1972 VFL Season Round 7: Richmond v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 May 1972 between Richmond and North Melbourne during round seven of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. David Dench captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Brian Dixon.

Richmond (17.19.121) defeated North Melbourne (13.16.94).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Richmond v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,331

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.19.121 - 13.16.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 9 . 9 13 . 10 17 . 19 17 . 19 (121)
North Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 7 12 . 10 13 . 16 13 . 16 (94)
Margin level RICH by 20 RICH by 6 RICH by 27 RICH by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench
Coach: Brian Dixon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 5 0 1 2
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 3 2 8 7 1 4 6 2 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 3 30 26 4 2 0 0 4
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 2 19 15 4 3 0 2 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 1 22 13 9 3 0 1 1
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 3 2
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 4 1 22 18 4 7 0 2 1
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 0 4
25 Leech, Eric ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 1
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 5 2 13 12 1 4 0 4 0
14 McMillan, Marty ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 3 0 1 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 2 3
46 Nalder, Bill ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0
12 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 1 1
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 3 13 2 3
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 2 0
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 0 0 1 2
37 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 2 18 15 3 5 0 2 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 19 284 225 59 61 21 30 35

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 3
41 Dawson, Mark ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
23 Dench, David (c) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 4 3
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 0 2 19 11 8 2 0 0 0
11 Douglas, John ? ? 3 1 5 5 0 2 0 2 2
43 Duthie, John ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 2 6 1 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 2 1 32 24 8 8 0 5 0
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 30 24 6 7 0 2 2
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 2
31 Hall, Brian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 1
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 8 5 1
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 1 3 19 15 4 8 7 3 4
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 5 2 1 0
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 2 2 17 14 3 6 10 1 4
35 Mitchell, Stan ? ? 2 2 18 16 2 4 0 3 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 1 0
22 Mulvihill, Brian ? ? 1 1 17 11 6 4 0 2 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 2 0
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 24 21 3 9 0 3 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 16 301 239 62 78 33 35 30

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