1972 VFL Season Round 15: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 15 July 1972 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round fifteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at VFL Park. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Barry Price as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Neil Mann.

Melbourne (8.10.58) were defeated by Collingwood (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 15 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 30,887

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 8.10.58 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 2 6 . 6 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Collingwood 3 . 3 7 . 5 9 . 10 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin COLL by 8 COLL by 21 COLL by 22 COLL by 15 COLL by 15
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Barry Price
Coach: Neil Mann

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 6 0 3 0
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 2 5
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 2 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 2 27 24 3 3 0 9 2
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
34 Clennett, John ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 4 7 3 1
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 3 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 3
5 Gallus, John ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 6 3 2 5
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 9 0 2 5
46 Harrold, Geoff ? ? 0 2 15 13 2 6 0 1 0
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 7 12 1 5
41 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 8 0 1 1
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 2 3
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 3 4
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 6 1 2 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 3 0 1 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 2 8 8 0 1 0 2 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 4 0 22 20 2 4 0 7 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 10 268 235 33 78 23 49 41

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 3 6
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 0 2 3
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 0 3
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 1 3
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 7 0 3 3
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 1 2 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 1 4 16 14 2 6 0 2 4
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 1 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 4 9 3 1
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 3 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 2
23 McOrist, Ian ? ? 3 2 17 15 2 3 0 2 1
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 2 3
2 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 2 0 1 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 1 0 1 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 1 26 25 1 5 0 3 6
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 3 0 3 2
35 Stevens, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 3
3 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 7 20 2 1
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 19 18 1 1 0 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 13 283 243 40 61 34 38 49

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