Official Website of the Carlton Football Club, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1972_Carlton_Football_Club_season&oldid=980064363, Articles with dead external links from February 2019, Articles with permanently dead external links, Use Australian English from December 2017, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. [15] In an unprecedentedly high scoring game, Carlton kicked eight goals in the first quarter and ten in the second quarter to set up a match-winning 45-point lead by half-time, which Richmond never challenged; Carlton ultimately won by 27 points. North Melbourne took the " wooden spoon " in 1972. Only supplementary players who played a senior match during the season are listed. The 1972 VFL Premiership team was Carlton. It was the second consecutive time Southby had won the award, in only his second year at the club. Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 22 rounds; matches 12 to 22 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 11. Under captain-coach John Nicholls, who assumed the coaching role this season after the departure of dual-premiership coach Ron Barassi at the end of 1971, Carlton won the VFL minor and major premierships, defeating Richmond in the Grand Final. The 1946 Victorian Football League season was the 50th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. The tour was organised during the season by president George Harris.

The following is the final senior squad as announced at the start of the 1972 season. Richmond drew within half a game of Carlton after beating them in Round 14; both teams then won all of their remaining eight matches, maintaining that half-game margin until the end of the season. Despite the strong performance, Carlton was in a constant fight for the minor premiership with Richmond, who finished with a record of 18–4–0. The VFL's leading goalkicker was Peter McKenna of Collingwood who kicked 130 goals. [43], The Carlton reserves team finished third out of twelve teams, losing in the preliminary final against Hawthorn.

Carlton defeated Richmond 28.9 (177) to 22.18 (150), in front of a crowd of 112393 people. The 1972 VFL season was the 76th season in the Victorian Football League to be contested by the Carlton Football Club. Numbers in parentheses represent games played and goals kicked for Carlton in the 1972 VFL premiership season. Richmond had a record of 11–0–1 from its last twelve games, and had a record of 3–0–1 in its four games against Carlton for the season, including inflicting Carlton's heaviest two losses. The Carlton premiership twenty was as below.

Carlton won all three practice matches. Carlton played three practice matches during March 1972 – including, as it turned out, matches against both of the teams it would face in Grand Finals later in the year: Richmond and North Adelaide. [45], The Under 19s failed to reach the final five.[45]. [16], Full forward Greg Kennedy was Carlton's leading goalkicker, in his first season of VFL football. Mon 03-Apr-1972 2:10 PM Att: 72,659 Venue: M.C.G. The 1972 Championship of Australia series was played on the weekend following the VFL Grand Final. Although twenty-two VFL players were eligible to do so, only six players, In Round 20, Geelong's Ken Newland kicked a behind, The 16 September First Semi-Final between. A purpose-built cricket venue, The Oval was an appropriate size and shape for Australian rules football; the hard centre wicket area was covered over with coir mats for the match. In August, the VFL announced that it would grant a free transfer to any player who had played 10 years with a single club. In 1972, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. [41][42], Jesaulenko was selected in the All-Australian Team at the conclusion of the Carnival. Carlton easily accounted for East Perth in its semi-final, a rough game from which several East Perth players earned suspensions.

[18] The Grand Final against North Adelaide was a close contest; Carlton held a two-goal lead after five minutes of the final quarter, but did not score again and was overrun by North Adelaide by one point.[19]. [22][25] Additionally, laws in Singapore at the time prevented men from wearing long hair, so many players on both teams were forced to have haircuts before the tour. The 1949 Victorian Football League season was the 53rd season of the elite Australian rules football competition. The 1931 Victorian Football League season was the 35th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. [26], Upon return, Harris announced that the club intended to return to Europe for a second tour in 1973, including another match at The Oval, a rescheduled match in Stuttgart, as well as matches in Wales and Ireland; but, the second tour never went ahead. The crowd of 8,500 was mostly a mixture of locals and Australian servicemen based in Singapore. Crane, who played in the reserves while recovering from injury for much of the season, polled three Brownlow votes and ten Gardiner votes to win the award. Kennedy was the club's leading goalkicker for the season, and had played 22 matches; but he had kicked only one goal in each of the semi-finals against Richmond.

