1972 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1972 between Essendon and St Kilda during round seven of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted St Kilda at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Barry Davis as vice-captain. Ross Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Essendon (18.15.123) defeated St Kilda (10.22.82).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 13 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 27,875

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. St Kilda
Score: 18.15.123 - 10.22.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 3 10 . 12 16 . 13 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
St Kilda 2 . 5 5 . 9 7 . 14 10 . 22 10 . 22 (82)
Margin ESSE by 16 ESSE by 33 ESSE by 53 ESSE by 41 ESSE by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Des Tuddenham

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 1 5 8 8 0 4 0 3 0
9 Cassin, John ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 4 0 0 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 2 13 10 3 4 0 3 3
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 9 0 3 1
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 0 19 17 2 2 0 3 4
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 21 21 0 1 0 3 5
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 2
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 6 1 0 5
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 2
14 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 4 6 2 5
29 Hogan, Ken ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 1 0 2 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 4 4 3
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 1
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 5 1 17 17 0 4 0 4 3
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 7 4 0 6
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 1 0 5 2
27 Talbot, Sandy ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 1 5
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 3 2 22 17 5 2 0 4 3
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 6 0 5 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 15 242 214 28 61 15 45 57

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 1 0 3
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 6 0 1 5
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 3 1
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 4 21 16 5 5 0 7 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 8 6 3 2
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 3 2
16 Ellis, David ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 2 5 1
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 5 13 0 3
34 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 4 3
5 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 2
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 1
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 3 4
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 9 4 3
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 5 5
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 1 0 22 21 1 6 0 3 1
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 0 2 21 20 1 3 0 5 2
32 Stephens, John ? ? 4 5 17 17 0 6 0 5 2
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 1 7 2 5 4 0 0 2
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 4 19 17 2 4 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 22 270 232 38 71 31 57 45

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