Winfield Cup - 1972 Champions of Australia Series | |
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Tournament details | |
City | Adelaide |
Dates | 14–15 October 1972 |
Teams | 4 |
Venue(s) | 1 |
Final positions | |
Champions | North Adelaide (1st title) |
Runners-up | Carlton |
Third place | East Perth |
Fourth place | City-South |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Attendance | 42,812 (10,703 per match) |
The 1972 Championship of Australia was the 16th edition of the Championship of Australia, an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the champion clubs from the VFL, the SANFL, the WANFL and the Tasmanian State Premiership.
Qualified Teams
Team | Nickname | League | Qualification | Participation (bold indicates winners) |
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Carlton | Blues | VFL | Winners of the 1972 Victorian Football League | 6th (Previous: 1907, 1908, 1914, 1968, 1970) |
North Adelaide | Roosters | SANFL | Winners of the 1972 South Australian National Football League | 2nd (Previous: 1971) |
East Perth | Royals | WANFL | Winners of the 1972 Western Australian National Football League | 1st |
City-South | Redlegs | NTFA | Winners of the 1972 Tasmanian State Premiership | 1st |
Venue
- Adelaide Oval (Capacity: 64,000)
Fixtures
Semi-finals
SF #1 14 October 1972 | Carlton | 135-84 | East Perth | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | |
20.15 (135) | 12.12 (84) | Attendance: 19,599
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SF #2 14 October 1972 | North Adelaide | 143-74 | City-South | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | |
20.23 (143) | 11.8 (74) | Attendance: 19,599
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Third-place play-off
Third Place 15 October 1972 | East Perth | 79-72 | City-South | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | |
11.13 (79) | 10.12 (72) | Attendance: 23,213
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Championship of Australia final
Final 15 October 1972 | North Adelaide | 73-72 | Carlton | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | |
3.5 (23) 5.6 (36) 8.12 (60) 10.13 (73) |
Report | 3.5 (23) 7.10 (52) 9.11 (65) 10.12 (72) |
Attendance: 23,213 Umpires: William Deller | ||
Goals | |||||
A Rebbeck 4 J Plummer 2 D Sachse, D Webb, D Marsh, B Robran 1 |
R Walls 3 G Kennedy 2 S Jackson, J Warden, G Crane, T Keogh, J Nicholls 1 |
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