1972 VFL Season Round 18: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 5 August 1972 between St Kilda and Essendon during round eighteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Moorabbin Oval. Ross Smith captained the hosts. Des Tuddenham captained the visitors with Barry Davis as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

St Kilda (12.9.81) were defeated by Essendon (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 5 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 29,062

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Essendon
Score: 12.9.81 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 4 . 2 8 . 8 9 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Essendon 3 . 2 5 . 5 9 . 13 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin STKL by 6 STKL by 21 ESSE by 5 ESSE by 7 ESSE by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Coach: Allan Jeans

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 5 1
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 7 0 2 1
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 2 3
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 2 0 4 3
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 9 2 2
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 3 1 2
34 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 4 3 0 2
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 3 1
44 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 5 0 2 4
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 5 0 2 2
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 4 0
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 44 5 3
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 4 0
25 Rae, Stephen ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 0 1
35 Scott, Graham ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 1
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 1 0 27 22 5 1 0 6 3
32 Stephens, John ? ? 3 2 14 13 1 3 0 3 2
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 3 1 9 9 0 3 1 1 3
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 2 0 1 6
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 12 9 253 210 43 56 60 49 40

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 2 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 2
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 4
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 2 1
32 Davis, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 1 23 22 1 4 0 5 1
40 Delahunty, Hugh ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 4 0 1 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 0 2 24 22 2 5 0 4 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 1 16 15 1 2 0 2 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 2
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 2
44 Halley, Len ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 6 5 1 2
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 2 10 1 3
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 3 1 15 13 2 5 0 2 6
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 3 4
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 4 1 17 13 4 5 0 2 6
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 1 0 0 2
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 3 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 0 3 17 15 2 3 0 3 4
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 2 2 20 17 3 3 0 6 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 16 239 217 22 62 15 40 49

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