1972 VFL Round 2: Essendon v South Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1972 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round 2 of the 1972 VFL season.
Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill.
Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain.
John Rantall captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.
Essendon
D. Tuddenham (capt.), B. Davis (vice-capt.), G. Blethyn, J. Cassin, R. Close, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, B. Grinter, D. Gross, L. Halley, K. Hogan, D. McKenzie, L. Moloney, A. Noonan, C. Payne, G. Perry, K. Roberts, S. Talbot, J. Williams, A. Wilson
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, P. McCracken, D. McLeish, N. Miller, J. Murphy, S. Officer, J. Prentice, R. Quade, J. Wilkinson
Essendon (16.11.107) defeated South Melbourne (7.18.60).
Goalkickers
Essendon: G. Blethyn (4), D. Tuddenham (3), K. Hogan (2), R. Close, N. Fields, B. Grinter, D. Gross, A. Noonan, K. Roberts, A. Wilson
South Melbourne: P. Bedford (2), D. McLeish, N. Miller, J. Murphy, R. Quade, J. Wilkinson
As a result of this match, Essendon remained 1st on the ladder and South Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1972 VFL Season
Round:
Round 2
Teams:
Essendon
v
South Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 8 April 1972
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
22,611
Match Results
Outcome:
Essendon
def.
South Melbourne
Score:
16.11.107 - 7.18.60
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 4 | . | 0 | 9 | . | 2 | 12 | . | 4 | 16 | . | 11 | 16 | . | 11 | (107) |
| South Melbourne | 3 | . | 5 | 4 | . | 8 | 6 | . | 13 | 7 | . | 18 | 7 | . | 18 | (60) |
| Margin | ESSE by 1 | ESSE by 24 | ESSE by 27 | ESSE by 47 | ESSE by 47 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
Norm Smith
(South Melbourne)
Captains:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
John Rantall
(South Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Barry Davis
(Essendon),
unknown
(South Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
B. Deller
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Blethyn, Geoff | ? | ? | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Cassin, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Close, Robin | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | Davis, Barry (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Fields, Neville | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | Fletcher, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Grinter, Barry | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Gross, Don | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 44 | Halley, Len | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Hogan, Ken | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | McKenzie, Don | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Moloney, Laurie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Noonan, Alan | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Payne, Charlie | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 36 | Perry, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Roberts, Ken | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | Talbot, Sandy | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Tuddenham, Des (c) | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 22 | Williams, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | Wilson, Andy | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 16 | 11 | 258 | 215 | 43 | 61 | 22 | 48 | 48 | |||
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Ball, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Bedford, Peter | ? | ? | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Brice, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 32 | Brown, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | Cook, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 4 |
| 28 | Doyle, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Gleeson, Reg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Goss, Norm | ? | ? | 0 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | Haines, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Hoffman, Steve | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Lambert, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | McCracken, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | McLeish, David | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | Miller, Neville | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Murphy, John | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Officer, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 19 | Prentice, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Quade, Ricky | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Rantall, John (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Wilkinson, Jim | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 7 | 18 | 279 | 232 | 47 | 70 | 36 | 48 | 48 | |||