1972 VFL Season: South Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results for South Melbourne for the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Lakeside Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1972 VFL Season
Team:
South Melbourne
Club:
Sydney
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 2-0-20, P%: 65.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ball, Ray | #31 | 16 | 0 | R01-03, R07-18, R20 |
| Baskin, Keith | #4 | 6 | 6 | R06-07, R18-21 |
| Bedford, Peter | #11 | 21 | 28 | R01-11, R13-22 |
| Bell, Bob | #24 | 9 | 0 | R04-12 |
| Brice, Gary | #7 | 7 | 5 | R01-05, R12-13 |
| Brown, Peter | #32 | 14 | 1 | R01-11, R16, R19-20 |
| Carrodus, Trevor | #38 | 1 | 1 | R21 |
| Cook, Russell | #17 | 20 | 2 | R01-09, R11-20, R22 |
| Davis, Bruce | #18 | 11 | 9 | R06, R11-13, R16-22 |
| Dempster, Graham | #45 | 2 | 1 | R19-20 |
| Doyle, Robert | #28 | 10 | 2 | R01-03, R09-10, R13-15, R17, R21 |
| Ewin, Wayne | #43 | 7 | 1 | R16-22 |
| Gleeson, Reg | #27 | 21 | 0 | R01-08, R10-22 |
| Goss, Norm | #12 | 17 | 16 | R01-05, R08-17, R19, R22 |
| Grima, Robert | #30 | 2 | 0 | R07-08 |
| Gull, Stewart | #34 | 5 | 7 | R18-22 |
| Haines, Jim | #1 | 10 | 2 | R01-09, R14 |
| Hay, Robert | #2 | 7 | 1 | R04, R11, R15-19 |
| Hoffman, Steve | #26 | 13 | 17 | R01-04, R06-07, R10-13, R20-22 |
| Kerr, Peter | #45 | 1 | 0 | R16 |
| Lakes, George | #20 | 6 | 2 | R12-17 |
| Lambert, Greg | #33 | 4 | 0 | R01-02, R14-15 |
| McAuliffe, Haydn | #25 | 1 | 0 | R04 |
| McCracken, Peter | #22 | 1 | 0 | R02 |
| McHenry, Russell | #36 | 8 | 7 | R05, R09-12, R14, R18-19 |
| McKew, Shane | #35 | 13 | 3 | R01, R03, R05-15 |
| McLeish, David | #29 | 18 | 5 | R01-12, R14-15, R18-19, R21-22 |
| Miller, Greg | #48 | 4 | 0 | R19-22 |
| Miller, Neville | #13 | 10 | 10 | R01-04, R09, R13, R17, R20-22 |
| Moore, Eric | #22 | 11 | 19 | R06-15, R22 |
| Morton, Lance | #8 | 12 | 23 | R03-05, R10-11, R15-19, R21-22 |
| Murphy, John | #6 | 11 | 2 | R01-02, R05-06, R12-18 |
| Norris, Michael | #39 | 3 | 2 | R20-22 |
| Officer, Stephen | #3 | 17 | 1 | R01-08, R10-18 |
| Pitura, John | #21 | 19 | 6 | R04-22 |
| Plant, Mick | #49 | 4 | 1 | R15-17, R21 |
| Prentice, Jim | #19 | 18 | 6 | R01-03, R05-09, R12-18, R20-22 |
| Quade, Ricky | #16 | 21 | 15 | R01-20, R22 |
| Rantall, John | #5 | 22 | 0 | R01-22 |
| Robertson, Garry | #15 | 5 | 0 | R10-14 |
| Robertson, Max | #23 | 7 | 0 | R16-22 |
| Stibbard, Robert | #42 | 2 | 0 | R08-09 |
| Walsh, Wayne | #10 | 8 | 1 | R03-10 |
| Wilkinson, Jim | #9 | 10 | 1 | R01-10 |
| Woodman, Brian | #50 | 5 | 3 | R18-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Norm | 22 | 2 | -0- | 20 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/04/1972 | Round 1 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 12 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 08/04/1972 | Round 2 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 47 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 15/04/1972 | Round 3 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 32 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 22/04/1972 | Round 4 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 71 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 29/04/1972 | Round 5 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 23 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 06/05/1972 | Round 6 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 15 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 13/05/1972 | Round 7 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 18 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 20/05/1972 | Round 8 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 58 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 27/05/1972 | Round 9 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 17 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 03/06/1972 | Round 10 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 69 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 10/06/1972 | Round 11 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 64 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 24/06/1972 | Round 12 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 31 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 01/07/1972 | Round 13 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 3 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 08/07/1972 | Round 14 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 24 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 15/07/1972 | Round 15 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 65 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 22/07/1972 | Round 16 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 36 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 29/07/1972 | Round 17 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 9 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 05/08/1972 | Round 18 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 59 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 12/08/1972 | Round 19 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 45 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 19/08/1972 | Round 20 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 13 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 26/08/1972 | Round 21 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 77 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |
| 02/09/1972 | Round 22 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 76 | Norm Smith | John Rantall |