1972 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1972 between Richmond and Collingwood during round one 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 (16.9.105) defeated Collingwood (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Monday 3 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 72,659

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Collingwood
Score: 16.9.105 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 5 10 . 7 12 . 8 16 . 9 16 . 9 (105)
Collingwood 4 . 3 6 . 7 6 . 16 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin RICH by 2 RICH by 24 RICH by 28 RICH by 4 RICH by 4
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

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 ? 4 2
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 1 19 18 1 3 ? 5 2
20 Beckwith, Bill ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 0 ? 0 0
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 ? 1 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 3 ? 4 3
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 4 ? 2 6
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 2 0 15 15 0 5 ? 3 3
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 ? 2 1
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 0 0
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 2 ? 7 5
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 4 ? 5 5
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 0 ? 1 0
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 ? 1 3
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 1 2 12 7 5 7 ? 0 2
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 4 1 5 5 0 3 ? 2 1
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 ? 3 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 3 0 10 9 1 5 ? 1 1
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 5 ? 0 5
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 ? 1 0
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 3 ? 3 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 9 238 195 43 63 0+ 45 46

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 ? 2 1
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 ? 1 3
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 ? 0 1
7 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 1 3 18 17 1 5 ? 1 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 3 12 11 1 2 ? 4 5
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 29 25 4 3 ? 8 3
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 4 ? 1 2
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 1 0 16 16 0 9 ? 4 4
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 6 4 12 11 1 8 ? 2 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 1 ? 1 3
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 ? 1 0
4 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 ? 2 3
2 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 5 ? 2 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 3 ? 4 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 3 24 24 0 5 ? 2 4
3 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 ? 5 2
24 Tredrea, Gary ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 2 ? 1 2
32 Walker, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 ? 2 3
5 Waters, Terry ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 3 ? 1 0
35 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 3 ? 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 17 265 237 28 70 0+ 46 45

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