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Friendly Matches
Saturday October 7 1972 Senayan Stadium, Djakarta, Indonesia Referee: Achmad Karim (Indonesia) Attendance: 11,258
Indonesia Roni Pasla, Juswadi (Rahman Halim 34), Machful Umar, Budi Santoso, Anwar Udjang, Mudjiadi, Iswadi Idris, Djunaedi Abdillah (Andi Lalla 71), Arwijanto (Risdianto 53), Suaeb Rizal, Abdul Kadir Coach: Dr. Endang Witarsa Goal: Kadir 83 pen	1	-	4	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, George Harris, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Bobby Hogg, Ray Richards (Jim Rooney 80), Jim Mackay (John Warren 80), Ray Baartz, Max Tolson, Adrian Alston (Atti Abonyi 82), Branko Buljevic Coach: Rale Rasic Goals: Buljevic 52, 88, Tolson 60, Baartz 78 pen
In October 1972, Australia embarked on a tour of South East Asia under coach Rale Rasic. The thinking behind such a tour was the following years world cup qualifiers and Rasic knew that Australia would have to play some of these teams in the early qualifying rounds. The tour started in Indonesia where they played a match against the Indonesian national side.
Monday October 9 1972 Senayan Stadium, Djakarta, Indonesia Referee: Kosasih Kartadiredja (Indonesia) Attendance: 2,000
New Zealand John Morris (Kevin Curtin 68), Tony Sibley, Maurice Tillotson, Brian Turner (Nigel Ashurst 54), Malcolm Ferguson, Iain Hastie, Dennis Tindall (David Taylor 60), Alan Marley, Alan Vest, Victor Pollard, Ian Ormond Coach: Barrie Truman Goal: Vest 7	1	-	3	AUSTRALIA Ron Corry, Doug Utjesenovic, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Bugsy Nyskohus, Jim Rooney (Ray Baartz 46), John McDonald, John Warren, Atti Abonyi, Jim Armstrong (Adrian Alston 53), Terry Butler (Branko Buljevic) Coach: Rale Rasic Goals: Abonyi 26, Baartz 54, Warren 76
Two days later the Australians played the old enemy New Zealand in a friendly in Jakarta. The match was played in 36C heat with stifling humidity and the heat affected both sides.
Sunday October 15 1972 Cong Hoa Stadium, Saigon, South Vietnam Referee: Jean Ticaro (South Vietnam) Attendance: 23,000
South Vietnam Chau, Mong, Hue, Ng Ngon, Trung, Cang, Hung, Tha, Xinh, Anh, Nan Ngon Coach: Not recorded	0	-	1	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, George Harris, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Bobby Hogg, Ray Baartz, Ray Richards, John Warren (Jim Rooney 46), Atti Abonyi (Max Tolson 57), Adrian Alston (Jim Armstrong 75), Branko Buljevic Coach: Rale Rasic Goal: Buljevic
The next match saw Australia return to the 'war zone' that was South Vietnam. This match was played two days after the crowd disturbance in the Australia versus Saigon Under 23's All Stars game and was in danger of being called off. Australia took to the field carrying a Vietnamese flag and messages of goodwill were played over the PA to defuse a tricky situation.
Sunday October 22 1972 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Referee: Kim Ju Won (South Korea) Attendance: 15,000
South Korea Lee Se-Yeon, Park Yung Tae, Kim Ho, Lee Cha-Man, Kim Kyung Yung, Hwang Jae Man, Kim Ho-Kon, Soo Duk (Kim Jin-Kook 20), Park Lee-Chun, Cha Bum-Kun, Chung Kyu Poong (Lee Hoe-Taik 67) Coach: Not recorded Goal: Lee Cha-Man 65	1	-	1	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, George Harris, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Bobby Hogg, Ray Richards, Jim Mackay, Atti Abonyi, Ray Baartz, Max Tolson (Adrian Alston 51), Branko Buljevic Coach: Rale Rasic Goal: Tolson 12
Next stop was South Korea for two matches against the national side. The first game was again marred by Australias poor finishing but the draw meant that Australia kept their undefeated record on tour.
Tuesday October 24 1972 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Referee: Mang Myung Sup (South Korea) Attendance: 17,000
South Korea Lee Se-Yeon, Park Yung Tae, Kim Ho, Kim Ho-Kon, Kim Kyung Yung, Lee Cha-Man, Kon Jae Wook (Hwang Jae Man 27), Cha Bum-Kun, Park Lee-Chun, Chung Kyu Poong, Kim Jin-Kook (Lee Hoe-Taik 46) Coach: Not recorded	0	-	2	AUSTRALIA Ron Corry, Doug Utjesenovic, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Bobby Hogg (Bugsy Nyskohus 85), Adrian Alston, Ray Richards, John Warren, Jim Rooney (Jim Mackay 64), Ray Baartz, Jim Armstrong (Max Tolson 61) Coach: Rale Rasic Goals: Baartz 12, Armstrong 42
Australias second match against the home side South Korea saw the Socceroos correct the mistakes from the game two days earlier.
Sunday October 29 1972 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines Referee: Julian Esguarra (Philippines) Attendance: 4,000
Philippines Eddie Llamas, Maristela, Rojas, Raffy Esteva, Duqua, De la Cruz (Villaraza 14), Broce, Euferrio Augustin, Genato (Crame 28), Juan Gutierrez, Lagdameo Coach: Not recorded	0	-	6	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, Doug Utsenejovic, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Bugsy Nyskohus (Jim Rooney 56), Ray Richards, Jim Mackay, Atti Abonyi (Terry Butler 60), John Warren, Adrian Alston (Max Tolson 46), Branko Buljevic Coach: Rale Rasic Goals: Abonyi 29 pen, Buljevic 52, Butler 64, Warren 66, Utjesenovic 75, Richards 83
The final tour match was against the Philippines in Manila. The Philippines side was completely outclassed by the Australians and they proved this point by slotting home six goals to finish the tour unbeaten.

Last updated: 20 November 2021.