1972 VFL Season Round 1: Carlton v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 1 April 1972 between Carlton and Fitzroy during round one of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Robert Walls as vice-captain. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Carlton (11.15.81) defeated Fitzroy (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Carlton v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 1 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 33,601

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.15.81 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 4 5 . 9 7 . 11 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 5 . 6 7 . 8 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin FITZ by 6 CARL by 3 CARL by 3 CARL by 11 CARL by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 2 2 23 21 2 2 ? 4 1
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 4 0 12 10 2 2 ? 2 3
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 ? 1 2
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 6 ? 5 4
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 ? 0 1
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 ? 3 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 2 27 24 3 1 ? 3 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 3 ? 5 2
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 1 6 11 9 2 1 ? 1 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 2 ? 5 4
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 1 ? 0 4
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 4 ? 2 4
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 6 ? 0 0
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 ? 3 4
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 5 ? 3 3
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 6 ? 3 3
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 ? 2 4
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 ? 2 3
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 1 ? 0 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 15 284 237 47 55 0+ 44 51

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 4 ? 0 6
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 1 ? 0 2
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 ? 2 1
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 4 ? 0 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 ? 1 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 7 ? 4 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 1 1 24 23 1 5 ? 5 3
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 0 ? 8 6
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 1 13 12 1 3 ? 3 4
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 7 ? 2 2
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 6 ? 6 2
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 5 ? 2 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 3 3 7 7 0 2 ? 4 0
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 ? 2 3
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 8 ? 3 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 3 ? 5 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 2 1 22 20 2 3 ? 4 0
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 4 ? 0 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 ? 1 0
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 ? 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 10 268 227 41 74 0+ 52 43

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