1972 VFL Season Round 17: North Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1972 between North Melbourne and South Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. David Dench captained the hosts. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Brian Dixon and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

North Melbourne (12.15.87) defeated South Melbourne (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: North Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 29 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 7,191

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 12.15.87 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 4 . 6 5 . 8 10 . 9 12 . 15 12 . 15 (87)
South Melbourne 3 . 3 7 . 9 10 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin NMLB by 9 SMLB by 13 SMLB by 2 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench
Coach: Brian Dixon

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 7 0 1 2
41 Dawson, Mark ? ? 2 2 15 12 3 2 0 1 3
23 Dench, David (c) ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 1 3 3
15 Doherty, Phil ? ? 4 3 10 10 0 6 0 2 2
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 3 1 2 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 2 24 22 2 10 0 1 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 11 13 2 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 5 0 0 3
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 0 3 3
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 3 0 0 1
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 7 6 3
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 8 2 4
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 0 0
37 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 3 0 1 1
25 Nunn, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 2
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 6 0 5 1
21 Perry, John ? ? 2 1 26 24 2 11 1 1 1
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 2 2 21 20 1 8 0 3 2
52 Robinson, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 6 0 3 1
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 6 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 15 307 256 51 111 32 38 37

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 3 2
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 2 21 15 6 2 0 2 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 12 4 1 1
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 4 1 14 13 1 4 0 2 1
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 7 0 2
43 Ewin, Wayne ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 1 0 3 2
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 3
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 1 4 17 13 4 0 0 4 6
2 Hay, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 8 0 0 1
20 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 0 2 2 1
13 Miller, Neville ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
8 Morton, Lance ? ? 3 3 6 6 0 3 0 0 3
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Officer, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 3
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 23 23 0 6 0 2 1
49 Plant, Mick ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 3 0 4 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 4 1 3 2
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 6 0 5 3
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 6 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 12 261 229 32 66 14 37 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