1972 VFL Season Round 6: Carlton v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1972 between Carlton and Geelong during round six of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Geelong at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Robert Walls as vice-captain. Doug Wade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

Carlton (22.15.147) defeated Geelong (14.14.98).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Carlton v Geelong
Date: Saturday 6 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 18,365

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Geelong
Score: 22.15.147 - 14.14.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 7 . 4 12 . 7 18 . 14 22 . 15 22 . 15 (147)
Geelong 2 . 2 5 . 8 10 . 12 14 . 14 14 . 14 (98)
Margin CARL by 32 CARL by 41 CARL by 50 CARL by 49 CARL by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

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

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 3 0 22 20 2 7 0 2 0
45 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 0 0 0
27 Dickson, David ? ? 3 0 17 17 0 4 0 0 1
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 0 3
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 0 19 16 3 5 0 2 2
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 2
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 7 0 1 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 4 1 20 19 1 8 0 4 3
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 9 0 1 1
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 7 6 15 14 1 8 0 2 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 2 26 21 5 5 0 2 2
7 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 4 0 3 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 2 2 1
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 22 1 4
13 Pascoe, Eric ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 6 5 1 3
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 5 2 3 3 0 0 0
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 2 0 4 0
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 0 3 4
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 1 4 20 17 3 4 2 5 2
23 Warburton, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 22 15 306 255 51 88 31 34 34

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 5 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 2 21 17 4 9 1 3 2
5 Barkley, David ? ? 5 0 19 15 4 5 2 2 0
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 11 6 1 2
14 Clarke, David ? ? 4 2 25 24 1 11 0 0 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 2 30 28 2 7 0 1 0
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 3 0 0 0
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 13 0 1 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 10 17 2 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 3
8 Lindquist, Greg ? ? 0 2 11 9 2 2 0 4 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 2 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 5 0 2 4
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 2 16 10 6 8 0 2 5
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 2 2
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 0 1 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 2 3 8 8 0 4 0 1 2
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 1 3
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 14 317 261 56 104 26 34 34

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