1972 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1972 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Hawthorn Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Hawthorn Reserves were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1972 VFLR Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Reserves Princes Park Keith McKenzie
Collingwood Reserves Victoria Park Ron Richards
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill
Fitzroy Reserves Junction Oval
Footscray Reserves Western Oval
Geelong Reserves Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Reserves Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne Reserves MCG Bernie Massey
North Melbourne Reserves Arden Street Oval
Richmond Reserves MCG Col Saddington
South Melbourne Reserves Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Reserves Moorabbin Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Hawthorn Reserves
Runners-Up: Melbourne Reserves
Minor Premiers: Hawthorn Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 19 -1- 2 78 154.1% 2,638 1,712 381 352 251 206
Richmond Reserves 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 137.5% 2,487 1,809 355 357 258 261
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 17 -0- 5 68 134.5% 2,152 1,600 303 334 223 262
Essendon Reserves 4th 15 -1- 6 62 125.3% 2,112 1,685 300 312 236 269
Carlton Reserves 5th 14 -0- 8 56 106.7% 1,828 1,714 258 280 234 310
Geelong Reserves 6th 13 -0- 9 52 123.9% 2,439 1,968 349 345 284 264
Footscray Reserves 7th 13 -0- 9 52 103.6% 2,001 1,932 284 297 272 300
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 14 32 91.4% 1,970 2,155 278 302 303 337
Collingwood Reserves 9th 7 -0- 15 28 86.1% 1,811 2,103 254 287 295 333
St Kilda Reserves 10th 5 -0- 17 20 70.5% 1,451 2,058 202 239 295 288
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 20 8 55.8% 1,541 2,760 219 227 393 402
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 21 4 62.8% 1,577 2,511 220 257 359 357

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Hawthorn Reserves 1st Premiers
Melbourne Reserves 2nd Runners-Up
Carlton Reserves 3rd Defeated by Hawthorn Reserves (Preliminary Final)
Richmond Reserves 4th Defeated by Carlton Reserves (Semi Final)
Essendon Reserves 5th Defeated by Carlton Reserves (Elimination Final)
Geelong Reserves 6th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray Reserves 7th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne Reserves 8th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood Reserves 9th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda Reserves 10th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne Reserves 11th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy Reserves 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/04/1972 Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 76 - 51
SAT 01/04/1972 Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 103 - 79
SAT 01/04/1972 St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 71 - 80
MON 03/04/1972 Footscray (R) v Essendon (R) Western Oval 86 - 101
MON 03/04/1972 Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 103 - 47
MON 03/04/1972 South Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Lakeside Oval 59 - 142

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 1 -0- 0 4 240.7% 142 59
Richmond Reserves 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 219.1% 103 47
Carlton Reserves 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 149.0% 76 51
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 1 -0- 0 4 130.4% 103 79
Essendon Reserves 5th 1 -0- 0 4 117.4% 101 86
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 1 -0- 0 4 112.7% 80 71
St Kilda Reserves 7th 0 -0- 1 0 88.8% 71 80
Footscray Reserves 8th 0 -0- 1 0 85.1% 86 101
Melbourne Reserves 9th 0 -0- 1 0 76.7% 79 103
Fitzroy Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 67.1% 51 76
Collingwood Reserves 11th 0 -0- 1 0 45.6% 47 103
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 1 0 41.5% 59 142

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/04/1972 Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R) Victoria Park 74 - 54
SAT 08/04/1972 Essendon (R) v South Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 85 - 38
SAT 08/04/1972 Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R) Junction Oval 83 - 107
SAT 08/04/1972 Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) Kardinia Park 83 - 118
SAT 08/04/1972 Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 89 - 77
SAT 08/04/1972 North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Arden Street Oval 76 - 141

