1972 VFL Season Round 13: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 1 July 1972 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round thirteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. John Rantall captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

South Melbourne (12.12.84) were defeated by Essendon (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 1 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 12,984

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 12.12.84 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 1 6 . 5 9 . 8 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Essendon 6 . 3 6 . 6 11 . 7 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin ESSE by 20 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 1
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 5 18 13 5 1 0 5 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 11 14 1 2
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 1
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 1 4 7
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 7 0 3 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 3 2 24 21 3 2 0 4 5
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 3 0 16 11 5 3 0 2 2
20 Lakes, George ? ? 1 1 11 10 1 2 0 0 1
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 5 0 3 1
13 Miller, Neville ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 2 4 16 16 0 4 0 2 2
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 0 3 2
3 Officer, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 2 3
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 0 3
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 4 0
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 1 3
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 7 0 4 2
15 Robertson, Garry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 12 265 241 24 67 15 44 41

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 3 2 8 8 0 5 0 2 1
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 1 1
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 23 21 2 2 0 8 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 17 17 0 3 0 0 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 0 1 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 6 2 2 2
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 5 7 5 3
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 8 4 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 5
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 2 0 4 4
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 0 1 4
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 2 0 13 12 1 4 11 4 3
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 2 5
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 2 17 15 2 3 0 1 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 5 0 1 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 0 4
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 9 271 234 37 68 28 41 44

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