St. Kilda
"It has become something of a truism to maintain that Aussies love an honest battler, as epitomised during the first World War by the tragic heroism of the defeated Australian forces at Gallipoli. In the sometimes equally fraught environment of Australian football, no club typifies the Gallipoli spirit better than St Kilda. Where other clubs boast of premierships, the Saints can point to an unparalleled collection of wooden spoons (27 in total)..."
John Devaney looks at the highs and lows of the ill-fated, but ever-popular seasiders, the St Kilda FC
1972 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
St. Kilda's 1972 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1972-04-01 1 | H | St. Kilda | 2.1 | 11.6 | 13.10 | 20.14 | 134 | WON | North Melbourne | 5.5 | 6.6 | 10.8 | 11.10 | 76 | 58 | MOO | 1972-04-01 Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-04-08 2 | A | St. Kilda | 1.1 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 12.8 | 80 | LOST | Fitzroy | 6.5 | 8.6 | 10.11 | 12.16 | 88 | -8 | JUN | 1972-04-08 Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-04-15 3 | H | St. Kilda | 1.2 | 4.2 | 15.5 | 22.7 | 139 | WON | Footscray | 3.0 | 9.1 | 10.3 | 12.9 | 81 | 58 | MOO | 1972-04-15 Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-04-22 4 | A | St. Kilda | 1.8 | 3.8 | 6.13 | 12.15 | 87 | WON | Collingwood | 3.1 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 9.13 | 67 | 20 | VFL | 1972-04-22 Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-04-29 5 | A | St. Kilda | 4.4 | 6.7 | 7.11 | 9.16 | 70 | WON | South Melbourne | 1.5 | 3.7 | 5.15 | 5.17 | 47 | 23 | LAK | 1972-04-29 Apr 29 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-05-06 6 | H | St. Kilda | 6.9 | 12.12 | 17.20 | 24.21 | 165 | WON | Richmond | 1.4 | 5.8 | 7.11 | 10.16 | 76 | 89 | MOO | 1972-05-06 May 6 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-05-13 7 | A | St. Kilda | 2.5 | 5.9 | 7.14 | 10.22 | 82 | LOST | Essendon | 5.3 | 10.12 | 16.13 | 18.15 | 123 | -41 | WIN | 1972-05-13 May 13 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-05-20 8 | H | St. Kilda | 2.5 | 3.5 | 7.9 | 10.12 | 72 | LOST | Carlton | 1.2 | 4.8 | 8.11 | 14.15 | 99 | -27 | MOO | 1972-05-20 May 20 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-05-27 9 | A | St. Kilda | 2.6 | 4.9 | 8.14 | 9.19 | 73 | WON | Melbourne | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 5.6 | 36 | 37 | VFL | 1972-05-27 May 27 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-06-03 10 | A | St. Kilda | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.12 | 11.15 | 81 | WON | Geelong | 2.0 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 9.11 | 65 | 16 | KAR | 1972-06-03 Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-06-10 11 | H | St. Kilda | 4.2 | 9.4 | 14.8 | 17.8 | 110 | WON | Hawthorn | 1.5 | 3.9 | 3.11 | 7.14 | 56 | 54 | MOO | 1972-06-10 Jun 10 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-06-17 12 | A | St. Kilda | 3.1 | 5.7 | 8.10 | 12.19 | 91 | WON | North Melbourne | 1.2 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 50 | 41 | ARD | 1972-06-17 Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-07-01 13 | H | St. Kilda | 4.1 | 6.2 | 10.4 | 13.10 | 88 | WON | Fitzroy | 4.3 | 5.6 | 5.12 | 6.17 | 53 | 35 | MOO | 1972-07-01 Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-07-08 14 | H | St. Kilda | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.12 | 4.13 | 37 | LOST | Collingwood | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.11 | 9.13 | 67 | -30 | MOO | 1972-07-08 Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-07-15 15 | A | St. Kilda | 3.1 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 9.11 | 65 | LOST | Footscray | 3.3 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 91 | -26 | WES | 1972-07-15 Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-07-22 16 | H | St. Kilda | 2.1 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 14.11 | 95 | WON | South Melbourne | 4.1 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 59 | 36 | VFL | 1972-07-22 Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-07-29 17 | A | St. Kilda | 4.2 | 7.6 | 9.11 | 11.15 | 81 | LOST | Richmond | 5.5 | 10.8 | 17.12 | 23.15 | 153 | -72 | MCG | 1972-07-29 Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-08-05 18 | H | St. Kilda | 4.2 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 12.9 | 81 | LOST | Essendon | 3.2 | 5.5 | 9.13 | 12.16 | 88 | -7 | MOO | 1972-08-05 Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-08-12 19 | A | St. Kilda | 2.6 | 4.7 | 10.8 | 10.11 | 71 | LOST | Carlton | 1.4 | 4.8 | 5.11 | 13.16 | 94 | -23 | PRI | 1972-08-12 Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-08-19 20 | H | St. Kilda | 3.5 | 6.6 | 12.11 | 13.12 | 90 | WON | Melbourne | 3.3 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 13.11 | 89 | 1 | MOO | 1972-08-19 Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-08-26 21 | H | St. Kilda | 3.3 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 11.10 | 76 | WON | Geelong | 1.2 | 4.6 | 7.10 | 8.13 | 61 | 15 | VFL | 1972-08-26 Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-09-02 22 | A | St. Kilda | 6.1 | 12.2 | 14.8 | 18.13 | 121 | WON | Hawthorn | 4.1 | 8.5 | 13.5 | 15.12 | 102 | 19 | GLE | 1972-09-02 Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1972-09-09 EF | H | St. Kilda | 5.5 | 11.8 | 15.16 | 18.16 | 124 | WON | Essendon | 2.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 10.11 | 71 | 53 | VFL | 1972-09-09 Sep 9 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
1972-09-16 1SF | A | St. Kilda | 3.2 | 7.6 | 10.13 | 11.17 | 83 | WON | Collingwood | 2.7 | 3.10 | 6.16 | 8.17 | 65 | 18 | MCG | 1972-09-16 Sep 16 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
1972-09-30 PF | A | St. Kilda | 6.8 | 8.12 | 10.12 | 13.15 | 93 | LOST | Carlton | 5.3 | 7.7 | 11.11 | 16.13 | 109 | -16 | MCG | 1972-09-30 Sep 30 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
1972 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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29 | Anthony, John | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | Besanko, Neil | 23 | 272 | 11.8 | 48 | 2.1 | 320 | 13.9 | 63 | 2.7 | 2 | 0.1 | 45 | 50 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
17 | Breen, Barry | 22 | 308 | 14.0 | 70 | 3.2 | 378 | 17.2 | 125 | 5.7 | 3 | 0.1 | 53 | 59 | 38 | 1.7 | 24 | 252 | ||
12 | Colling, Gary | 24 | 254 | 10.6 | 113 | 4.7 | 367 | 15.3 | 86 | 3.6 | 9 | 0.4 | 53 | 61 | 6 | 0.3 | 6 | 42 | ||
28 | Corner, Ian | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 10 | 2.0 | 26 | 5.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.6 | 1 | 19 | ||
19 | Davis, Allan | 25 | 400 | 16.0 | 70 | 2.8 | 470 | 18.8 | 108 | 4.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 99 | 76 | 52 | 2.1 | 42 | 354 | ||
10 | Ditterich, Carl | 22 | 317 | 14.4 | 101 | 4.6 | 418 | 19.0 | 127 | 5.8 | 241 | 11.5 | 52 | 41 | 22 | 1.0 | 14 | 146 | ||
