1972 VFL Season Round 6: South Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 May 1972 between South Melbourne and North Melbourne during round six of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. John Rantall captained the hosts. David Dench captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Brian Dixon.

South Melbourne (14.22.106) defeated North Melbourne (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: South Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 9,111

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 14.22.106 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 4 7 . 11 11 . 14 14 . 22 14 . 22 (106)
North Melbourne 6 . 3 6 . 4 11 . 7 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin NMLB by 17 SMLB by 13 SMLB by 7 SMLB by 15 SMLB by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench
Coach: Brian Dixon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 1 1 1
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 6 29 21 8 7 1 2 1
24 Bell, Bob ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 8 2 0
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 10 1 5
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 3 2
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 0 2
1 Haines, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 2 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 1 26 16 10 2 0 2 0
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 6 0 3 9
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 2 0 2 2
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 4 2 16 15 1 4 0 1 3
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Officer, Stephen ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 2
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 1 3
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 1 3 22 16 6 4 0 1 0
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 5 4 17 13 4 10 0 1 2
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 6 0 1 0
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 1 30 24 6 3 0 2 3
9 Wilkinson, Jim ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 4
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 14 22 303 243 60 68 20 28 41

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 2 3 16 15 1 7 0 0 0
41 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 5 0 3 3
23 Dench, David (c) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 2 2
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 2 0 0 0
11 Douglas, John ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 4 0 1 0
43 Duthie, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 7 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 1 0 4 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 3 0
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 0 11 6 3
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 2 0 5 5 0 2 5 0 3
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 5 2 2 4
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 2 10 4 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 2 0 3 0
37 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0
22 Mulvihill, Brian ? ? 2 1 20 13 7 7 0 2 0
25 Nunn, Bill ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 2 0
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 0 0 0 4
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 2 1 15 13 2 9 4 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 13 277 227 50 57 34 41 28

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