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 2 -0- 0 8 170.0% 221 130
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 157.4% 244 155
Essendon Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 150.0% 186 124
Geelong Reserves 4th 1 -0- 1 4 127.1% 225 177
St Kilda Reserves 5th 1 -0- 1 4 109.2% 178 163
Carlton Reserves 6th 1 -0- 1 4 104.0% 130 125
Melbourne Reserves 7th 1 -0- 1 4 93.3% 168 180
Collingwood Reserves 8th 1 -0- 1 4 77.1% 121 157
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 1 -0- 1 4 73.6% 156 212
Footscray Reserves 10th 0 -0- 2 0 85.8% 163 190
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 0 -0- 2 0 73.2% 134 183
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 0 42.7% 97 227

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1972 Collingwood (R) v Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 65 - 90
SAT 15/04/1972 Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 90 - 94
SAT 15/04/1972 North Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Arden Street Oval 102 - 112
SAT 15/04/1972 Richmond (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 162 - 40
SAT 15/04/1972 South Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Lakeside Oval 90 - 92
SAT 15/04/1972 St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R) Moorabbin Oval 46 - 84

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 3 -0- 0 12 225.3% 383 170
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 138.0% 338 245
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 105.3% 258 245
Carlton Reserves 4th 2 -0- 1 8 103.3% 222 215
Essendon Reserves 5th 2 -0- 1 8 79.0% 226 286
Geelong Reserves 6th 1 -0- 2 4 116.2% 315 271
Footscray Reserves 7th 1 -0- 2 4 104.7% 247 236
St Kilda Reserves 8th 1 -0- 2 4 90.7% 224 247
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 1 -0- 2 4 86.3% 246 285
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 1 -0- 2 4 79.6% 258 324
Collingwood Reserves 11th 1 -0- 2 4 75.3% 186 247
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 3 0 58.6% 187 319

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1972 Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 78 - 100
SAT 22/04/1972 Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 62 - 75
SAT 22/04/1972 Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) Windy Hill 113 - 103
SAT 22/04/1972 Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) Junction Oval 38 - 171
SAT 22/04/1972 Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R) Western Oval 107 - 59
SAT 22/04/1972 Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 130 - 79

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 4 -0- 0 16 194.8% 483 248
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 179.9% 509 283
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 119.8% 388 324
Essendon Reserves 4th 3 -0- 1 12 87.1% 339 389
Footscray Reserves 5th 2 -0- 2 8 120.0% 354 295
St Kilda Reserves 6th 2 -0- 2 8 96.8% 299 309
Carlton Reserves 7th 2 -0- 2 8 95.2% 300 315
Geelong Reserves 8th 1 -0- 3 4 108.9% 418 384
Collingwood Reserves 9th 1 -0- 3 4 77.0% 248 322
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 1 -0- 3 4 73.5% 317 431
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 3 4 62.3% 284 456
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 4 0 59.2% 266 449

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1972 Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 78 - 65
SAT 29/04/1972 Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R) Kardinia Park 137 - 70
SAT 29/04/1972 Hawthorn (R) v Footscray (R) Glenferrie Oval 75 - 114
SAT 29/04/1972 North Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Arden Street Oval 104 - 107
SAT 29/04/1972 Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 83 - 114
SAT 29/04/1972 South Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Lakeside Oval 113 - 84

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 4 -0- 1 16 156.4% 566 362
Hawthorn Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 147.1% 584 397
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 123.3% 502 407
Essendon Reserves 4th 4 -0- 1 16 91.9% 417 454
Footscray Reserves 5th 3 -0- 2 12 126.5% 468 370
Geelong Reserves 6th 2 -0- 3 8 122.2% 555 454
Carlton Reserves 7th 2 -0- 3 8 92.9% 365 393
St Kilda Reserves 8th 2 -0- 3 8 90.8% 383 422
Collingwood Reserves 9th 2 -0- 3 8 83.3% 355 426
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 1 -0- 4 4 78.3% 421 538
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 1 -0- 4 4 71.1% 379 533
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 4 4 59.7% 354 593

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1972 Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 93 - 109
SAT 06/05/1972 Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) Victoria Park 40 - 188
SAT 06/05/1972 Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) Western Oval 106 - 105
SAT 06/05/1972 Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 96 - 60
SAT 06/05/1972 South Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 129 - 49
SAT 06/05/1972 St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R) Moorabbin Oval 64 - 96

