1972 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 8 April 1972 between Geelong and Richmond during round two of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at Kardinia Park. Doug Wade captained the hosts. Royce Hart captained the visitors with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Geelong (10.3.63) were defeated by Richmond (22.17.149).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 8 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 18,498

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Richmond
Score: 10.3.63 - 22.17.149

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 1 5 . 3 8 . 3 10 . 3 10 . 3 (63)
Richmond 1 . 3 8 . 7 12 . 10 22 . 17 22 . 17 (149)
Margin GEEL by 16 RICH by 22 RICH by 31 RICH by 86 RICH by 86
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 7 0 5 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 9 0 1 2
5 Barkley, David ? ? 2 0 14 12 2 2 2 1 2
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 0 3 1 0
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 0 3
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 1 2
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 0
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 26 26 0 2 0 7 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 14 2 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 8 0 4 4
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 1 4 1
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 0
20 Stephenson, Doug ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 9 0 6 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 1 2 0
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 5 1 7 7 0 6 0 0 4
27 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 0 0 1 5
12 Wright, Jim ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 3 265 223 42 67 21 38 35

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 4 1 24 23 1 3 0 3 3
20 Beckwith, Bill ? ? 2 1 14 13 1 2 0 2 4
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 1 0 0 3
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 25 24 1 5 0 2 3
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 3 2 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 2 17 17 0 4 0 2 2
41 Cloke, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 2 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 3 3 20 18 2 2 0 6 1
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 2 3 20 12 8 7 0 1 3
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 8 0 1 0
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 3 3 1 1
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 2 2 12 11 1 4 0 2 5
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 6 0 2 3
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 3 0 23 18 5 3 0 3 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 3 0 9 7 2 5 0 0 2
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 1 1 18 10 8 13 19 1 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 2 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 6 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 22 17 308 247 61 87 25 35 38

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