1972 VFL Season Round 14: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1972 between Geelong and Essendon during round fourteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Kardinia Park. Doug Wade captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Geelong (10.10.70) defeated Essendon (9.6.60).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 23,873

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 10.10.70 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 1 6 . 6 9 . 9 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Essendon 3 . 2 5 . 4 5 . 6 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin ESSE by 7 GEEL by 8 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 2 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 6 2 2 4
5 Barkley, David ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 5 0 0 6
14 Clarke, David ? ? 3 3 18 17 1 4 0 1 3
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 1 3
24 Gilmore, Tony ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 4 0 3 3
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 14 3 3
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 2 0 4 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 36 33 3 5 0 6 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 8 1 5 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 5 1 3
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 8 0 1 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 1 0
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 5 4
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 3 3
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 8 1 3 2
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 4 3 10 9 1 3 0 2 3
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 1 3
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
12 Wright, Jim ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 10 302 268 34 92 23 44 51

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 5 2 11 11 0 5 0 3 2
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 7
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 1 2
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 0 1 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 6 0 3 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 4 0 6 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 3 0
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 9 4 1 4
44 Halley, Len ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 5 3 5 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 3 4 3 0
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 4 6
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 1 1 8 6 2 2 11 3 2
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 0 2 4
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 5 0 4 2
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 2 0 5 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 4 3
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 6 239 217 22 65 22 51 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