1972 VFL Round 3: Collingwood v Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1972 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round 3 of the 1972 VFL season.
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
W. Richardson (capt.), B. Price (vice-capt.), A. Atkinson, J. Clifton, R. Dean, R. Dunne, P. Eakins, J. Greening, B. Heard, P. McKenna, D. O'Callaghan, T. Potter, M. Richardson, R. Rose, D. Salmon, P. Stevens, L. Thompson, G. Tredrea, T. Waters, R. Wearmouth
Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), S. Alves, R. Biffin, B. Bourke, P. Callery, R. Carr, D. Clark, J. Clennett, R. Dillon, G. Hardeman, P. Keenan, G. Molloy, G. Osborne, G. Parke, T. Rollinson, P. Sinclair, T. Sullivan, J. Townsend, M. Walker, G. Wells
Collingwood (17.11.113) defeated Melbourne (6.12.48).
Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. McKenna (8), B. Heard (2), L. Thompson (2), B. Price, W. Richardson, R. Rose, G. Tredrea, R. Wearmouth
Melbourne: R. Carr (3), G. Wells (2), G. Molloy
As a result of this match, Collingwood were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.
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
Coaches:
Neil Mann
(Collingwood),
Ian Ridley
(Melbourne)
Captains:
Wayne Richardson
(Collingwood),
Frank Davis
(Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Barry Price
(Collingwood),
unknown
(Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||