1972 VFL 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 5 of the 1972 VFL season. 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
J. Rantall (capt.), P. Bedford, B. Bell, G. Brice, P. Brown, R. Cook, R. Gleeson, N. Goss, J. Haines, R. McHenry, S. McKew, D. McLeish, L. Morton, J. Murphy, S. Officer, J. Pitura, J. Prentice, R. Quade, W. Walsh, J. Wilkinson

St Kilda
R. Smith (capt.), N. Besanko, B. Breen, G. Colling, A. Davis, C. Ditterich, G. Elliott, D. Ellis, R. Galt, W. Judson, B. Lawrence, J. Manzie, J. Moran, B. Mynott, J. O'Dea, T. Payze, S. Rae, J. Stephens, S. Theodore, S. Trott

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

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: L. Morton (2), P. Bedford, J. Haines, S. McKew
St Kilda: C. Ditterich (3), B. Breen (2), A. Davis, R. Galt, R. Smith, S. Theodore

As a result of this match, South Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder and St Kilda were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Norm Smith (South Melbourne), Allan Jeans (St Kilda)
Captains: John Rantall (South Melbourne), Ross Smith (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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