1972 VFL Season Qualifying Final: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 9 September 1972 between Richmond and Collingwood in the qualifying final of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Barry Price as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Neil Mann.

Richmond (25.14.164) defeated Collingwood (18.12.120).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 9 September 1972
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 91,900

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Collingwood
Score: 25.14.164 - 18.12.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 3 13 . 6 20 . 11 25 . 14 25 . 14 (164)
Collingwood 5 . 2 8 . 9 12 . 10 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Margin RICH by 7 RICH by 27 RICH by 49 RICH by 44 RICH by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

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

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Barry Price
Coach: Neil Mann

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 4 1 8 7 1 5 ? 0 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 1 24 24 0 1 ? 2 5
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 5 ? 4 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 3 27 24 3 8 ? 3 6
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 ? 0 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 ? 1 1
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 2 2 17 12 5 0 ? 4 2
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 6 1 21 21 0 8 ? 3 2
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 5 ? 1 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 ? 1 0
43 Hywood, Steve ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 0 ? 0 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 ? 6 1
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 3 2 9 8 1 3 ? 2 3
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 4 0 18 14 4 6 ? 3 4
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 ? 2 3
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 4 3 16 13 3 2 ? 3 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 ? 1 3
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 ? 3 2
37 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 25 14 260 224 36 63 0+ 39 42

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 ? 4 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 4 1 17 14 3 4 ? 4 1
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 ? 6 1
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 ? 3 1
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 1 2 17 15 2 5 ? 2 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 ? 3 2
10 Eakins, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 1
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 ? 1 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 4 ? 0 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 5 ? 1 4
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 ? 1 2
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 ? 1 0
30 Pettigrew, Peter ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 4 ? 3 1
4 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 ? 3 2
2 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 7 ? 1 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 5 ? 0 3
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 4 3 27 22 5 7 ? 3 2
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 ? 0 2
3 Thompson, Len ? ? 4 0 12 12 0 3 ? 2 6
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 0 ? 4 6
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 12 250 213 37 70 0+ 42 39

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