1972 VFL Season Round 9: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1972 between Collingwood and Geelong during round nine of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Geelong at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Barry Price as vice-captain. Doug Wade captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Bill McMaster.

Collingwood (28.16.184) defeated Geelong (16.13.109).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Collingwood v Geelong
Date: Saturday 27 May 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 20,771

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Geelong
Score: 28.16.184 - 16.13.109

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 3 12 . 5 21 . 11 28 . 16 28 . 16 (184)
Geelong 4 . 3 8 . 8 12 . 11 16 . 13 16 . 13 (109)
Margin GEEL by 6 COLL by 21 COLL by 54 COLL by 75 COLL by 75
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Barry Price
Coach: Neil Mann

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 8 0 1 2
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 0 2 2
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 1 0
36 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 2 19 13 6 7 0 1 2
7 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 6 1
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
22 Greening, John ? ? 6 3 46 35 11 10 0 3 2
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 5 0 19 17 2 7 6 2 5
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 12 2 18 15 3 9 0 3 3
23 McOrist, Ian ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 2 0 1 1
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 2 17 14 3 8 0 1 2
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 1 2
2 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 6 0 2 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 2 27 21 6 8 2 1 1
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 3 2 29 26 3 6 0 1 5
35 Stevens, Paul ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 0
3 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 23 12 11 10 33 0 0
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 1 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 28 16 349 279 70 94 41 30 33

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 2 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 10 2 1 2
5 Barkley, David ? ? 2 1 13 11 2 4 0 0 3
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 5 9 1 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 4 1 22 22 0 6 0 3 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 1 27 26 1 14 0 1 1
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 1 1 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 11 7 0 1
32 Harris, David ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 3 0 13 10 3 0 0 4 0
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 1 0
37 Russell, Ivan ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 4 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 4 0 1 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 3 0 3 2
20 Stephenson, Doug ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 3 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 1 4 3
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 5 4 13 11 2 8 0 0 5
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 16 13 273 228 45 93 20 33 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