1972 VFL Season Round 15: Carlton v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 1972 between Carlton and South Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted South Melbourne at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Robert Walls as vice-captain. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Carlton (20.8.128) defeated South Melbourne (8.15.63).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Carlton v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 13,865

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. South Melbourne
Score: 20.8.128 - 8.15.63

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 7 . 1 10 . 2 17 . 4 20 . 8 20 . 8 (128)
South Melbourne 3 . 4 7 . 6 8 . 10 8 . 15 8 . 15 (63)
Margin CARL by 21 CARL by 14 CARL by 48 CARL by 65 CARL by 65
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

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

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Thomson

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 2 0 0 4
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 0 4 1
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 3 2 25 21 4 8 4 2 5
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 2 1 2 2
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 4 0 18 17 1 4 1 1 6
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 2 0 17 17 0 6 0 1 3
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 2 7 2 4
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 3 1 9 8 1 2 0 1 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 2 23 20 3 6 0 2 2
7 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 5 0 2 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 7 1 4
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 1 10 6 4 4 13 2 7
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 2 2
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 1 2
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 7 0 4 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 0 28 16 12 14 0 0 2
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 2 1
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 7 0 4 3
9 Warden, John ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 20 8 309 249 60 85 33 34 55

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 2 1
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 1 0 3 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 10 10 6 3
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 3 0
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 3 4 30 28 2 3 0 5 3
2 Hay, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Lakes, George ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 4 0 2 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 1
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 1 7 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 3 1
22 Moore, Eric ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 2 0 2 3
8 Morton, Lance ? ? 3 1 6 5 1 3 0 0 2
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 4 16 15 1 5 0 2 1
3 Officer, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 3 7 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 0 5
49 Plant, Mick ? ? 0 2 19 16 3 5 0 3 1
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 7 0 4 3
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 0 2 1
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 0 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 15 255 227 28 55 14 55 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