  In this paper we discuss the X-ray point source population of NGC 4472, an
elliptical galaxy in the Virgo cluster. We used recent deep Chandra data
combined with archival Chandra data to obtain a 380 ks exposure time. We find
238 X-ray point sources within 3.7' of the galaxy centre, with a completeness
flux, F(X,0.5-2 keV)= 6.3x$10^{-16}$ $erg s^{-1} cm^{-2}$. Most of these
sources are expected to be low mass X-ray binaries. We finding that, using data
from a single galaxy which is both complete and has a large number of objects
(~ 100) below 10$^{38}$ $erg s^{-1}$, the X-ray luminosity function is well fit
with a single power law model. By cross matching our X-ray data with both space
based and ground based optical data for NGC 4472, we find that 80 of the 238
sources are in globular clusters. We compare the red and blue globular cluster
subpopulations and find red clusters are nearly six times more likely to host
an X-ray source than blue clusters. We show that there is evidence that these
two subpopulations have significantly different X-ray luminosity distributions.
Source catalogues for all X-ray point sources, as well as any corresponding
optical data for globular cluster sources, are also presented here.
