1972 VFL Season Round 22: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 September 1972 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round twenty-two of the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Doug Wade captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bill McMaster and the visitors were coached by Brian Dixon.

Geelong (20.20.140) defeated North Melbourne (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 September 1972
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 12,267

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. North Melbourne
Score: 20.20.140 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 4 8 . 9 13 . 15 20 . 20 20 . 20 (140)
North Melbourne 4 . 2 9 . 8 11 . 9 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin GEEL by 2 NMLB by 5 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 51 GEEL by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Doug Wade
Coach: Bill McMaster

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Brian Dixon

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 3 0
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 5 0 1 0
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 2 0 7 7 0 3 5 1 1
14 Clarke, David ? ? 6 4 19 18 1 6 1 6 3
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 21 21 0 4 0 4 1
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 7 0 5 3
11 Evans, Tim ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 1 1
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 8 8 2 3
8 Lindquist, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Lynch, Chris ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 0
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 4 3
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 0 31 27 4 3 0 3 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 8 3 0 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 11 0 1 1
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 3 2 20 19 1 7 0 3 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 0 0
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 2
23 Wade, Doug (c) ? ? 7 5 15 13 2 11 0 1 0
19 Whatman, Robert ? ? 0 3 19 12 7 7 0 2 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 1 2 23 21 2 8 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 20 20 308 268 40 113 17 41 24

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 7 0 0 2
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 0 4
41 Dawson, Mark ? ? 1 2 19 14 5 6 1 1 2
15 Doherty, Phil ? ? 4 1 11 9 2 8 0 1 1
7 Doolan, Vin ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 0 0 2
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 10 0 2 3
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 8 16 1 3
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 0 22 18 4 7 1 3 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 7 0 2 2
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 2 2 2
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 5 0 2 1
1 Hopgood, Jeff ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 0
33 Joseph, Glenn ? ? 2 0 13 9 4 3 3 0 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 6 0 0 6
37 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 1 4
25 Nunn, Bill ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 2 0 5 3
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 2 24 19 5 8 0 2 1
9 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 6 3 2 1
26 Smith, Rob ? ? 2 1 9 6 3 5 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 11 289 233 56 107 27 24 41

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