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 5 -0- 1 20 176.7% 772 437
Richmond Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 155.4% 662 426
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 128.1% 598 467
Footscray Reserves 4th 4 -0- 2 16 120.8% 574 475
Essendon Reserves 5th 4 -0- 2 16 86.7% 477 550
Geelong Reserves 6th 3 -0- 3 12 121.4% 664 547
Carlton Reserves 7th 2 -0- 4 8 91.2% 458 502
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 2 -0- 4 8 87.3% 508 582
St Kilda Reserves 9th 2 -0- 4 8 86.3% 447 518
Collingwood Reserves 10th 2 -0- 4 8 64.3% 395 614
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 1 -0- 5 4 70.5% 470 667
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 5 4 65.7% 459 699

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1972 Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 45 - 60
SAT 13/05/1972 Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R) Windy Hill 122 - 52
SAT 13/05/1972 Fitzroy (R) v Collingwood (R) Junction Oval 82 - 129
SAT 13/05/1972 Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) Kardinia Park 131 - 86
SAT 13/05/1972 Hawthorn (R) v South Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 142 - 90
SAT 13/05/1972 Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 161 - 65

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 6 -0- 1 24 173.4% 914 527
Richmond Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 167.6% 823 491
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 1 24 128.5% 658 512
Essendon Reserves 4th 5 -0- 2 20 99.5% 599 602
Geelong Reserves 5th 4 -0- 3 16 125.6% 795 633
Footscray Reserves 6th 4 -0- 3 16 108.9% 660 606
Collingwood Reserves 7th 3 -0- 4 12 75.3% 524 696
Carlton Reserves 8th 2 -0- 5 8 89.5% 503 562
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 2 -0- 5 8 82.6% 598 724
St Kilda Reserves 10th 2 -0- 5 8 78.0% 499 640
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 6 4 65.3% 541 828
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 6 4 64.6% 535 828

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1972 Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) Victoria Park 72 - 98
SAT 20/05/1972 Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 101 - 70
SAT 20/05/1972 North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Arden Street Oval 48 - 120
SAT 20/05/1972 Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 57 - 110
SAT 20/05/1972 South Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Lakeside Oval 131 - 58
SAT 20/05/1972 St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R) Moorabbin Oval 74 - 67

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 7 -0- 1 28 175.3% 1,024 584
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 130.4% 759 582
Richmond Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 146.4% 880 601
Essendon Reserves 4th 6 -0- 2 24 110.6% 719 650
Footscray Reserves 5th 5 -0- 3 20 111.8% 758 678
Geelong Reserves 6th 4 -0- 4 16 117.8% 865 734
South Melbourne Reserves 7th 3 -0- 5 12 93.2% 729 782
St Kilda Reserves 8th 3 -0- 5 12 81.0% 573 707
Collingwood Reserves 9th 3 -0- 5 12 75.1% 596 794
Carlton Reserves 10th 2 -0- 6 8 89.6% 570 636
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 7 4 62.5% 599 959
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 7 4 61.5% 583 948

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1972 Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 131 - 57
SAT 27/05/1972 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Victoria Park 106 - 117
SAT 27/05/1972 Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) Windy Hill 67 - 85
SAT 27/05/1972 Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R) Junction Oval 104 - 145
SAT 27/05/1972 Footscray (R) v South Melbourne (R) Western Oval 106 - 65
SAT 27/05/1972 Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 83 - 15

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 8 -0- 1 32 170.4% 1,109 651
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 141.0% 842 597
Richmond Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 145.4% 1,025 705
Footscray Reserves 4th 6 -0- 3 24 116.3% 864 743
Essendon Reserves 5th 6 -0- 3 24 106.9% 786 735
Geelong Reserves 6th 5 -0- 4 20 116.9% 982 840
Carlton Reserves 7th 3 -0- 6 12 101.2% 701 693
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 3 -0- 6 12 89.4% 794 888
Collingwood Reserves 9th 3 -0- 6 12 77.1% 702 911
St Kilda Reserves 10th 3 -0- 6 12 74.4% 588 790
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 8 4 63.7% 703 1,104
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 8 4 59.3% 640 1,079

