1972 VFL Season 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 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted St Kilda at the 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 (16.13.109) defeated St Kilda (13.15.93).

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

Carlton

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

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Goal Umpires

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