1972 VFL Preliminary Final: Carlton v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 30 September 1972 between Carlton and St Kilda in the preliminary final of the 1972 VFL season. Carlton hosted St Kilda at MCG. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), R. Walls (vice-capt.), B. Armstrong, N. Chandler, D. Dickson, B. Doull, A. Gallagher, K. Hall, P. Hurst, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, G. Kennedy, T. Keogh, A. Lukas, D. McKay, J. O'Connell, I. Robertson, G. Southby, V. Waite

St Kilda
N. Besanko, B. Breen, G. Colling, I. Corner, A. Davis, C. Ditterich, G. Elliott, R. Galt, S. Grambeau, W. Judson, B. Lawrence, M. Malthouse, J. Manzie, J. Moran, B. Mynott, K. Neale, T. Payze, J. Stephens, S. Theodore, S. Trott

Carlton (16.13.109) defeated St Kilda (13.15.93).

Goalkickers
Carlton: A. Jesaulenko (7), J. Nicholls (3), S. Jackson (2), N. Chandler, P. Jones, G. Kennedy, D. McKay
St Kilda: I. Corner (3), R. Galt (2), B. Lawrence (2), S. Theodore (2), B. Breen, C. Ditterich, J. Manzie, J. Stephens

As a result of this match, Carlton faced Richmond in the grand final and St Kilda were eliminated (finishing 3rd overall).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Carlton v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 30 September 1972
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 96,272

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. St Kilda
Score: 16.13.109 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Carlton	5	.	3	7	.	7	11	.	11	16	.	13	16	.	13	(109)
St Kilda	6	.	8	8	.	12	10	.	12	13	.	15	13	.	15	(93)
Margin	STKL by 11			STKL by 11			CARL by 5			CARL by 16			CARL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Nicholls (Carlton), Allan Jeans (St Kilda)
Captains: John Nicholls (Carlton), unknown (St Kilda)
Vice-Captains: Robert Walls (Carlton), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates
Goal Umpire: K. Barker

Player Statistics

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
12	Armstrong, Barry	?	?	0	0	21	20	1	1	0	2	0
22	Chandler, Neil	?	?	1	1	14	12	2	5	0	1	2
27	Dickson, David	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	3	0	0	2
11	Doull, Bruce	?	?	0	0	16	10	6	3	0	1	4
10	Gallagher, Adrian	?	?	0	1	19	19	0	3	1	3	1
3	Hall, Kevin	?	?	0	2	11	8	3	0	0	0	1
33	Hurst, Paul	?	?	0	1	12	11	1	1	0	2	1
5	Jackson, Syd	?	?	2	4	13	12	1	4	0	0	1
25	Jesaulenko, Alex	?	?	7	3	17	15	2	4	0	1	2
28	Jones, Peter	?	?	1	0	13	8	5	6	7	0	1
16	Kennedy, Greg	?	?	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	Keogh, Trevor	?	?	0	0	22	21	1	4	0	4	1
7	Lukas, Andrew	?	?	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	1	1
43	McKay, David	?	?	1	0	11	9	2	5	13	2	2
2	Nicholls, John (c)	?	?	3	0	12	9	3	4	7	2	3
19	O'Connell, John	?	?	0	0	18	12	6	1	0	3	2
34	Robertson, Ian	?	?	0	0	22	16	6	7	0	2	3
20	Southby, Geoff	?	?	0	0	11	10	1	0	0	4	1
30	Waite, Vin	?	?	0	0	11	6	5	1	0	5	2
42	Walls, Robert (vc)	?	?	0	1	14	14	0	7	0	0	1
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				16	13	273	226	47	59	28	33	31

St Kilda

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
11	Besanko, Neil	?	?	0	0	17	14	3	4	0	1	3
17	Breen, Barry	?	?	1	3	9	8	1	2	1	2	2
12	Colling, Gary	?	?	0	0	16	8	8	4	1	3	3
28	Corner, Ian	?	?	3	1	17	11	6	0	0	1	3
19	Davis, Allan	?	?	0	1	24	20	4	7	0	1	3
10	Ditterich, Carl	?	?	1	1	15	13	2	3	16	1	3
8	Elliott, Glenn	?	?	0	1	20	18	2	4	0	5	1
17	Galt, Rod	?	?	2	2	13	11	2	4	6	2	1
34	Grambeau, Shane	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
42	Judson, Wayne	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	1	0	0	2
5	Lawrence, Barry	?	?	2	1	8	7	1	2	0	1	4
44	Malthouse, Mick	?	?	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0
26	Manzie, John	?	?	1	1	23	18	5	3	0	1	1
15	Moran, Jeff	?	?	0	0	17	17	0	3	0	0	0
2	Mynott, Brian	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	4	9	2	0
18	Neale, Kevin	?	?	0	0	8	8	0	2	0	0	1
20	Payze, Travis	?	?	0	0	18	13	5	2	0	3	2
32	Stephens, John	?	?	1	1	10	9	1	1	0	2	2
23	Theodore, Stephen	?	?	2	1	18	15	3	4	0	3	0
7	Trott, Stuart	?	?	0	1	22	19	3	6	0	2	2
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				13	15	281	232	49	56	33	31	33

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

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