1972 VFL Season: South Melbourne
Season Team Details
Competition:
1972 VFL Season
Team:
South Melbourne
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 |