Round 14, 1972
South Melbourne vs Melbourne
Saturday 8 July
Venue: Lake Oval
Attendance: 10,405
1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
South Melbourne | 1.1 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 10.9.69 |
Melbourne | 5.4 | 6.5 | 11.7 | 14.9.93 |
Melbourne win by 24 points
Goalkickers: Lloyd Burgmann 3, John Gallus 2, Greg Parke 2, John Tilbrook 2, Greg Wells 2, Stan Alves 1, Ross Brewer 1, Graham Molloy 1
Milestones:
50 Games
Graham Molloy
Another win, and another step closer to the five for the Demons who were embarking on one of their periodic false dawns. At the Lake Oval Norm Smith was having a torrid time of his own, clashing with the committee amidst speculation that he would soon be asked to stand down as Swans coach.
His old side, now seven years on from his first sacking, did Smith no favours. Only a handful of players remained who had been coached with him, and even though his old mate Brian Leahy had quit as South recruiting officer during the week there were still more Smith men at the Swans than who remained with Melbourne.
George Lakes was playing against his old side after being cleared just a fortnight earlier, but he was easily beaten by captain Frank Davis and a rare four quarter performance from Graham Molloy in his 50th game helped get his side over the line.
The only thing that took the shine off the victory was that half of Melbourne's goals had come from free kicks in front of goal.
Best were Hardeman, Molloy and Brewer. Biffin (thigh) was replaced by Dillon in the third quarter. Henry Ritterman was an unused reserve.
Reserves
Melbourne 13.16 d. South Melbourne 13.11
Goals - Harrold 4, McSpeerin 2, Osborne 2, Clark 1, Delmenico 1, McDonald 1, Rollinson 1, Yeo 1
Best - Clark, Osborne, Yeo
Under 19s
Melbourne 18.17 d. South Melbourne 6.11
Goals - McIlvena 4, McLean 4, Tesoriero 4, Flower 2, Giampaolo 2, R. Macdonald 1, Perrett 1, Peters 1
Best - Giampaolo, Tesoriero, Watts
Media
Age - 10/07/1972
Inside Football - 10/07/1972
Football Record R15 1972