1972 VFL Season 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 two of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (16.11.107) defeated South Melbourne (7.18.60).

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

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Des Tuddenham

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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