1972 VFL Round 9: Collingwood v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 27 May 1972 between Collingwood and Geelong during round 9 of the 1972 VFL season. 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
W. Richardson (capt.), B. Price (vice-capt.), A. Atkinson, C. Britt, J. Clifton, H. Coles, R. Dean, M. Delahunty, R. Dunne, D. Gott, J. Greening, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, I. McOrist, R. Oborne, D. O'Callaghan, M. Richardson, P. Stevens, L. Thompson, R. Wearmouth

Geelong
D. Wade (capt.), G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, D. Barkley, R. Blake, D. Clarke, W. Closter, T. Evans, I. Hampshire, D. Harris, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, G. Reid, I. Russell, B. Ryan, J. Scarlett, D. Stephenson, P. Stevens, H. Strahan, R. Whatman

Collingwood (28.16.184) defeated Geelong (16.13.109).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. McKenna (12), J. Greening (6), G. Jenkin (5), W. Richardson (3), I. McOrist, M. Richardson
Geelong: D. Wade (5), D. Clarke (4), I. Nankervis (3), D. Barkley (2), I. Hampshire, D. Stephenson

As a result of this match, Collingwood remained 8th on the ladder and Geelong remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Neil Mann (Collingwood), Bill McMaster (Geelong)
Captains: Wayne Richardson (Collingwood), Doug Wade (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: Barry Price (Collingwood), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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