1972 Perth Carnival
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The 1972 Perth Carnival was the 18th Australian rules football interstate carnival and the last to be held in Perth, Western Australia.
Four teams took part, the VFL, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania, with each playing one another once in a round robin format. The VFL won the Carnival after finishing as the only undefeated team.
Peter McKenna was the most successful goal kicker with 19 goals, followed by Glynn Hewitt and Phil Tierney who kicked 11 each.
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[edit] Squads
Victorian Carnival Side | |
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Coach: Allan Jeans | |
Captain: Ross Smith | Stan Alves | Kevin Bartlett | Peter Bedford | Francis Bourke | David Clarke | Barry Davis | Gary Dempsey | Keith Greig | Gary Hardeman | Alex Jesaulenko | Peter Knights | Barry Lawrence | Leigh Matthews | Peter McKenna | John Murphy | John Nicholls | Alan Noonan | Travis Payze | David Rhodes | Kevin Sheedy | Geoff Southby | Len Thompson | David Thorpe | John Williams |
Western Australian Carnival Side | |
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Coach: Haydn Bunton, Jr. | |
Captain: Mal Brown | Ian Anderson | Bob Beecroft | Greg Brehaut | Barry Cable | Brian Ciccotosto | Bill Dempsey | Mike Fitzpatrick | Gary Gillespie | Doug Green | Bob Greenwood | John Hayes | David Hollins | Fred Lewis | Ken McAullay | Ian Miller | Graham Moss | Leon O'Dwyer | Peter Stephen | Peter Steward | Phil Tierney | Colin Tully | Alan Watling | Mel Whinnen | George Young |
South Australian Carnival Side | |
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Coach: Neil Kerley | |
Captain: Peter Marker | Brenton Adcock | Paul Bagshaw | Malcolm Blight | Tony Burgan | Neil Button | Brian Colbey | Mark Coombe | Graham Cornes | Russell Ebert | Glynn Hewitt | Ray Huppatz | Bohdan Jaworskyj | Bob Kingston | Terry Moore | Robin Mulholland | Sandy Nelson | Dean Ottens | Dennis Phillis | Rodney Pope | Barrie Robran | Ian Verrier | Terry Von Bertouch | Peter Woite | John Wynne |
Tasmanian Carnival Side | |
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Coach: Darrel Baldock | |
Captain: Ricky Graham | Ian Barwick | Mike Booth | Gary Davis | Kerry Doran | Jim Frost | Carl Gaby | Max Hadley | Tony Haenen | Bill Harris | Jim Leitch | Graeme Mackey | George McInnes | Stephen Nicholls | Robin Norris | Stuart Palfreyman | Stuart Palmer | Graeme Shephard | Mike Smart | Trevor Sprigg | Lance Styles | Darryl Sutton | Max Urquhart | Bob Whitehouse | Bob Wilson |
[edit] Results
Game One
Game Three
Game Five
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Game Two
Game Four
Game Six
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[edit] All-Australian team
In 1972 the All-Australian team was picked based on the Perth Carnival.
1972 Perth Carnival All-Australian team | |||||||||
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Name | State | Club | |||||||
Malcolm Blight | South Australia | Woodville | |||||||
Tony Burgan | South Australia | Sturt | |||||||
Jim Leitch | Tasmania | Scottsdale | |||||||
David Clarke | Victoria | Geelong | |||||||
Gary Dempsey | Victoria | Footscray | |||||||
Gary Hardeman | Victoria | Melbourne | |||||||
Alex Jesaulenko | Victoria | Carlton | |||||||
Leigh Matthews | Victoria | Hawthorn | |||||||
Peter McKenna | Victoria | Collingwood | |||||||
Travis Payze | Victoria | St Kilda | |||||||
Len Thompson | Victoria | Collingwood | |||||||
David Thorpe | Victoria | Footscray | |||||||
John Williams | Victoria | Essendon | |||||||
Bob Beecroft | Western Australia | Swan Districts | |||||||
Malcolm Brown | Western Australia | East Perth (captain) | |||||||
Brian Ciccotosto | Western Australia | South Fremantle | |||||||
Ken McAullay | Western Australia | East Perth | |||||||
Ian Miller | Western Australia | Perth | |||||||
Alan Watling | Western Australia | West Perth | |||||||
George Young | Western Australia | Subiaco |
[edit] Tassie Medal
Ken McAullay of Western Australia won the Tassie Medal with 17 votes, eight more than the runner-up Len Thompson received.
[edit] Reference
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