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1972 Essendon (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 67 - 51
SAT 03/06/1972 Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) Kardinia Park 120 - 94
SAT 03/06/1972 Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R) Glenferrie Oval 141 - 45
SAT 03/06/1972 North Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 68 - 121
SAT 03/06/1972 Richmond (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 142 - 114
SAT 03/06/1972 South Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Lakeside Oval 95 - 90

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 9 -0- 1 36 179.6% 1,250 696
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 1 36 144.8% 963 665
Richmond Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 142.5% 1,167 819
Essendon Reserves 4th 7 -0- 3 28 108.5% 853 786
Geelong Reserves 5th 6 -0- 4 24 118.0% 1,102 934
Footscray Reserves 6th 6 -0- 4 24 110.5% 978 885
South Melbourne Reserves 7th 4 -0- 6 16 90.9% 889 978
Carlton Reserves 8th 3 -0- 7 12 89.4% 746 834
Collingwood Reserves 9th 3 -0- 7 12 78.7% 792 1,006
St Kilda Reserves 10th 3 -0- 7 12 74.9% 682 910
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 9 4 64.4% 754 1,171
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 9 4 59.0% 708 1,200

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1972 Footscray (R) v Carlton (R) Western Oval 59 - 82
SAT 10/06/1972 Richmond (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 78 - 62
SAT 10/06/1972 St Kilda (R) v Hawthorn (R) Moorabbin Oval 47 - 89
MON 12/06/1972 Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R) Victoria Park 83 - 127
MON 12/06/1972 Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 65 - 82
MON 12/06/1972 North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 68 - 172

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 10 -0- 1 40 180.2% 1,339 743
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 1 40 143.2% 1,045 730
Richmond Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 2 36 141.3% 1,245 881
Essendon Reserves 4th 8 -0- 3 32 112.8% 980 869
Geelong Reserves 5th 7 -0- 4 28 127.1% 1,274 1,002
Footscray Reserves 6th 6 -0- 5 24 107.2% 1,037 967
Carlton Reserves 7th 4 -0- 7 16 92.7% 828 893
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 4 -0- 7 16 90.1% 951 1,056
Collingwood Reserves 9th 3 -0- 8 12 77.2% 875 1,133
St Kilda Reserves 10th 3 -0- 8 12 73.0% 729 999
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 10 4 65.4% 819 1,253
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 10 4 56.6% 776 1,372

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1972 Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) Victoria Park 73 - 114
SAT 17/06/1972 Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 83 - 119
SAT 17/06/1972 North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Arden Street Oval 72 - 122
SAT 24/06/1972 Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) Windy Hill 140 - 82
SAT 24/06/1972 Fitzroy (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 62 - 105
SAT 24/06/1972 Geelong (R) v South Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 162 - 63

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 11 -0- 1 44 176.5% 1,458 826
Richmond Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 142.5% 1,359 954
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 2 40 132.9% 1,128 849
Essendon Reserves 4th 9 -0- 3 36 117.8% 1,120 951
Geelong Reserves 5th 8 -0- 4 32 134.8% 1,436 1,065
Footscray Reserves 6th 6 -0- 6 24 101.1% 1,119 1,107
Carlton Reserves 7th 5 -0- 7 20 97.7% 933 955
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 4 -0- 8 16 83.3% 1,014 1,218
St Kilda Reserves 9th 4 -0- 8 16 79.5% 851 1,071
Collingwood Reserves 10th 3 -0- 9 12 76.0% 948 1,247
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 11 4 64.9% 881 1,358
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 11 4 56.8% 848 1,494

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1972 Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 94 - 75
SAT 01/07/1972 Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 62 - 113
SAT 01/07/1972 Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 134 - 80
SAT 01/07/1972 Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 136 - 84
SAT 01/07/1972 South Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Lakeside Oval 87 - 109
SAT 01/07/1972 St Kilda (R) v Fitzroy (R) Moorabbin Oval 82 - 44

