1972 VFL Round 8: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1972 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round 8 of the 1972 VFL season.
South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval.
John Rantall captained the hosts.
Kevin Murray captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.
South Melbourne
J. Rantall (capt.), R. Ball, P. Bedford, B. Bell, P. Brown, R. Cook, R. Gleeson, N. Goss, R. Grima, J. Haines, S. McKew, D. McLeish, E. Moore, S. Officer, J. Pitura, J. Prentice, R. Quade, R. Stibbard, W. Walsh, J. Wilkinson
Fitzroy
K. Murray (capt.), M. Andrews, R. Crow, W. Irwin, T. Lloyd, I. McCulloch, B. McKenzie, H. Merrigan, S. Molloy, J. Murphy, B. Padley, G. Renwick, D. Rhodes, L. Richards, L. Robertson, D. Searl, R. Serafini, A. Thompson, D. Wall, G. Wilson
South Melbourne (9.7.61) were defeated by Fitzroy (18.11.119).
Goalkickers
South Melbourne: P. Bedford (5), J. Prentice (2), J. Haines, D. McLeish
Fitzroy: G. Wilson (5), L. Richards (3), R. Serafini (3), W. Irwin (2), R. Crow, J. Murphy, B. Padley, G. Renwick, A. Thompson
As a result of this match, South Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1972 VFL Season
Round:
Round 8
Teams:
South Melbourne
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 20 May 1972
Time:
2:10 PM
Venue:
Lakeside Oval
Attendance:
12,421
Match Results
Outcome:
South Melbourne
def. by
Fitzroy
Score:
9.7.61 - 18.11.119
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Melbourne | 2 | . | 1 | 3 | . | 3 | 7 | . | 5 | 9 | . | 7 | 9 | . | 7 | (61) |
| Fitzroy | 5 | . | 4 | 8 | . | 6 | 15 | . | 9 | 18 | . | 11 | 18 | . | 11 | (119) |
| Margin | FITZ by 21 | FITZ by 33 | FITZ by 52 | FITZ by 58 | FITZ by 58 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Norm Smith
(South Melbourne),
Graham Donaldson
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
John Rantall
(South Melbourne),
Kevin Murray
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
J. Sutcliffe
Player Statistics
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Ball, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Bedford, Peter | ? | ? | 5 | 1 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 24 | Bell, Bob | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 32 | Brown, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Cook, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 27 | Gleeson, Reg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Goss, Norm | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | Grima, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Haines, Jim | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 35 | McKew, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 29 | McLeish, David | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Moore, Eric | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Officer, Stephen | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Pitura, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | Prentice, Jim | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | Quade, Ricky | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Rantall, John (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 42 | Stibbard, Robert | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 10 | Walsh, Wayne | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Wilkinson, Jim | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rushed | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 9 | 7 | 277 | 239 | 38 | 58 | 17 | 51 | 48 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Andrews, Mike | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Crow, Russell | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Irwin, Warwick | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | Lloyd, Trevor | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | McCulloch, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | McKenzie, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Merrigan, Harvey | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Molloy, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Murphy, John | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | Murray, Kevin (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Padley, Barry | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 37 | Renwick, Graeme | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | Rhodes, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Richards, Laurie | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | Robertson, Leigh | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 34 | Searl, Doug | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Serafini, Renato | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Thompson, Alan | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 33 | Wall, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Wilson, Garry | ? | ? | 5 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 18 | 11 | 330 | 267 | 63 | 123 | 24 | 46 | 52 | |||