1972 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1972 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round four of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Melbourne (18.19.127) defeated South Melbourne (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 22 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,594

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 18.19.127 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 5 6 . 8 13 . 12 18 . 19 18 . 19 (127)
South Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 5 6 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin MELB by 9 MELB by 3 MELB by 48 MELB by 71 MELB by 71
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Matheson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 4 2 30 25 5 3 0 5 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 7 0 4 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 1 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 1 19 19 0 1 0 4 2
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 1 0 1 4
34 Clennett, John ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 12 1 3
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 5 0 3 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 11 1 3 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 0 0 1 5
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 4 24 1 5
50 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 2 1 23 22 1 9 0 1 4
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 2 0 2 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 3 20 15 5 14 0 0 2
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 4 2 26 18 8 5 0 2 7
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 3 25 14 11 9 0 1 3
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 4 5 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 2 24 17 7 9 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 18 19 331 265 66 96 41 39 48

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 5 0 5 4
24 Bell, Bob ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 2 2 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 7 9 7 2
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 6 10 1 2
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 3 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 2 1 14 12 2 4 0 3 1
1 Haines, Jim ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 0 1
2 Hay, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 3 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 0 0 1 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 4 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 2 15 15 0 4 0 2 5
13 Miller, Neville ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 1 1
8 Morton, Lance ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 2 0 2 1
3 Officer, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 2
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 1 12 10 2 2 0 2 5
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 2 0 2 4
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 5 2
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 5 0 4 1
9 Wilkinson, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 0 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 8 233 205 28 55 21 48 39

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