1972 VFL Season Round 21: Collingwood v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1972 between Collingwood and South Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted South Melbourne at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with, in the absence of Barry Price, deputy vice-captain Len Thompson as vice-captain. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Collingwood (22.17.149) defeated South Melbourne (11.6.72).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Collingwood v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 19,934

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. South Melbourne
Score: 22.17.149 - 11.6.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 5 11 . 10 16 . 16 22 . 17 22 . 17 (149)
South Melbourne 4 . 0 6 . 2 9 . 4 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Margin COLL by 11 COLL by 38 COLL by 54 COLL by 77 COLL by 77
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson (acting)
Coach: Neil Mann

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 3 4
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 2 0 4 4
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 2
51 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 1 1 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 2 0 16 13 3 5 0 1 3
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 6 1 1 1
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 2 21 19 2 9 0 3 5
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 3 19 14 5 10 6 0 1
39 McGaw, Wes ? ? 2 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 2
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 11 3 15 14 1 9 0 2 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 1 1 17 15 2 4 0 2 0
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 3 3
30 Pettigrew, Peter ? ? 0 3 21 19 2 3 0 1 5
4 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 6 0 4 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 7 1 3 3
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 1 32 27 5 8 0 4 2
42 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 1 1
3 Thompson, Len (avc) ? ? 2 0 28 21 7 13 38 6 1
24 Tredrea, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 0 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 22 17 330 285 45 105 47 43 43

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 0 0 1 3
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 1 16 9 7 2 0 2 0
38 Carrodus, Trevor ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 3
18 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 3 1
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 6 7 1 6
43 Ewin, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 6 0 4 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 4 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 2 4
48 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 1
13 Miller, Neville ? ? 2 1 4 4 0 1 0 2 2
8 Morton, Lance ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 1 4 0
39 Norris, Michael ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 1 26 25 1 5 0 3 4
49 Plant, Mick ? ? 1 1 16 16 0 3 0 1 5
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 5 0 2 2
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 3 0 2 1
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 2 2
50 Woodman, Brian ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 2 0 6 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 6 239 214 25 52 8 43 43

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