1972 VFL Season Round 12: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 June 1972 between Geelong and South Melbourne during round twelve of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Doug Wade captained the hosts. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Geelong (15.14.104) defeated South Melbourne (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 June 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 14,426

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. South Melbourne
Score: 15.14.104 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 7 . 9 11 . 10 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
South Melbourne 3 . 6 3 . 8 5 . 13 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin SMLB by 11 GEEL by 25 GEEL by 33 GEEL by 31 GEEL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 1 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 25 22 3 8 0 2 2
5 Barkley, David ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 4 1 2 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 1 2
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 7 0 2 1
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 1 1 20 20 0 6 0 3 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 2 17 0 1
31 Lynch, Chris ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mayne, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 1
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 0 23 21 2 1 0 3 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 31 17 14 10 0 1 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 1 0 10 7 3 4 6 3 3
37 Russell, Ivan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 1 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 6 14 13 1 4 0 2 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 9 0 1 1
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 8 0 4 4
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 0 1 3
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 8 3 13 12 1 5 0 4 2
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 0 23 17 6 5 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 14 290 236 54 92 24 34 36

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 2 3 5
24 Bell, Bob ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 3
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 3 3 15 14 1 7 0 2 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 7 8 0 2
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 6 0 1 3
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 3 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 2 23 21 2 7 0 5 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 3 0 2 2
20 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 7 0 2 0
36 McHenry, Russell ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 1 0 3 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 0 2
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 4 10 8 2 4 0 1 1
6 Murphy, John ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 4 0 2 3
3 Officer, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 7 0 1 3
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 4 1 21 20 1 3 0 3 1
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 8 0 3 1
15 Robertson, Garry ? ? 0 0 26 22 4 8 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 13 278 240 38 83 10 36 34

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