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.

1 Squads
2 Results
3 All-Australian team
4 Tassie Medal
5 Reference

[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