1972 VFL 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 6 of the 1972 VFL season. 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
J. Rantall (capt.), K. Baskin, P. Bedford, B. Bell, P. Brown, R. Cook, B. Davis, R. Gleeson, J. Haines, S. Hoffman, S. McKew, D. McLeish, E. Moore, J. Murphy, S. Officer, J. Pitura, J. Prentice, R. Quade, W. Walsh, J. Wilkinson

North Melbourne
D. Dench (capt.), P. Baker, M. Dawson, V. Doolan, J. Douglas, J. Duthie, P. Feltham, K. Greig, F. Gumbleton, K. Haywood, J. Hopgood, G. Joseph, S. Kekovich, K. Montgomery, R. Muir, B. Mulvihill, B. Nunn, D. Pagan, R. Peterson, P. Ryan

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

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: R. Quade (5), E. Moore (4), P. Bedford (2), S. Hoffman (2), J. Prentice
North Melbourne: P. Baker (2), J. Douglas (2), J. Hopgood (2), B. Mulvihill (2), P. Ryan (2), M. Dawson, V. Doolan, S. Kekovich

As a result of this match, South Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder and North Melbourne remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Norm Smith (South Melbourne), Brian Dixon (North Melbourne)
Captains: John Rantall (South Melbourne), David Dench (North Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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