1972 VFL Season Round 16: Carlton v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 22 July 1972 between Carlton and Essendon during round sixteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Essendon at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Robert Walls as vice-captain. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Carlton (20.13.133) defeated Essendon (17.15.117).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday 22 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 27,720

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 20.13.133 - 17.15.117

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 4 . 4 16 . 4 17 . 7 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Essendon 5 . 4 7 . 9 11 . 13 17 . 15 17 . 15 (117)
Margin ESSE by 6 CARL by 49 CARL by 30 CARL by 16 CARL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

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

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 0 28 28 0 4 0 4 0
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 2 0 25 22 3 8 1 4 1
27 Dickson, David ? ? 3 1 17 15 2 6 0 2 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 0 1
24 Fyffe, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 3 25 23 2 3 0 4 1
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 7 3 21 20 1 4 0 5 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 3 0 0
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 2 19 19 0 4 0 5 2
7 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 4 0 0 0
43 McKay, David ? ? 2 0 7 5 2 5 12 0 5
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 8 0 5
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 1
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 1 0 1
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 5 0 1 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 9 0 0 2
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 5 2
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 0 1 3
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 2 2 20 19 1 9 0 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 13 289 254 35 77 25 34 32

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 3 7 13 13 0 5 0 2 5
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 0 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 4 0 3 1
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 0
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 5 0 2 3
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 2 1 12 11 1 5 0 0 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 3 0 29 25 4 5 0 3 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 3 3
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 3 2
44 Halley, Len ? ? 1 0 11 5 6 3 7 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 11 5 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 2 3 10 10 0 7 0 0 1
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 3 0 0 3
36 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 2 4 1 1
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 2 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 0
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 0 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 0 1 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 1 0
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 1 24 22 2 3 0 5 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 15 260 226 34 69 22 32 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