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 12 -0- 1 48 175.7% 1,592 906
Richmond Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 2 44 144.0% 1,495 1,038
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 2 44 136.2% 1,241 911
Essendon Reserves 4th 10 -0- 3 40 118.4% 1,229 1,038
Geelong Reserves 5th 8 -0- 5 32 126.6% 1,520 1,201
Carlton Reserves 6th 6 -0- 7 24 99.7% 1,027 1,030
Footscray Reserves 7th 6 -0- 7 24 96.8% 1,181 1,220
St Kilda Reserves 8th 5 -0- 8 20 83.7% 933 1,115
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -0- 9 16 83.0% 1,101 1,327
Collingwood Reserves 10th 3 -0- 10 12 76.3% 1,023 1,341
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 12 4 64.2% 925 1,440
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 12 4 57.0% 928 1,628

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1972 Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) Kardinia Park 70 - 55
SAT 08/07/1972 Hawthorn (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 110 - 51
SAT 08/07/1972 North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Arden Street Oval 66 - 87
SAT 08/07/1972 Richmond (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 72 - 123
SAT 08/07/1972 South Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 89 - 94
SAT 08/07/1972 St Kilda (R) v Collingwood (R) Moorabbin Oval 62 - 74

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 13 -0- 1 52 177.8% 1,702 957
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 2 48 133.5% 1,335 1,000
Richmond Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 135.0% 1,567 1,161
Essendon Reserves 4th 10 -0- 4 40 115.9% 1,284 1,108
Geelong Reserves 5th 9 -0- 5 36 126.6% 1,590 1,256
Carlton Reserves 6th 7 -0- 7 28 104.4% 1,150 1,102
Footscray Reserves 7th 7 -0- 7 28 98.6% 1,268 1,286
St Kilda Reserves 8th 5 -0- 9 20 83.7% 995 1,189
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -0- 10 16 83.7% 1,190 1,421
Collingwood Reserves 10th 4 -0- 10 16 78.2% 1,097 1,403
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 1 -0- 13 4 63.0% 976 1,550
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 13 4 58.0% 994 1,715

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1972 Carlton (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 83 - 65
SAT 15/07/1972 Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) Windy Hill 79 - 96
SAT 15/07/1972 Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 104 - 105
SAT 15/07/1972 Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R) Western Oval 115 - 60
SAT 15/07/1972 Hawthorn (R) v Geelong (R) Glenferrie Oval 154 - 109
SAT 15/07/1972 Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 87 - 63

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 14 -0- 1 56 174.1% 1,856 1,066
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 2 52 133.8% 1,422 1,063
Richmond Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 3 48 134.1% 1,663 1,240
Essendon Reserves 4th 10 -0- 5 40 113.2% 1,363 1,204
Geelong Reserves 5th 9 -0- 6 36 120.5% 1,699 1,410
Carlton Reserves 6th 8 -0- 7 32 105.7% 1,233 1,167
Footscray Reserves 7th 8 -0- 7 32 102.7% 1,383 1,346
St Kilda Reserves 8th 5 -0- 10 20 80.9% 1,055 1,304
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -0- 11 16 83.4% 1,255 1,504
Collingwood Reserves 10th 4 -0- 11 16 77.9% 1,160 1,490
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 13 8 60.4% 1,099 1,819
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 14 4 65.3% 1,080 1,655

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1972 Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 73 - 72
SAT 22/07/1972 Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 123 - 73
SAT 22/07/1972 Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R) Junction Oval 91 - 124
SAT 22/07/1972 Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Western Oval 57 - 127
SAT 22/07/1972 Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 75 - 80
SAT 22/07/1972 St Kilda (R) v South Melbourne (R) VFL Park 30 - 109

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 15 -0- 1 60 176.6% 1,983 1,123
Richmond Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 132.5% 1,743 1,315
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 3 52 131.0% 1,497 1,143
Geelong Reserves 4th 10 -0- 6 40 121.5% 1,823 1,501
Essendon Reserves 5th 10 -0- 6 40 112.4% 1,435 1,277
Carlton Reserves 6th 9 -0- 7 36 105.4% 1,306 1,239
Footscray Reserves 7th 8 -0- 8 32 97.8% 1,440 1,473
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 5 -0- 11 20 88.9% 1,364 1,534
Collingwood Reserves 9th 5 -0- 11 20 82.1% 1,283 1,563
St Kilda Reserves 10th 5 -0- 11 20 76.8% 1,085 1,413
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 14 8 60.4% 1,172 1,942
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 15 4 65.8% 1,171 1,779

