1972 VFL Round 20: Geelong v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 19 August 1972 between Geelong and Collingwood during round 20 of the 1972 VFL season. Geelong hosted Collingwood at Kardinia Park. Doug Wade captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Barry Price as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Neil Mann.

Geelong
D. Wade (capt.), G. Ainsworth, G. Andrews, R. Blake, D. Clarke, W. Closter, G. Davidson, T. Evans, I. Hampshire, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, K. Newland, S. Newman, B. Ryan, P. Sarah, J. Scarlett, P. Stevens, H. Strahan, R. Whatman, M. Woolnough

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), B. Price (vice-capt.), L. Adamson, A. Atkinson, C. Britt, J. Clifton, H. Coles, R. Dean, R. Dunne, D. Gott, B. Heard, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, R. Oborne, D. O'Callaghan, T. Potter, M. Richardson, D. Salmon, P. Stevens, L. Thompson

Geelong (17.10.112) defeated Collingwood (17.9.111).

Goalkickers
Geelong: D. Clarke (4), D. Wade (4), R. Whatman (3), R. Blake (2), M. Woolnough (2), K. Newland, P. Sarah
Collingwood: P. McKenna (9), R. Oborne (2), B. Price (2), M. Richardson (2), W. Richardson, L. Thompson

As a result of this match, Geelong remained 10th on the ladder and Collingwood remained 3rd on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Geelong v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 19 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 23,106

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Collingwood
Score: 17.10.112 - 17.9.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 5 . 2 10 . 6 17 . 10 17 . 10 (112)
Collingwood 7 . 0 13 . 3 15 . 7 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Margin COLL by 28 COLL by 49 COLL by 31 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill McMaster (Geelong), Neil Mann (Collingwood)
Captains: Doug Wade (Geelong), Wayne Richardson (Collingwood)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Geelong), Barry Price (Collingwood)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 6 0 3 2
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 10 1 2 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 2 1 7 6 1 4 7 0 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 4 0 23 23 0 9 0 5 1
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 23 0 7 0 5 1
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 4 3
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 1 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 7 5 2 4
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 0 4 2
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 0 0 3 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 6 1 0 5
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 12 0 4 2
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 1 2 18 16 2 4 0 3 2
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 0 4 2
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 2
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 4 3 10 9 1 4 0 3 6
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 3 2 12 11 1 4 0 3 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 2 0 15 14 1 0 0 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 10 273 239 34 92 14 50 41

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 1 2
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 1
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 1 0 4 3
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 1 2 5
36 Coles, Henry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 1 21 13 8 6 0 4 3
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 5 1
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 1 4
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 2 19 18 1 12 3 3 2
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 1
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 9 2 13 12 1 7 0 5 3
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 2 1 13 12 1 7 0 1 4
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 1 1 3
4 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 1 4
2 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 3 0 3 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 2 1 27 25 2 9 1 2 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 1 26 24 2 9 0 3 1
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 0 4
35 Stevens, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 2 3
3 Thompson, Len ? ? 1 1 29 20 9 6 19 6 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 9 294 251 43 97 28 45 51

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