1972 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1972 between Geelong and Carlton during round seventeen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Carlton at Kardinia Park. Doug Wade captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Geelong (9.13.67) were defeated by Carlton (17.17.119).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Carlton
Date: Saturday 29 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 24,797

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Carlton
Score: 9.13.67 - 17.17.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 5 . 7 7 . 9 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Carlton 3 . 4 7 . 8 13 . 11 17 . 17 17 . 17 (119)
Margin CARL by 14 CARL by 13 CARL by 38 CARL by 52 CARL by 52
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

Carlton

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 0 0 2 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 9 0 4 2
5 Barkley, David ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 4 1 2 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 2 23 23 0 10 0 4 2
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 5 0 3 0
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 2 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 7 5 4 0
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 4 0 3 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 4 1 3 0
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 2 2 13 12 1 3 0 5 3
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 13 3 2 2
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 0 22 19 3 14 0 5 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 2 18 18 0 5 0 7 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 0 4 1
7 Stokes, Rod ? ? 0 2 7 7 0 2 0 2 4
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 1 0 2 1
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 13 260 232 28 93 12 60 27

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 0 20 20 0 4 1 3 3
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 0 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 1 5
27 Dickson, David ? ? 1 1 31 24 7 5 0 4 4
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 0 3
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 3 35 34 1 7 0 2 4
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 2 2 14 14 0 4 0 2 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 1 28 24 4 8 0 0 3
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 2 1 13 6 7 6 11 2 6
16 Kennedy, Greg ? ? 4 5 21 20 1 10 0 2 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 1 27 23 4 8 0 2 1
7 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 0 1 1
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 3
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 1 12 6 6 6 8 1 6
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 1 5
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 5 0 1 5
20 Southby, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 3
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 0 1 3
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 4 1 25 22 3 12 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 17 335 280 55 107 20 27 60

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