The VFL's leading goalkicker was Peter McKenna of Collingwood who kicked 130 goals. The 1942 Victorian Football League season was the 46th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). In Round 10, the VFL changes a tradition: the field umpire, rather than team captains, tossed the coin at the start of the match, in order to reduce gamesmanship. [14] The match was replayed the following weekend, and Carlton suffered its heaviest loss of the season, by 41 points. The 1976 Victorian Football League season was the 80th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. The 1961 Victorian Football League season was the 65th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. The 1962 Victorian Football League season was the 66th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. In August, the VFL announced that it would grant a free transfer to any player who had played 10 years with a single club.

Premiership season. Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 22 rounds; matches 12 to 22 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 11. [39], Garry Crane was the winner of the Murie Cup, an award which was, at the time, presented by the league to the player who had polled the most combined votes in the Brownlow Medal (seniors), Gardiner Medal (reserves) and Morrish Medal (under 19s), provided he polled votes in at least two of the different grades. The 1972 VFL Premiership team was Carlton.

Sat 01-Jul-1972 2:10 PM Att: 22,595 Venue: M.C.G. [18][19] It was the only time that Kennedy led Carlton's goalkicking in the three seasons he spent with the club. [2], Following the 1971 season, Ron Barassi stepped down as coach; at the time, he left to focus on his business career, although he ultimately returned to VFL coaching (at North Melbourne) after only a year. It was the 11th senior VFL premiership in the club's history. George Harris continued as club president through 1972, a position he had held since after the 1964 season. As it had been since 1897, the club's home ground was Princes Park in North Carlton; additionally, it was standard for all clubs in the league at the time to play three or four matches per year at the neutral VFL Park in Mulgrave.

This page was last edited on 24 September 2020, at 11:34. Sat 10-Jun-1972 2:10 PM Att: 18,692 Venue: M.C.G. On the Carlton senior list at the start of the year, Round 16 – Carlton's second quarter score of 12.0 (72) against, Round 16 – Carlton's half-time score of 16.4 (100) against. The 1936 Victorian Football League season was the 40th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. [33], The Robert Reynolds Trophy for Carlton's senior best and fairest was awarded to Geoff Southby. After an average start to the season, the reserves team won its last eight home-and-away matches to finish fifth on the ladder with a record of 14–8, only just reaching the final five. It was the 76th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1972 VFL season. Carlton finished the home-and-away season as the minor premiers in 1972, with a win-loss record of 18–3–1. Catoggio polled 23 votes to tie for the award with Ian Kilmartin (North Melbourne). The 1972 Victorian Football League season was the 76th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. The oppressively humid weather was the most significant difficulty with the match, which was won by the All-Stars, 11.11 (77) to 9.11 (65).

Twenty-two players were selected, each from a different club: eleven came from the other eleven VFL clubs, five came from SANFL clubs, five came from WAFL clubs and one came from Tasmania.

The Stuttgart match was then cancelled when it became apparent that an early winter would render the match unplayable; Harris organised for this leg of the tour to be played in Singapore. Although twenty-two VFL players were eligible to do so, only six players, In Round 20, Geelong's Ken Newland kicked a behind, The 16 September First Semi-Final between, This page was last edited on 22 April 2020, at 08:30.

Sat 17-Jun-1972 2:10 PM Att: 31,314 Venue: M.C.G.

Grand Final – Carlton's score of 28.9 (177) set a new record for the highest score in a Grand Final. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to … Two of Carlton's three losses were by fewer than six points; a 31-point loss against Richmond in Round 14 was the worst performance of the home-and-away season. The All-Stars won the series 2–1.

[20], The second match in Athens was the most bizarre of the tour. [23], The All-Stars team which accompanied Carlton on the tour was announced in July.

[27], The most notable absence from the premiership twenty was that of full forward Greg Kennedy. The prize for the winning team was $10,000. The tournament was held at the Adelaide Oval, with two semi-finals played on the Saturday, and the Final and third-place playoff on the Sunday. This resulted in a high-scoring match, the All-Stars winning 19.13 (127) to 19.10 (124); Robert Walls kicked ten goals for Carlton and David Clarke kicked nine for the All-Stars.

It is assumed that this match was played on Sunday, consistent with the other matches on the tour; however, the Herald did not report on the game until Tuesday 7 November,[21] so it is possible that the match was played on Monday 6 November.