1972 VFL Round 5: Essendon v Carlton
This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1972 between Essendon and Carlton during round 5 of the 1972 VFL season.
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
B. Davis (capt.), G. Blethyn, J. Cassin, R. Close, P. Daniel, N. Fields, K. Fletcher, G. Grainger, B. Grinter, D. Gross, L. Halley, P. Hickmott, K. Hogan, D. McKenzie, L. Moloney, A. Noonan, C. Payne, K. Roberts, S. Talbot, J. Williams
Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), R. Walls (vice-capt.), B. Crosswell, D. Dickson, B. Doull, A. Gallagher, P. Hurst, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, G. Kennedy, T. Keogh, A. Lukas, D. McKay, J. O'Connell, P. Pinnell, B. Quirk, G. Southby, V. Waite, P. Warburton
Essendon (10.13.73) were defeated by Carlton (13.10.88).
Goalkickers
Essendon: G. Blethyn (7), R. Close, P. Daniel, N. Fields
Carlton: G. Kennedy (4), P. Jones (2), T. Keogh (2), R. Walls (2), A. Gallagher, A. Jesaulenko, J. Nicholls
As a result of this match, Essendon were then 2nd on the ladder (down from 1st) and Carlton remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.
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
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
Coaches:
Des Tuddenham
(Essendon),
John Nicholls
(Carlton)
Captains:
Barry Davis
(Essendon),
John Nicholls
(Carlton)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(Essendon),
Robert Walls
(Carlton)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||