Round 1, 1972 · Lake Oval · Monday 3 April 1972, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Melbourne | 23 | 44 | 69 | 73 |
| Geelong | 12 | 43 | 52 | 61 |
Crowd 18,643. Coaches: Norm Smith and Bill McMaster. Umpires: Ian Robinson.
| Peter Bedford | 11 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Haines | 1 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Gary Brice | 7 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Steve Hoffman | 26 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| David McLeish | 29 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Norm Goss (debut) | 12 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Peter Brown | 32 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Ricky Quade | 16 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Russell Cook | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Lambert | 33 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Shane McKew | 35 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Neville Miller | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jim Wilkinson | 9 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Ray Ball | 31 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| John Rantall | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| John Murphy | 6 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Stephen Officer | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Jim Prentice | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reg Gleeson | 27 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Doyle | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Closter | 1 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Ian Nankervis | 40 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Gordon Reid | 29 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| David Clarke | 14 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Tim Evans | 11 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Geoff Ainsworth | 25 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| John Scarlett | 30 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Rod Stokes | 7 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Sam Newman | 17 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ian Hampshire | 22 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rod Blake | 16 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Gareth Andrews | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Terry Farman | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| David Barkley (debut) | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Mayne (debut) | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Ken Newland | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Woolnough | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| David Harris | 32 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Kline | 36 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Ryan | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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