1972 VFL Season Round 21: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 August 1972 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Brian Dixon.

Melbourne (17.22.124) defeated North Melbourne (14.7.91).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 August 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 11,241

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 17.22.124 - 14.7.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 8 . 8 9 . 18 17 . 22 17 . 22 (124)
North Melbourne 5 . 4 8 . 5 11 . 6 14 . 7 14 . 7 (91)
Margin NMLB by 11 MELB by 3 level MELB by 33 MELB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Brian Dixon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 0 22 17 5 9 0 4 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 2 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 3 0
27 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 0 1 4
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 3 19 18 1 1 0 2 3
34 Clennett, John ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 4 8 0 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 4 2 18 16 2 6 0 0 2
41 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 6 0 1 1
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 0 0 4
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 2 0 3 1
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 4 1 3 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 4 5 19 16 3 11 0 3 1
45 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 1 2 21 19 2 6 0 1 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 0 0 0 4
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 0 2 3
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 0 4 2 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 3 2 20 17 3 5 0 3 2
54 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 1 2 0
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 17 22 278 233 45 78 14 33 40

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 7 0 1 0
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 3
41 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 5 1 1 4
15 Doherty, Phil ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 7 0 1 0
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 3 1 16 13 3 7 0 3 4
11 Douglas, John ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 0 25 18 7 7 0 4 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 1 0 22 16 6 10 10 5 3
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 6 1 4 1
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 5 4 1
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 4 0 2 2
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 2
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 4 1 16 14 2 9 2 1 3
35 Mitchell, Stan ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 0 0 2 1
37 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 3 0
25 Nunn, Bill ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 6 0 0 3
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 29 23 6 14 0 1 1
9 Pretty, David ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 2 0 2 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 7 1 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 7 301 238 63 99 24 40 33

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