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1972 Essendon (R) v Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 122 - 72
SAT 29/07/1972 Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 41 - 130
SAT 29/07/1972 Geelong (R) v Carlton (R) Kardinia Park 95 - 102
SAT 29/07/1972 Hawthorn (R) v Collingwood (R) Glenferrie Oval 110 - 106
SAT 29/07/1972 North Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 91 - 119
SAT 29/07/1972 Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 136 - 46

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 16 -0- 1 64 170.3% 2,093 1,229
Richmond Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 138.1% 1,879 1,361
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 124.0% 1,569 1,265
Essendon Reserves 4th 11 -0- 6 44 115.4% 1,557 1,349
Geelong Reserves 5th 10 -0- 7 40 119.7% 1,918 1,603
Carlton Reserves 6th 10 -0- 7 40 105.5% 1,408 1,334
Footscray Reserves 7th 9 -0- 8 36 103.7% 1,570 1,514
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 6 -0- 11 24 91.3% 1,483 1,625
Collingwood Reserves 9th 5 -0- 12 20 83.0% 1,389 1,673
St Kilda Reserves 10th 5 -0- 12 20 73.0% 1,131 1,549
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 15 8 61.3% 1,263 2,061
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 16 4 63.5% 1,212 1,909

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1972 Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) Victoria Park 95 - 62
SAT 05/08/1972 Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) Western Oval 81 - 79
SAT 05/08/1972 Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 109 - 35
SAT 05/08/1972 North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 54 - 148
SAT 05/08/1972 South Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Lakeside Oval 108 - 124
SAT 05/08/1972 St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R) Moorabbin Oval 61 - 106

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 17 -0- 1 68 165.8% 2,217 1,337
Richmond Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 143.3% 2,027 1,415
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 129.1% 1,678 1,300
Essendon Reserves 4th 12 -0- 6 48 117.9% 1,663 1,410
Geelong Reserves 5th 10 -0- 8 40 118.6% 1,997 1,684
Footscray Reserves 6th 10 -0- 8 40 103.6% 1,651 1,593
Carlton Reserves 7th 10 -0- 8 40 100.0% 1,443 1,443
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 6 -0- 12 24 91.0% 1,591 1,749
Collingwood Reserves 9th 6 -0- 12 24 85.5% 1,484 1,735
St Kilda Reserves 10th 5 -0- 13 20 72.0% 1,192 1,655
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 16 8 59.6% 1,317 2,209
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 17 4 63.6% 1,274 2,004

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1972 Carlton (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 83 - 43
SAT 12/08/1972 Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 136 - 52
SAT 12/08/1972 Fitzroy (R) v South Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 67 - 122
SAT 12/08/1972 Footscray (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 64 - 47
SAT 12/08/1972 Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 104 - 74
SAT 12/08/1972 Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R) Glenferrie Oval 130 - 105

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 18 -0- 1 72 162.8% 2,347 1,442
Richmond Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 138.0% 2,132 1,545
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 5 56 124.8% 1,752 1,404
Essendon Reserves 4th 13 -0- 6 52 123.1% 1,799 1,462
Geelong Reserves 5th 11 -0- 8 44 119.5% 2,101 1,758
Footscray Reserves 6th 11 -0- 8 44 104.6% 1,715 1,640
Carlton Reserves 7th 11 -0- 8 44 102.7% 1,526 1,486
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 7 -0- 12 28 94.3% 1,713 1,816
Collingwood Reserves 9th 6 -0- 13 24 85.1% 1,531 1,799
St Kilda Reserves 10th 5 -0- 14 20 71.1% 1,235 1,738
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 17 8 58.4% 1,369 2,345
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 18 4 63.1% 1,341 2,126

