1972 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 29 July 1972 between Richmond and St Kilda during round seventeen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with, in the absence of Kevin Bartlett, deputy vice-captain Francis Bourke as vice-captain. Ross Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Richmond (23.15.153) defeated St Kilda (11.15.81).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 29 July 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 44,348

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. St Kilda
Score: 23.15.153 - 11.15.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 5 . 5 10 . 8 17 . 12 23 . 15 23 . 15 (153)
St Kilda 4 . 2 7 . 6 9 . 11 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Margin RICH by 9 RICH by 20 RICH by 49 RICH by 72 RICH by 72
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Francis Bourke (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
42 Allford, Grant ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 4 1 13 12 1 10 3 1 2
20 Beckwith, Bill ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 4 3 20 19 1 1 0 2 1
30 Bourke, Francis (avc) ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 7 0 1 4
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 2 1 0
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 1 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 4
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 3 0 1 3
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 1 3 24 20 4 8 0 3 0
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 1 0
43 Hywood, Steve ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 1 2
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 35 1 1
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 8 2 16 13 3 9 0 1 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 2 0 1 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 3 0 4 5
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 7 0 1 1
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 2 0 1 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 1 0 24 21 3 1 0 2 1
37 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 23 15 291 244 47 76 40 26 33

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Anthony, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 1 2 2
28 Corner, Ian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 2 25 23 2 2 1 5 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 2 1 17 13 4 10 20 1 4
16 Ellis, David ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 2 0 1
24 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 2 2
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 4 3 3 2
34 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 4 10 0 2
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 1 3 1
44 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 1 1
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 2 0
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 6 0 1 1
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 1
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 1 1 19 18 1 6 0 1 2
25 Rae, Stephen ? ? 3 1 15 13 2 4 0 0 1
35 Scott, Graham ? ? 0 2 12 11 1 4 0 0 2
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 1 1 24 20 4 2 0 3 1
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 2 0 2 2
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 2 26 24 2 2 0 6 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 15 264 232 32 62 38 33 26

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