1972 VFL Season Round 7: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1972 between Carlton and Melbourne during round seven of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Robert Walls as vice-captain. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Carlton (10.15.75) defeated Melbourne (5.8.38).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 30,114

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Melbourne
Score: 10.15.75 - 5.8.38

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 2 4 . 6 7 . 11 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Melbourne 2 . 2 2 . 8 3 . 8 5 . 8 5 . 8 (38)
Margin CARL by 6 CARL by 10 CARL by 27 CARL by 37 CARL by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

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

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 0 5
45 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 5 1 2 5
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 2 2
24 Fyffe, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 29 27 2 16 1 5 2
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 2
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 3 1
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 5 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 7 0 3 3
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 3 3 10 8 2 7 0 2 4
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 1 29 23 6 7 0 4 4
7 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 3 12 11 1 9 7 3 1
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 7 12 3 4
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 3 0 3 1
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 0 0 1
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 1
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 0 3 24 21 3 17 1 1 3
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 1 19 17 2 1 0 0 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 15 312 260 52 102 22 40 45

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 3 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 3 0 4 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 0 1 1
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 2 26 24 2 1 0 5 2
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 0 4 3
34 Clennett, John ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 5 2 1
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 2 2 14 12 2 2 0 2 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 3
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 8 0 3 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 9 0 3 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 17 1 1
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 6 0 3 4
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 5 0 0 1
45 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 1 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 1 3
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 4 3 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 5 2 5 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 5 8 245 213 32 70 28 44 41

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