Match Recap
Round 1·Mon, 3-Apr-1972 2:10 PM·Lake Oval·18,643 att.
South Melbourne
10.13 (73)
vs
Geelong
9.7 (61)
South Melbourne won by 12

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
South Melbourne3.5 (23)6.8 (44)10.9 (69)10.13 (73)10.13 (73)
Geelong2.0 (12)7.1 (43)8.4 (52)9.7 (61)9.7 (61)

South Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#31 Ray Ball10101
#11 Peter Bedford1572272
#7 Gary Brice15318512
#32 Peter Brown15152
#17 Russell Cook112132
#28 Robert Doyle
#27 Reg Gleeson771
#12 Norm Goss16117232
#1 Jim Haines1711881
#26 Steve Hoffman15318331
#33 Greg Lambert12123
#35 Shane McKew111121
#29 David McLeish152172
#13 Neville Miller10212612
#6 John Murphy6391
#3 Stephen Officer883
#19 Jim Prentice772
#16 Ricky Quade1321532
#5 John Rantall10103
#9 Jim Wilkinson101043

Geelong — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#25 Geoff Ainsworth162182
#6 Gareth Andrews101114
#5 David Barkley63931
#16 Rod Blake11118
#14 David Clarke2222732
#1 Wayne Closter281298
#11 Tim Evans172197
#15 Terry Farman7291
#22 Ian Hampshire121138
#32 David Harris4261
#36 Jeff Kline3141
#9 Terry Mayne72921
#40 Ian Nankervis2132432
#3 Ken Newland5271
#17 Sam Newman10616611
#29 Gordon Reid212235
#26 Bill Ryan33312
#30 John Scarlett125172
#7 Rod Stokes152175
#10 Michael Woolnough42621