1972 VFL Season Round 14: Richmond v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1972 between Richmond and Carlton during round fourteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Carlton at the MCG. In the absence of Royce Hart, deputy vice-captain Francis Bourke captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Richmond (17.17.119) defeated Carlton (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Richmond v Carlton
Date: Saturday 8 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 46,471

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Carlton
Score: 17.17.119 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 5 9 . 9 12 . 13 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Carlton 2 . 4 7 . 5 12 . 7 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin RICH by 7 RICH by 16 RICH by 6 RICH by 31 RICH by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Francis Bourke (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: John Nicholls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 4 1 0 0
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 2 2 24 19 5 1 0 8 2
30 Bourke, Francis (ac) ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 2 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 3 3 15 11 4 2 0 2 3
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 2 4 24 16 8 0 0 3 4
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 1 1
43 Hywood, Steve ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 4 3
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 26 14 12 12 26 2 3
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 5 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 1
14 McMillan, Marty ? ? 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 4 21 18 3 3 0 4 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 3 0 1 2
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 7 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 5 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 0 0 3 3
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 5 0 2 1
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 3 2
37 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 17 285 223 62 48 34 44 37

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 5 0 4 1
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 2 1 6
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 2 0 3 2
24 Fyffe, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 1
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 1 25 24 1 5 0 4 1
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 1 0 2 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 3 0 6 5 1 4 14 0 2
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 1 2 8 5 3 3 0 1 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 1 0 3 6
7 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 0 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 11 7 1 1
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 1 11 4 7 4 17 1 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 3
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 1 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 1 26 21 5 8 0 4 2
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 6 1
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 0 3 3
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 2 2 17 16 1 8 0 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 10 261 208 53 76 40 37 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