1972 VFL Season 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 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Carlton at the 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 (22.18.150) were defeated by Carlton (28.9.177).

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

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by Carlton
Score: 22.18.150 - 28.9.177

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

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: John Nicholls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Goal Umpires

T. Rossiter
R. Sankey

Boundary Umpires

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

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