1972 VFL Round 7: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1972 between Carlton and Melbourne during round 7 of the 1972 VFL season. 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
J. Nicholls (capt.), R. Walls (vice-capt.), B. Armstrong, R. Austin, D. Dickson, B. Doull, P. Fyffe, A. Gallagher, B. Gill, P. Hurst, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, G. Kennedy, T. Keogh, A. Lukas, D. McKay, B. Quirk, G. Southby, V. Waite, B. Walsh

Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), S. Alves, R. Biffin, B. Bourke, R. Brewer, P. Callery, D. Clark, J. Clennett, M. Collins, R. Dillon, G. Hardeman, P. Keenan, G. Molloy, G. Parke, H. Ritterman, P. Sinclair, T. Sullivan, J. Townsend, M. Walker, G. Wells

Carlton (10.15.75) defeated Melbourne (5.8.38).

Goalkickers
Carlton: G. Kennedy (3), J. Nicholls (2), B. Walsh (2), A. Gallagher, T. Keogh, B. Quirk
Melbourne: M. Collins (2), R. Dillon, G. Parke, P. Sinclair

As a result of this match, Carlton were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 3rd) and Melbourne remained 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: John Nicholls (Carlton), Ian Ridley (Melbourne)
Captains: John Nicholls (Carlton), Frank Davis (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Robert Walls (Carlton), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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