Semi Final, 1972

Carlton	1.1	7	4.7	31	6.10	46	8.13	61
Richmond	0.3	3	1.8	14	4.9	33	8.13	61

Venue: VFL Park - Waverley

Date: September 16, 1972

Result: Match Drawn

Umpire: Ian Coates

Crowd: 54,338

Goalkickers: P.Jones 2, A.Gallagher 2, G.Kennedy 1, A.Lukas 1, B.Armstrong 1, D.McKay 1.

Best: D.McKay, G.Southby, P.Pinnell, I.Robertson, B.Armstrong, A.Jesaulenko, A.Gallagher.

Reports:

Injuries:

Game Review

This was only the fifth tie in VFL finals history. In a dour, low-scoring first half, Richmond had only managed one goal to half time, and when their champion centreman Ian Stewart didn't appear for the third quarter, Carlton's confidence was given a real boost. But Stewart's replacement; Marty McMillan, proved a real surprise packet. His pace and creativity lifted Richmond, and they came roaring back into the match to lead by six points entering time-on in the last quarter. Barry Armstrong's goal for Carlton then leveled the scores, before Alex Jesaulenko's desperate long shot from seventy metres fell short, leaving the score locked on 8.13 (61) apiece.

Footnote:

Alex Jesaulenko's long kick after the siren was a drop kick. One of the only times this writer can remember Alex using this type kick. Alex recalled many years later in an interview with Sam Pang that as he grew up playing Rugby in Canberra he only knew how to drop kick before he took up playing Australian Football.

Team

B:	19 John O'Connell	20 Geoff Southby	30 Vin Waite
HB:	33 Paul Hurst	11 Bruce Doull	15 Phil Pinnell
C:	7 Andy Lukas	25 Alex Jesaulenko	27 David Dickson
HF:	34 Ian Robertson (dvc)	42 Robert Walls (vc)	8 Trevor Keogh
F:	28 Peter Jones	16 Greg Kennedy	12 Barry Armstrong
Ruck:	2 John Nicholls (cc)	43 David McKay	10 Adrian Gallagher
Res:	3 Kevin Hall	32 Bryan Quirk
Coach:	John Nicholls