1972 VFL Season Round 5: South Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 1972 between South Melbourne and St Kilda during round five of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Lakeside Oval. John Rantall captained the hosts. Ross Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

South Melbourne (5.17.47) were defeated by St Kilda (9.16.70).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: South Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 29 April 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 19,724

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 5.17.47 - 9.16.70

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
South Melbourne	1	.	5	3	.	7	5	.	15	5	.	17	5	.	17	(47)
St Kilda	4	.	4	6	.	7	7	.	11	9	.	16	9	.	16	(70)
Margin	STKL by 17			STKL by 18			STKL by 8			STKL by 23			STKL by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
11	Bedford, Peter	?	?	1	5	18	10	8	4	0	2	1
24	Bell, Bob	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	2	5	5	2
7	Brice, Gary	?	?	0	2	14	13	1	3	0	3	3
32	Brown, Peter	?	?	0	0	11	8	3	5	7	0	0
17	Cook, Russell	?	?	0	0	21	19	2	11	4	1	2
27	Gleeson, Reg	?	?	0	0	16	11	5	3	0	0	1
12	Goss, Norm	?	?	0	1	13	11	2	2	0	2	3
1	Haines, Jim	?	?	1	0	17	15	2	6	3	2	3
36	McHenry, Russell	?	?	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	McKew, Shane	?	?	1	0	13	12	1	4	0	2	0
29	McLeish, David	?	?	0	0	14	13	1	1	0	0	2
8	Morton, Lance	?	?	2	2	7	7	0	5	0	0	0
6	Murphy, John	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Officer, Stephen	?	?	0	0	6	5	1	2	0	3	1
21	Pitura, John	?	?	0	0	30	22	8	6	0	7	2
19	Prentice, Jim	?	?	0	0	13	11	2	6	0	2	4
16	Quade, Ricky	?	?	0	1	12	11	1	3	0	1	2
5	Rantall, John (c)	?	?	0	0	14	13	1	5	0	2	0
10	Walsh, Wayne	?	?	0	1	17	17	0	4	0	1	10
9	Wilkinson, Jim	?	?	0	0	13	12	1	3	0	2	1
Rushed					5
Total (20 players)				5	17	263	222	41	75	19	35	37

St Kilda

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
11	Besanko, Neil	?	?	0	0	10	8	2	1	0	0	1
17	Breen, Barry	?	?	2	2	18	16	2	4	0	2	2
12	Colling, Gary	?	?	0	0	20	13	7	2	1	2	1
19	Davis, Allan	?	?	1	3	11	9	2	3	0	1	8
10	Ditterich, Carl	?	?	3	1	11	11	0	6	4	1	1
8	Elliott, Glenn	?	?	0	0	23	21	2	7	0	4	3
16	Ellis, David	?	?	0	0	14	10	4	8	4	0	1
17	Galt, Rod	?	?	1	0	14	13	1	6	8	2	3
42	Judson, Wayne	?	?	0	0	10	9	1	1	0	2	2
5	Lawrence, Barry	?	?	0	0	17	15	2	6	0	3	1
26	Manzie, John	?	?	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0
15	Moran, Jeff	?	?	0	1	14	11	3	3	0	0	1
2	Mynott, Brian	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	4	17	2	0
14	O'Dea, Jim	?	?	0	0	16	15	1	6	0	1	2
20	Payze, Travis	?	?	0	0	21	20	1	6	0	0	3
25	Rae, Stephen	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Smith, Ross (c)	?	?	1	1	22	19	3	5	0	3	1
32	Stephens, John	?	?	0	2	10	10	0	3	0	3	0
23	Theodore, Stephen	?	?	1	1	16	11	5	5	0	2	4
7	Trott, Stuart	?	?	0	2	30	29	1	1	0	8	1
Rushed					2
Total (20 players)				9	16	291	250	41	77	34	37	35

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

Links

1972 VFL Season

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