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1972 Geelong (R) v Collingwood (R) Kardinia Park 77 - 97
SAT 19/08/1972 Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 75 - 75
SAT 19/08/1972 North Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Arden Street Oval 50 - 85
SAT 19/08/1972 Richmond (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 116 - 87
SAT 19/08/1972 South Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Lakeside Oval 76 - 81
SAT 19/08/1972 St Kilda (R) v Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 58 - 107

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 18 -1- 1 74 159.7% 2,422 1,517
Richmond Reserves 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 137.7% 2,248 1,632
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 15 -0- 5 60 127.2% 1,859 1,462
Essendon Reserves 4th 13 -1- 6 54 121.9% 1,874 1,537
Carlton Reserves 5th 12 -0- 8 48 104.9% 1,611 1,536
Footscray Reserves 6th 12 -0- 8 48 104.7% 1,796 1,716
Geelong Reserves 7th 11 -0- 9 44 117.4% 2,178 1,855
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 7 -0- 13 28 94.3% 1,789 1,897
Collingwood Reserves 9th 7 -0- 13 28 86.8% 1,628 1,876
St Kilda Reserves 10th 5 -0- 15 20 70.1% 1,293 1,845
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 18 8 58.4% 1,419 2,430
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 19 4 63.7% 1,428 2,242

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1972 Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 89 - 84
SAT 26/08/1972 Collingwood (R) v South Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 107 - 115
SAT 26/08/1972 Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R) Junction Oval 72 - 126
SAT 26/08/1972 Footscray (R) v Richmond (R) Western Oval 111 - 88
SAT 26/08/1972 Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 150 - 61
SAT 26/08/1972 St Kilda (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 52 - 81

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 18 -1- 2 74 156.0% 2,506 1,606
Richmond Reserves 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 134.0% 2,336 1,743
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 16 -0- 5 64 131.9% 2,009 1,523
Essendon Reserves 4th 14 -1- 6 58 124.3% 2,000 1,609
Footscray Reserves 5th 13 -0- 8 52 105.7% 1,907 1,804
Carlton Reserves 6th 13 -0- 8 52 104.9% 1,700 1,620
Geelong Reserves 7th 12 -0- 9 48 118.5% 2,259 1,907
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 13 32 95.0% 1,904 2,004
Collingwood Reserves 9th 7 -0- 14 28 87.1% 1,735 1,991
St Kilda Reserves 10th 5 -0- 16 20 69.8% 1,345 1,926
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 19 8 57.4% 1,480 2,580
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 20 4 63.3% 1,500 2,368

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1972 Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 128 - 94
SAT 02/09/1972 Essendon (R) v Collingwood (R) Windy Hill 112 - 76
SAT 02/09/1972 Geelong (R) v North Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 180 - 61
SAT 02/09/1972 Hawthorn (R) v St Kilda (R) Glenferrie Oval 132 - 106
SAT 02/09/1972 Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 143 - 77
SAT 02/09/1972 South Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 66 - 151

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn Reserves 1st 19 -1- 2 78 154.1% 2,638 1,712
Richmond Reserves 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 137.5% 2,487 1,809
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 17 -0- 5 68 134.5% 2,152 1,600
Essendon Reserves 4th 15 -1- 6 62 125.3% 2,112 1,685
Carlton Reserves 5th 14 -0- 8 56 106.7% 1,828 1,714
Geelong Reserves 6th 13 -0- 9 52 123.9% 2,439 1,968
Footscray Reserves 7th 13 -0- 9 52 103.6% 2,001 1,932
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -0- 14 32 91.4% 1,970 2,155
Collingwood Reserves 9th 7 -0- 15 28 86.1% 1,811 2,103
St Kilda Reserves 10th 5 -0- 17 20 70.5% 1,451 2,058
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 20 8 55.8% 1,541 2,760
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 21 4 62.8% 1,577 2,511

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1972 Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 93 - 100

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1972 Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 68 - 81

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1972 Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 62 - 94
SAT 16/09/1972 Richmond (R) v Carlton (R) Victoria Park 69 - 80

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1972 Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 101 - 68

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1972 Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 84 - 88