1972 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1972 between Essendon and Geelong during round four of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. Doug Wade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

Essendon (17.27.129) defeated Geelong (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 22 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,862

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 17.27.129 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 4 . 5 8 . 12 12 . 15 17 . 27 17 . 27 (129)
Geelong 2 . 3 4 . 6 10 . 10 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin ESSE by 14 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 43 ESSE by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 7 8 21 19 2 11 0 3 3
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 0
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 3 16 14 2 6 0 2 5
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 0 3 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 3 25 22 3 6 0 1 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 3 2 20 20 0 7 0 2 6
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 1 9 2 4
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 1 1 24 17 7 4 0 2 2
44 Halley, Len ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 5 3 2 2
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 3 12 8 4 2 0 2 1
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 0 0 3
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 2 17 14 3 2 1 3 2
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 2 4 1
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 7 3 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 2 2
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 4 2
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 4 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 17 27 270 220 50 67 22 42 40

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 4 0 1 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 1 24 22 2 8 2 2 2
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 4 1 2 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 8 0 2 2
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 0 1
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 6 1 1 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 9 9 1 4
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 1 3 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 2 1
36 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 2 10 9 1 2 0 0 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 2 31 26 5 4 0 6 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 2 8 5 3 3 2 1 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 11 3 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 4 1 7 3
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 3 0 2 5
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 3 0 1 0
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 5 2 10 8 2 4 0 2 6
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 0
12 Wright, Jim ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 14 271 232 39 77 28 40 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