1972 VFL Season Round 12: Fitzroy v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1972 between Fitzroy and Carlton during round twelve of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Carlton at VFL Park. Kevin Murray captained the hosts. In the absence of John Nicholls, vice-captain Robert Walls captained the visitors with Ian Robertson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Keith McKenzie.

Fitzroy (8.7.55) were defeated by Carlton (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Fitzroy v Carlton
Date: Saturday 24 June 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 29,258

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Carlton
Score: 8.7.55 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 1 4 . 2 6 . 4 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
Carlton 5 . 3 7 . 10 12 . 12 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin CARL by 26 CARL by 26 CARL by 44 CARL by 36 CARL by 36
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Carlton

Captain: Robert Walls (acting)
Vice-Captain: Ian Robertson (acting)
Coach: Keith McKenzie (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Amos, Mark ? ? 1 1 6 4 2 0 11 3 2
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 2 1
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 1 21 20 1 7 0 0 1
16 Formosa, John ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 3 0 0 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 2
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 2 9 0 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 2 0
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 0 2 0
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 6 1 5 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 3 0 4 0
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 2 2 1 1
8 Richards, Laurie ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 9 0 0 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 1 0 2 3
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 4 1 2 3
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 6 1 2 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 1 13 7 6 5 0 2 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 0 31 23 8 2 0 6 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 0 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 7 287 233 54 68 25 42 26

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
45 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 0 0
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 1 36 29 7 11 0 0 4
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 1 19 11 8 3 0 2 5
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 0 1
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 25 21 4 3 0 2 3
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 0 1 1
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 8 1 2 5
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 1 16 6 10 4 6 2 1
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 4 2 14 10 4 6 0 1 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 2 32 25 7 5 0 2 3
7 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 8 0 0 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 2 0 12 9 3 5 13 2 0
29 O'Brien, Paul ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 0 1
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 3 4
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 4 0 1 3
34 Robertson, Ian (avc) ? ? 1 3 16 9 7 4 0 2 1
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 6 3
42 Walls, Robert (ac) ? ? 3 2 16 15 1 7 1 0 3
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 13 325 237 88 83 21 26 42

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