1972 VFL Semi Final 1: Collingwood v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 16 September 1972 between Collingwood and St Kilda in the first semi final of the 1972 VFL season. Collingwood hosted St Kilda at MCG. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Barry Price as vice-captain. Ross Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Collingwood
W. Richardson (capt.), B. Price (vice-capt.), A. Atkinson, C. Britt, J. Clifton, I. Cooper, R. Dean, R. Dunne, G. Dunstan, P. Eakins, D. Gott, B. Heard, G. Jenkin, I. McOrist, R. Oborne, D. O'Callaghan, P. Pettigrew, M. Richardson, R. Rose, L. Thompson

St Kilda
R. Smith (capt.), N. Besanko, B. Breen, G. Colling, A. Davis, C. Ditterich, G. Elliott, R. Galt, S. Grambeau, W. Judson, M. Malthouse, J. Manzie, J. Moran, B. Murray, B. Mynott, K. Neale, T. Payze, J. Stephens, S. Theodore, S. Trott

Collingwood (8.17.65) were defeated by St Kilda (11.17.83).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: G. Dunstan (2), D. Gott (2), G. Jenkin (2), I. McOrist, W. Richardson
St Kilda: A. Davis (2), B. Mynott (2), J. Stephens (2), S. Theodore (2), G. Colling, R. Galt, S. Trott

As a result of this match, Collingwood were eliminated (finishing 4th overall) and St Kilda faced Carlton in the preliminary final.

Match Details

Season: 1972 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 1
Teams: Collingwood v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 16 September 1972
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 91,857

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by St Kilda
Score: 8.17.65 - 11.17.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 7 3 . 10 6 . 16 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
St Kilda 3 . 2 7 . 6 10 . 13 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Margin STKL by 1 STKL by 20 STKL by 21 STKL by 18 STKL by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Neil Mann (Collingwood), Allan Jeans (St Kilda)
Captains: Wayne Richardson (Collingwood), Ross Smith (St Kilda)
Vice-Captains: Barry Price (Collingwood), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 3 2
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 1
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 2 4
37 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 4 1
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 1 18 18 0 9 0 4 3
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 3 2
9 Dunstan, Graeme ? ? 2 5 13 12 1 7 0 0 3
10 Eakins, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 3
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 2 1 12 12 0 3 0 5 2
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 2 4 13 13 0 6 6 3 1
46 McOrist, Ian ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 3
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 1 3
30 Pettigrew, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 1 1
2 Price, Barry (vc) ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 2 3 0
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 2 1 2 3
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 2 26 23 3 1 0 4 2
25 Rose, Robert ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 3 0 3 4
3 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 7 19 2 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 17 235 215 20 56 28 46 40

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 0 3 1
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 1 1
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 1 0 25 13 12 6 0 1 4
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 2 5 17 16 1 4 0 4 5
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 3 23 15 8 4 8 2 3
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 3 5
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 4 2 1 0
34 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 3 1
44 Malthouse, Mick ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 2 19 16 3 3 0 1 2
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 2 0 1 1
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 0 1 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 2 1 5 4 1 2 12 0 3
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 10 0 2 3
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 4 0 5 3
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 2 0 2 2
32 Stephens, John ? ? 2 1 13 12 1 3 0 1 2
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 2 2 19 13 6 5 0 5 5
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 1 0 20 19 1 2 0 4 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 17 280 232 48 65 22 40 46

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