1972 VFL Season Round 5: Essendon v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1972 between Essendon and Carlton during round five of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Carlton at VFL Park. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Barry Davis captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Essendon (10.13.73) were defeated by Carlton (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Essendon v Carlton
Date: Tuesday 25 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 50,367

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Carlton
Score: 10.13.73 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 0 . 4 6 . 7 7 . 7 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Carlton 2 . 3 3 . 4 7 . 9 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin CARL by 11 ESSE by 21 CARL by 2 CARL by 15 CARL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Barry Davis (acting)
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: John Nicholls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 7 1 11 10 1 1 0 4 3
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 1 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 5 14 14 0 6 0 6 3
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 2
32 Davis, Barry (ac) ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 5 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 5 0 3 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 4 0 2 5
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 2 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 2 20 14 6 5 0 5 1
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 4 2 5
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 3 3
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 1 0 5 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 10 6 7
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 4 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 3 2 4 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 1 2 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 7 0 1 6
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 0 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 13 245 215 30 52 17 61 58

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 34 30 4 16 1 3 7
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 4 0 3 7
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 22 21 1 3 0 1 1
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 4
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 4 17 16 1 5 0 5 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 5 0 5 3
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 5 8 2 7
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 4 1 8 8 0 3 0 2 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 2 2 19 15 4 4 0 4 5
7 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 5 0 2 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 9 3 0 2
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 4 12 4 7
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 0 2 4
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 4 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 5 2
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 6 1
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 2 1 21 18 3 5 1 7 4
23 Warburton, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 10 273 240 33 89 25 57 61

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