1972 VFL Season Round 14: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 July 1972 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. John Rantall captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

South Melbourne (10.9.69) were defeated by Melbourne (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 10,405

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 10.9.69 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 2 6 . 5 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Melbourne 5 . 4 6 . 5 11 . 7 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin MELB by 27 MELB by 21 MELB by 32 MELB by 24 MELB by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 2
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 2 21 17 4 2 0 6 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 12 9 1 3
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 0 15 1 2
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 0
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 1 1 27 22 5 2 0 2 5
1 Haines, Jim ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 Lakes, George ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 5 0 5 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 2 2
36 McHenry, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 2 2
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 3 0 4 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 1 1
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 1 1 8 8 0 4 0 1 2
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 1 0 4 1
3 Officer, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 1 1 3
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 2
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 7 0 2 1
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 1 0 26 25 1 7 1 3 1
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 6 0 1 2
15 Robertson, Garry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 9 244 220 24 66 26 39 33

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 6 0 1 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 2 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 1 0 2 3
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 25 23 2 10 0 4 2
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 3 3 20 18 2 5 0 2 4
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 0 1 3
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 1 2 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 10 0 2 4
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
5 Gallus, John ? ? 2 1 7 7 0 5 6 2 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 5 0 1 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 6 21 1 1
41 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 2
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 7 0 1 1
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 2 4
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 8 3 2 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 4 0 1 0
45 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 2 1 16 14 2 2 0 3 4
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 2 0 3 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 9 273 245 28 87 31 33 39

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