1972 VFL Season 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 one of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (10.13.73) defeated Geelong (9.7.61).

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

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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