumming (2), R. Hart (2), M. McMillan (2), R. Hunt, R. McLean, K. Morris, P. Sproule, I. Stewart
Carlton: A. Jesaulenko (7), J. Nicholls (6), R. Walls (6), T. Keogh (3), S. Jackson (2), N. Chandler, D. Dickson, A. Gallagher, K. Hall
As a result of this match, Carlton were the premiers and Richmond were the runners-up.
Match Details
Season:
1972 VFL Season
Round:
Grand Final
Teams:
Richmond
v
Carlton
Date:
Saturday 7 October 1972
Time:
2:50 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
112,393
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 5 | . | 4 | 10 | . | 9 | 15 | . | 15 | 22 | . | 18 | 22 | . | 18 | (150) |
| Carlton | 8 | . | 4 | 18 | . | 6 | 25 | . | 9 | 28 | . | 9 | 28 | . | 9 | (177) |
| Margin | CARL by 18 | CARL by 45 | CARL by 54 | CARL by 27 | CARL by 27 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Tom Hafey
(Richmond),
John Nicholls
(Carlton)
Captains:
Royce Hart
(Richmond),
John Nicholls
(Carlton)
Vice-Captains:
Kevin Bartlett
(Richmond),
Robert Walls
(Carlton)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Deller
Goal Umpire:
T. Rossiter,
R. Sankey
Boundary Umpire:
G. Lee,
K. Mitchell
Player Statistics
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Balme, Neil | ? | ? | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | Bartlett, Kevin (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | Bond, Graeme | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | Bourke, Francis | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | Boyanich, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Clay, Dick | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Cumming, Daryl | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Hart, Royce (c) | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Hunt, Rex | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 43 | Hywood, Steve | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | McKellar, Craig | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | McLean, Ricky | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | McMillan, Marty | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Morris, Kevin | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | Richardson, Barry | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Roberts, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Sheedy, Kevin | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Sproule, Paul | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Stewart, Ian | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Walsh, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 22 | 18 | 249 | 208 | 41 | 34 | 32 | 42 | 32 | |||
Carlton
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Armstrong, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Chandler, Neil | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Crane, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Dickson, David | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Doull, Bruce | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Gallagher, Adrian | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Hall, Kevin | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Hurst, Paul | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Jackson, Syd | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | Jesaulenko, Alex | ? | ? | 7 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 28 | Jones, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Keogh, Trevor | ? | ? | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Lukas, Andrew | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | McKay, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Nicholls, John (c) | ? | ? | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | O'Connell, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Robertson, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Southby, Geoff | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | Waite, Vin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 42 | Walls, Robert (vc) | ? | ? | 6 | 1 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 28 | 9 | 274 | 226 | 48 | 61 | 23 | 31 | 42 | |||