South Melbourne vs Essendon 1-Jul-1972 Lineups

Saturday 1-Jul-1972

Final Round 13

South Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith

84 12.12

87 13.9

Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

12 Norm Goss — 5 John Rantall — 27 Reg Gleeson — 35 Shane McKew — 11 Peter Bedford — 22 Eric Moore — 26 Steve Hoffman — 16 Ricky Quade — 21 John Pitura — 15 Garry Robertson — 6 John Murphy — 17 Russell Cook — 19 Jim Prentice — 20 George Lakes — 28 Robert Doyle — 31 Ray Ball — 3 Stephen Officer — 7 Gary Brice — 18 Bruce Davis — 13 Neville Miller —

Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

44 Len Halley — 1 Neville Fields — 8 Des Tuddenham — 22 John Williams — 21 Ken Fletcher — 12 Graeme Schultz — 18 Barry Grinter — 10 Alan Noonan — 17 Darryl Gerlach — 6 Ken Roberts — 36 Greg Perry — 34 Laurie Moloney — 5 Gary Parkes — 32 Barry Davis — 24 Don McKenzie — 11 Geoff Blethyn — 28 Peter Daniel — 19 Robin Close — 33 Andrew Wilson — 7 Charlie Payne —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
SMO	3.1	3.4	3.3	3.4	84
ESS	6.3	0.3	5.1	2.2	87

Match Leaders

Goals

3 tied leaders

Norm GossSMO

Behinds

Peter BedfordSMO

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

12Goals13

12Behinds7

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

265Disposals271

241Kicks234

24Handballs37

Clearance / Contest

15Hitouts28

Other

67Marks68

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 3 points, 87–84.

Essendon took a 11-point lead into the last quarter. South Melbourne cut that back to 3 by the final siren, scoring 22 points to 14 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

Understanding historical coverage