1972 VFL Round 11: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 10 June 1972 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round 11 of the 1972 VFL season. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond
R. Hart (capt.), K. Bartlett (vice-capt.), G. Bond, F. Bourke, R. Boyanich, D. Clay, R. Dean, L. Fowler, G. Hollick, C. McKellar, M. McMillan, I. Miles, K. Morris, B. Nalder, B. Richardson, B. Roberts, K. Sheedy, P. Sproule, I. Stewart, B. Wood

South Melbourne
J. Rantall (capt.), R. Ball, P. Bedford, B. Bell, P. Brown, R. Cook, B. Davis, R. Gleeson, N. Goss, R. Hay, S. Hoffman, R. McHenry, S. McKew, D. McLeish, E. Moore, L. Morton, S. Officer, J. Pitura, R. Quade, G. Robertson

Richmond (14.11.95) defeated South Melbourne (2.19.31).

Goalkickers
Richmond: R. Dean (3), R. Boyanich (2), R. Hart (2), P. Sproule (2), I. Stewart (2), K. Bartlett, G. Hollick, K. Sheedy
South Melbourne: P. Brown, R. Hay

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 1st on the ladder (up from 2nd) and South Melbourne remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 10 June 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,692

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 14.11.95 - 2.19.31

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 4 7 . 6 7 . 10 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
South Melbourne 0 . 3 0 . 9 1 . 15 2 . 19 2 . 19 (31)
Margin RICH by 13 RICH by 39 RICH by 31 RICH by 64 RICH by 64
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Norm Smith (South Melbourne)
Captains: Royce Hart (Richmond), John Rantall (South Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Kevin Bartlett (Richmond), unknown (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: A. Thomson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 0 16 16 0 1 1 3 3
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 2 21 18 3 1 0 3 5
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 2 3
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 2 1 6 5 1 2 2 1 5
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 2 0
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 3 3 30 23 7 6 0 2 3
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 1 2 3
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 4 0 1 1
18 Hollick, Greg ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 5 0 0 6
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 1 8 1 3
14 McMillan, Marty ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 1
35 Miles, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 2 0
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 2
46 Nalder, Bill ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 4 3 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 6 0 3 2
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 7 17 3 2
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 6 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 1 20 18 2 3 0 5 3
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 2 0 24 20 4 7 1 2 1
37 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 11 280 230 50 55 34 46 46

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 1 5 1
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 2 20 15 5 7 2 3 5
24 Bell, Bob ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 1 1
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 6 7 5 3
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 3 11 9 2 3 0 0 2
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 5 0 4 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 0 0 5 4
2 Hay, Robert ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 2 0 2 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 3 0 2 4
36 McHenry, Russell ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 1
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 1 22 21 1 4 0 5 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 6 0 0 0
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 4 0 3 2
8 Morton, Lance ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 2
3 Officer, Stephen ? ? 0 3 11 9 2 2 0 3 4
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 0 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 2 23 18 5 2 0 2 2
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 2
15 Robertson, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 2 19 274 238 36 56 11 44 46

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