1972 VFL Season 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 eight of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (9.7.61) were defeated by Fitzroy (18.11.119).

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

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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