1972 VFL Round 5: North Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1972 between North Melbourne and Collingwood during round 5 of the 1972 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Arden Street Oval. David Dench captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Barry Price as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brian Dixon and the visitors were coached by Neil Mann.

North Melbourne
D. Dench (capt.), P. Baker, G. Cowton, M. Dawson, V. Doolan, B. Goodingham, K. Greig, F. Gumbleton, K. Haywood, J. Hopgood, S. Kekovich, S. Mitchell, K. Montgomery, B. Mulvihill, D. Pagan, J. Perry, D. Pretty, M. Redenbach, P. Ryan, B. Symes

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), B. Price (vice-capt.), L. Adamson, C. Britt, J. Clifton, R. Dean, R. Dunne, J. Greening, B. Heard, P. McKenna, R. Oborne, D. O'Callaghan, T. Potter, M. Richardson, R. Rose, D. Salmon, P. Stevens, L. Thompson, G. Tredrea, T. Waters

North Melbourne (8.14.62) were defeated by Collingwood (22.8.140).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: S. Kekovich (3), K. Greig, F. Gumbleton, J. Hopgood, S. Mitchell, P. Ryan
Collingwood: P. McKenna (11), B. Heard (2), W. Richardson (2), R. Rose (2), L. Thompson (2), R. Dean, R. Dunne, J. Greening

As a result of this match, North Melbourne remained 11th on the ladder and Collingwood were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: North Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 29 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 17,414

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 8.14.62 - 22.8.140

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 1 5 . 7 5 . 10 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Collingwood 4 . 3 5 . 5 16 . 8 22 . 8 22 . 8 (140)
Margin COLL by 20 NMLB by 2 COLL by 64 COLL by 78 COLL by 78
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Brian Dixon (North Melbourne), Neil Mann (Collingwood)
Captains: David Dench (North Melbourne), Wayne Richardson (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (North Melbourne), Barry Price (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 4 0 2 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 0 1 2
41 Dawson, Mark ? ? 0 1 7 7 0 2 0 1 0
23 Dench, David (c) ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 6 2
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 0 3 13 12 1 2 0 3 0
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 9 12 4 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 2 0 4 3
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 1 0 4 0
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 4 3 1
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 6 4 2 2
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 3 1 18 17 1 2 2 5 3
35 Mitchell, Stan ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 1 0 2 1
22 Mulvihill, Brian ? ? 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 2 6
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 1
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 8 0 2 0
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 3 0 3 3
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 1 2 11 10 1 10 2 0 2
39 Symes, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 14 239 213 26 66 24 47 33

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 2 4
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 2 2
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 2 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 1 1 21 16 5 7 0 3 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 8 0 1 3
22 Greening, John ? ? 1 0 25 20 5 3 1 3 4
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 8 13 0 3
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 11 0 15 13 2 9 0 2 7
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 0 2
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
4 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 0 1
2 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 2 26 22 4 10 0 1 3
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 0 29 23 6 5 0 2 1
25 Rose, Robert ? ? 2 0 18 16 2 4 0 1 5
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 2
44 Stevens, Paul ? ? 0 1 24 19 5 7 0 5 0
3 Thompson, Len ? ? 2 1 23 17 6 12 28 3 5
24 Tredrea, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 0 2 1
5 Waters, Terry ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 5 1 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 22 8 334 270 64 107 43 33 47

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