1972 VFL Season Round 19: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 August 1972 between Geelong and Melbourne during round nineteen of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Doug Wade captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

Geelong (11.19.85) were defeated by Melbourne (21.16.142).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 12,716

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.19.85 - 21.16.142

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 2 . 10 4 . 12 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
Melbourne 5 . 3 13 . 4 19 . 10 21 . 16 21 . 16 (142)
Margin MELB by 25 MELB by 60 MELB by 88 MELB by 57 MELB by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 7 0 2 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 5 1 2 4
5 Barkley, David ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 0
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 1 22 22 0 13 0 3 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 26 24 2 5 0 4 1
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 2 0
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 8 17 2 0
8 Lindquist, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 1 0
34 Linke, Graeme ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 4 38 34 4 5 0 6 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 2 17 9 8 8 1 0 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 3 3 4
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 2 3 11 10 1 4 0 1 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 8 1
18 Stephens, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 9 0 8 0 2 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 1
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 2 4 7 6 1 4 0 1 2
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 2 0
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 3 0 4 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 19 278 238 40 88 22 47 31

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 11 0 4 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 1 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 0 2
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 3 0 1 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 2 33 32 1 4 0 2 3
34 Clennett, John ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 7 19 1 3
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 4 0 4 3
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 0 17 11 6 5 0 0 3
41 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 2 2 2
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 2 0
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 2 19 18 1 2 0 1 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 2 0 1 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 3 0 10 8 2 3 6 2 5
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 7 3 16 15 1 13 0 1 4
45 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 6 0 1 2
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 3 6
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 2 30 27 3 9 0 5 2
54 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yeo, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 21 16 267 239 28 89 27 31 47

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