1972 VFL Season Round 18: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1972 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round eighteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at VFL Park. David Dench captained the hosts. Royce Hart captained the visitors with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Brian Dixon and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

North Melbourne (6.14.50) were defeated by Richmond (13.20.98).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 5 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 11,425

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 6.14.50 - 13.20.98

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 9 6 . 14 6 . 14 (50)
Richmond 4 . 2 7 . 14 11 . 15 13 . 20 13 . 20 (98)
Margin RICH by 6 RICH by 34 RICH by 42 RICH by 48 RICH by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench
Coach: Brian Dixon

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 6 1 0 1
41 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 2 12 12 0 1 0 2 3
23 Dench, David (c) ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 1 3
15 Doherty, Phil ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 4 0 2 2
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 12 11 0 3
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 4 0 3 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 1 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 1 20 15 5 1 0 2 2
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 2 11 7 4 6 7 1 3
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 4 1 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 4 0 3 1
37 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
25 Nunn, Bill ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 6 0 5 1
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 5 0 1 0
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 3 2 21 20 1 3 0 6 0
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 24 23 1 7 0 5 2
52 Robinson, Peter ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 5
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 1 2 20 15 5 10 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 6 14 300 254 46 87 23 38 37

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 3 1 9 7 2 4 4 0 1
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 2 2 25 22 3 5 0 1 3
24 Bond, Graeme ? ? 2 6 15 12 3 0 0 2 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 3
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 3 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 1 15 9 6 4 0 2 1
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 5 1
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 2 1 23 19 4 7 0 6 2
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 1 1
43 Hywood, Steve ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 2 1 3
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 5 13 0 1
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 3 4 10 9 1 5 0 1 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 3 14 13 1 2 1 3 3
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 1 1 19 11 8 5 0 1 2
33 Smith, Anthony ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 2
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 1 0 2 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 2 3
37 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 4 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 20 285 230 55 71 20 37 38

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