1972 VFL Season Round 3: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1972 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round three of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. David Dench captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brian Dixon and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

North Melbourne (12.14.86) were defeated by Fitzroy (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 15 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 10,383

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 12.14.86 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 3 8 . 5 11 . 10 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Fitzroy 4 . 5 8 . 10 11 . 12 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin NMLB by 4 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 2 FITZ by 23 FITZ by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench
Coach: Brian Dixon

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Dench, David (c) ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 4 4
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 4 0 0 7
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 10 10 1 0
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 2 1 2 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 4 0 1 1
31 Hall, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 7 3 3
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 4
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 3 2 27 21 6 5 0 3 2
35 Mitchell, Stan ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 2 0 2 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 0 0 2 1
22 Mulvihill, Brian ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 4 0 1 0
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 4 0
21 Perry, John ? ? 1 1 27 25 2 6 0 3 5
9 Pretty, David ? ? 1 0 17 12 5 2 0 7 3
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 3 0 5 4
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 2 2 16 11 5 5 10 3 0
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 1 2 17 11 6 1 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 14 294 227 67 64 28 45 40

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 20 0 3
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 3 14 12 2 2 0 3 3
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 0 3
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 4 12 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 0 1 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 5 28 25 3 3 0 7 3
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 6 0 1 0
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 0 25 20 5 4 0 3 5
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 3 0 12 11 1 6 0 1 3
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 6 0 3 1
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 2 2 11 7 4 4 0 3 3
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 2 1 2 5
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 5 0 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 27 24 3 4 0 6 4
33 Wall, David ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 5 1 2 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 4 1 16 11 5 4 0 5 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 13 284 224 60 63 34 40 45

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