1972 VFL Season Round 3: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1972 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round three of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Barry Price as vice-captain. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Collingwood (17.11.113) defeated Melbourne (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 25,172

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 17.11.113 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 6 7 . 7 9 . 8 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 6 5 . 9 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin MELB by 3 COLL by 13 COLL by 23 COLL by 65 COLL by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Barry Price
Coach: Neil Mann

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 0 3
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 1
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 7 0 4 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 7 1 7 1
10 Eakins, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 7 0 4 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 0 15 12 3 8 7 0 0
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 8 4 15 12 3 6 0 4 3
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 1 0
4 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 2 1 4
2 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 4 0 2 3
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 0
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 2 19 19 0 6 1 3 3
25 Rose, Robert ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 3 0 2 1
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 1 1
44 Stevens, Paul ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Thompson, Len ? ? 2 1 14 9 5 5 12 2 0
24 Tredrea, Gary ? ? 1 1 20 18 2 4 0 4 2
5 Waters, Terry ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 13 2 3 3
35 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 2 19 15 4 4 0 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 11 319 266 53 97 25 42 33

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 2 0 0 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 2 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 7 0 0 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 1 23 18 5 3 0 7 0
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 3 2 6 6 0 2 0 0 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 1
34 Clennett, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 5 7 0 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 1 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 6 0 4 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 5 0 1 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 11 22 1 0
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 1 22 15 7 3 0 5 10
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 2 1 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 6 0 1 4
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 0 0 4
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 6 0 3 4
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 8 0 0 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 2 31 28 3 10 1 5 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 12 277 236 41 96 32 33 42

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