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.

Contents

[edit] Squads

Victorian Carnival Side
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
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
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
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

Team Score
VFL 32.22 (214)
Tasmania 4.8 (32)

Game Three

Team Score
Western Australia 17.22 (124)
Tasmania 12.7 (79)

Game Five

Team Score
South Australia 22.24 (156)
Tasmania 9.12 (66)

Game Two

Team Score
Western Australia 15.11 (101)
South Australia 6.17 (53)

Game Four

Team Score
VFL 17.9 (111)
South Australia 8.9 (57)

Game Six

Team Score
VFL 15.19 (109)
Western Australia 9.11 (65)

[edit] All-Australian team

In 1972 the All-Australian team was picked based on the Perth Carnival.

1972 Perth Carnival All-Australian team
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.

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