1972 VFL Round 1: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1972 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round 1 of the 1972 VFL season. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. John Rantall captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

South Melbourne
J. Rantall (capt.), R. Ball, P. Bedford, G. Brice, P. Brown, R. Cook, R. Doyle, R. Gleeson, N. Goss, J. Haines, S. Hoffman, G. Lambert, S. McKew, D. McLeish, N. Miller, J. Murphy, S. Officer, J. Prentice, R. Quade, J. Wilkinson

Geelong
G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, D. Barkley, R. Blake, D. Clarke, W. Closter, T. Evans, T. Farman, I. Hampshire, D. Harris, J. Kline, T. Mayne, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, S. Newman, G. Reid, B. Ryan, J. Scarlett, R. Stokes, M. Woolnough

South Melbourne (10.13.73) defeated Geelong (9.7.61).

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: N. Goss (3), S. Hoffman (3), R. Quade (2), G. Brice, N. Miller
Geelong: D. Clarke (3), I. Nankervis (2), D. Barkley, T. Mayne, S. Newman, B. Ryan

As a result of this match, South Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder and Geelong were then 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Monday 3 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 18,643

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 10.13.73 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 5 6 . 8 10 . 9 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Geelong 2 . 0 7 . 1 8 . 4 9 . 7 9 . 7 (61)
Margin SMLB by 11 SMLB by 1 SMLB by 17 SMLB by 12 SMLB by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Norm Smith (South Melbourne), Bill McMaster (Geelong)
Captains: John Rantall (South Melbourne), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Robinson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 ? 3 2
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 2 22 15 7 7 ? 2 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 2 18 15 3 5 ? 4 1
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 ? 4 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 ? 0 1
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 ? 1 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 3 2 17 16 1 2 ? 4 2
1 Haines, Jim ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 8 ? 4 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 3 1 18 15 3 3 ? 2 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 ? 3 1
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 ? 2 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 2 ? 4 2
13 Miller, Neville ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 6 ? 1 2
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 ? 1 3
3 Officer, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 ? 3 1
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 ? 1 1
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 2 0 15 13 2 3 ? 2 2
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 ? 3 3
9 Wilkinson, Jim ? ? 0 3 10 10 0 4 ? 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 13 250 223 27 59 0+ 45 31

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 2 ? 3 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 ? 4 1
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 3 ? 0 0
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 8 ? 2 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 2 22 22 0 7 ? 1 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 29 28 1 8 ? 3 1
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 7 ? 3 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 ? 0 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 8 ? 2 2
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 ? 0 0
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 0 ? 1 0
9 Mayne, Terry ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 2 ? 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 0 24 21 3 3 ? 5 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 ? 1 0
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 6 ? 2 3
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 5 ? 5 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 2 3 3 0 3 ? 0 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 ? 7 2
7 Stokes, Rod ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 ? 2 5
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 2 ? 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 7 273 234 39 78 0+ 45 32

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