1972 VFL Season Round 8: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1972 between Melbourne and Geelong during round eight of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Doug Wade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

Melbourne (20.14.134) defeated Geelong (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 20 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 19,023

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 20.14.134 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 7 . 3 11 . 9 14 . 13 20 . 14 20 . 14 (134)
Geelong 2 . 3 5 . 9 10 . 15 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin MELB by 30 MELB by 36 MELB by 22 MELB by 33 MELB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 2 1 25 22 3 9 0 3 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 2 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 0 3
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 0 0 1 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 1 0 2 1
34 Clennett, John ? ? 3 0 16 12 4 6 10 2 2
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 3 2 19 17 2 6 0 1 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 2 1 4
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 8 3 4 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 1 0 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 0 5 4 1 2 17 2 3
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 3 2 2 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 6 4 16 15 1 11 0 0 0
45 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 2 1 17 16 1 1 0 2 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 5 0 3 4
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 5 0 1 3
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 5 2 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 2 1 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 14 273 244 29 75 41 32 37

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 2 10 10 0 4 0 1 2
5 Barkley, David ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 4 2 3 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 7 4 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 5 2 24 23 1 7 2 4 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 1 26 26 0 5 0 3 1
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 1 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 12 14 1 3
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 2 29 25 4 4 0 4 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 1 1 3 2
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 3
37 Russell, Ivan ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 6 0 4 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 4 1 2 3
20 Stephenson, Doug ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 2 0 0 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 2 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 3 4 9 9 0 6 0 2 1
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 3 1 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 17 274 238 36 78 28 40 29

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