8 | Elliott, Glenn | 16 | 267 | 16.7 | 50 | 3.1 | 317 | 19.8 | 88 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 30 | 1 | 0.1 | 9 | 15 | ||
16 | Ellis, David | 10 | 58 | 5.8 | 25 | 2.5 | 83 | 8.3 | 30 | 3.0 | 23 | 2.3 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 | ||
24 | Feldmann, Derek | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 28 | 9.3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | Galt, Rod | 23 | 196 | 8.5 | 38 | 1.7 | 234 | 10.2 | 105 | 4.6 | 138 | 6.3 | 33 | 41 | 19 | 0.8 | 9 | 123 | ||
34 | Grambeau, Shane | 16 | 91 | 5.7 | 18 | 1.1 | 109 | 6.8 | 40 | 2.5 | 65 | 4.1 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 0.9 | 12 | 96 | ||
42 | Judson, Wayne | 21 | 248 | 11.8 | 28 | 1.3 | 276 | 13.1 | 42 | 2.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 44 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
39 | Lanyon, Mike | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 2 | 0.3 | 21 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0.7 | 3 | 27 | ||
5 | Lawrence, Barry | 15 | 206 | 13.7 | 33 | 2.2 | 239 | 15.9 | 66 | 4.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 0.7 | 7 | 73 | ||
44 | Malthouse, Mick | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 6 | 0.7 | 48 | 5.3 | 13 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
26 | Manzie, John | 25 | 319 | 12.8 | 63 | 2.5 | 382 | 15.3 | 87 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 34 | 16 | 0.6 | 13 | 109 | ||
9 | McIntosh, John | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 6 | 1.5 | 60 | 15.0 | 28 | 7.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 8 | ||
15 | Moran, Jeff | 23 | 262 | 11.4 | 50 | 2.2 | 312 | 13.6 | 51 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 47 | 2 | 0.1 | 9 | 21 | ||
6 | Murray, Bob | 13 | 139 | 10.7 | 11 | 0.8 | 150 | 11.5 | 58 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | Mynott, Brian | 21 | 138 | 6.6 | 45 | 2.1 | 183 | 8.7 | 43 | 2.0 | 273 | 13.7 | 39 | 33 | 5 | 0.2 | 8 | 38 | ||
18 | Neale, Kevin | 16 | 178 | 11.1 | 11 | 0.7 | 189 | 11.8 | 68 | 4.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 28 | 36 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | ||
14 | O'Dea, Jim | 14 | 166 | 11.9 | 11 | 0.8 | 177 | 12.6 | 33 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | Payze, Travis | 23 | 423 | 18.4 | 48 | 2.1 | 471 | 20.5 | 137 | 6.0 | 10 | 0.5 | 61 | 49 | 6 | 0.3 | 16 | 52 | ||
25 | Rae, Stephen | 16 | 124 | 7.8 | 28 | 1.8 | 152 | 9.5 | 29 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 0.8 | 7 | 79 | ||
35 | Scott, Graham | 12 | 91 | 7.6 | 22 | 1.8 | 113 | 9.4 | 34 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 1.2 | 12 | 96 | ||
3 | Smith, Ross | 23 | 459 | 20.0 | 66 | 2.9 | 525 | 22.8 | 68 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 86 | 55 | 16 | 0.7 | 23 | 119 | ||
22 | Stephens, John | 22 | 259 | 11.8 | 16 | 0.7 | 275 | 12.5 | 61 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 67 | 51 | 53 | 2.4 | 36 | 354 | ||
23 | Theodore, Stephen | 20 | 213 | 10.7 | 98 | 4.9 | 311 | 15.6 | 96 | 4.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 43 | 49 | 19 | 1.0 | 18 | 132 | ||
7 | Trott, Stuart | 25 | 462 | 18.5 | 47 | 1.9 | 509 | 20.4 | 89 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 86 | 51 | 9 | 0.4 | 23 | 77 | ||
Totals | 500 | 6007 | 12.0 | 1136 | 2.3 | 7143 | 14.3 | 1785 | 3.6 | 774 | 1.5 | 1088 | 969 | 325 | 0.7 | 296 | 2246 |