1970 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1970 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 22
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Match(es): 136

Season Results

Premiers: Carlton
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Collingwood
Brownlow Medallist(s): Peter Bedford (South Melbourne)
Coleman Medallist(s): Peter Hudson (Hawthorn)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Collingwood (R) 1st 18 -0- 4 136.5% Barry Price (17) Peter McKenna (128)
Carlton (P) 2nd 16 -0- 6 112.3% Alex Jesaulenko (20) Alex Jesaulenko (100)
St Kilda 3rd 14 -0- 8 125.7% John McIntosh (17) Barry Breen (31)
South Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 8 104.7% Peter Bedford (25) John Sudholz (57)
Geelong 5th 12 -0- 10 102.4% Bill Goggin (15) Doug Wade (74)
Richmond 6th 12 -0- 10 101.6% Francis Bourke (16) Eric Moore (39)
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 11 91.2% Gary Dempsey (21) George Bisset (45)
Hawthorn 8th 10 -0- 12 114.0% Peter Hudson (14) Peter Hudson (146)
Fitzroy 9th 9 -0- 13 82.3% Noel Zunneberg (12) Alex Ruscuklic (49)
Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 16 83.5% Barry Bourke, Greg Parke (9) Ross Dillon (41)
Essendon 11th 6 -0- 16 81.5% Barry Davis, Paul Sproule (7) Geoff Blethyn (33)
North Melbourne 12th 4 -0- 18 79.1% Barry Cable (19) Garry Farrant (32)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 11
Goal Umpire 5
Boundary Umpire 6

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/04/1970 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 68 - 93 15,483
SAT 04/04/1970 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 126 - 135 20,509
SAT 04/04/1970 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 145 - 96 24,534
SAT 04/04/1970 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 100 - 48 21,429
SAT 04/04/1970 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 84 - 148 26,596
SUN 05/04/1970 1:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 96 - 116 38,617

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/04/1970 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 96 - 85 25,575
SAT 11/04/1970 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 81 - 103 28,302
SAT 11/04/1970 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 74 - 106 18,257
SAT 11/04/1970 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 51 - 161 22,854
SAT 11/04/1970 2:10 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 59 - 60 11,016
SAT 11/04/1970 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 133 - 94 35,318

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/04/1970 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 121 - 64 10,182
SAT 18/04/1970 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong VFL Park 53 - 114 25,887
SAT 18/04/1970 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 114 - 101 46,373
SAT 18/04/1970 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 89 - 100 14,909
SAT 18/04/1970 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 107 - 74 17,972
SAT 18/04/1970 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 108 - 101 24,352

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/04/1970 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 121 - 91 22,909
SAT 25/04/1970 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 93 - 101 35,654
SAT 25/04/1970 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 112 - 93 29,987
SAT 25/04/1970 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 70 - 110 19,017
SAT 25/04/1970 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 109 - 54 32,147
SAT 25/04/1970 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Footscray VFL Park 77 - 60 24,022

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1970 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne VFL Park 65 - 57 28,120
SAT 02/05/1970 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 68 - 88 16,088
SAT 02/05/1970 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 57 - 86 22,829
SAT 02/05/1970 2:10 PM Richmond v South Melbourne MCG 49 - 71 23,084
SAT 02/05/1970 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 54 - 49 7,458
SAT 02/05/1970 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 79 - 76 19,610

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1970 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 72 - 57 34,219
SAT 09/05/1970 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 123 - 77 21,139
SAT 09/05/1970 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 147 - 110 20,372
SAT 09/05/1970 2:10 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 79 - 62 20,312
SAT 09/05/1970 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 66 - 132 20,091
SAT 09/05/1970 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond VFL Park 130 - 137 26,068

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1970 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 68 - 46 16,346
SAT 16/05/1970 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 116 - 92 43,435
SAT 16/05/1970 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 150 - 73 25,396
SAT 16/05/1970 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne VFL Park 60 - 76 13,417
SAT 16/05/1970 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 81 - 56 17,618
SAT 16/05/1970 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 105 - 72 22,774

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1970 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 100 - 127 36,064
SAT 23/05/1970 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 89 - 81 20,942
SAT 23/05/1970 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood VFL Park 85 - 108 55,159
SAT 23/05/1970 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 68 - 71 12,264
SAT 23/05/1970 2:10 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 146 - 84 17,070
SAT 23/05/1970 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 67 - 96 13,475

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1970 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 96 - 53 19,393
SAT 30/05/1970 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 128 - 78 19,793
SAT 30/05/1970 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 74 - 106 21,216
SAT 30/05/1970 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 93 - 87 25,010
SAT 30/05/1970 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy VFL Park 79 - 81 10,301
SAT 30/05/1970 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 77 - 97 22,284

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/06/1970 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 74 - 91 27,665
SAT 06/06/1970 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 104 - 94 22,262
SAT 06/06/1970 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 97 - 104 20,604
SAT 06/06/1970 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 107 - 100 30,757
SAT 06/06/1970 2:10 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 93 - 91 16,971
SAT 06/06/1970 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 62 - 75 13,662

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 15/06/1970 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 147 - 62 19,484
MON 15/06/1970 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 83 - 64 19,400
MON 15/06/1970 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon VFL Park 69 - 57 21,102
MON 15/06/1970 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 111 - 110 35,569
MON 15/06/1970 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 120 - 80 14,495
MON 15/06/1970 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 147 - 90 41,866

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/06/1970 2:10 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne VFL Park 78 - 82 13,922
SAT 20/06/1970 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 99 - 71 19,698
SAT 20/06/1970 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 76 - 81 20,270
SAT 20/06/1970 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 40 - 71 10,007
SAT 20/06/1970 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Junction Oval 83 - 57 14,541
SAT 20/06/1970 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 64 - 51 23,008

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/06/1970 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 113 - 74 13,196
SAT 27/06/1970 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 93 - 80 26,004
SAT 27/06/1970 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 78 - 62 18,817
SAT 27/06/1970 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 80 - 59 17,073
SAT 27/06/1970 2:10 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 105 - 96 12,407
SAT 27/06/1970 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood VFL Park 79 - 67 25,944

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1970 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 85 - 77 13,975
SAT 04/07/1970 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 128 - 94 15,304
SAT 04/07/1970 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 78 - 49 27,067
SAT 04/07/1970 2:10 PM Essendon v South Melbourne VFL Park 40 - 71 13,241
SAT 04/07/1970 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 52 - 46 15,415
SAT 04/07/1970 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 115 - 91 19,600

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1970 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Junction Oval 90 - 62 9,467
SAT 11/07/1970 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 93 - 64 28,847
SAT 11/07/1970 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton VFL Park 31 - 99 12,542
SAT 11/07/1970 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 62 - 130 13,054
SAT 11/07/1970 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 81 - 63 38,149
SAT 11/07/1970 2:10 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 40 - 88 21,921

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1970 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 61 - 76 36,044
SAT 18/07/1970 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 106 - 65 17,220
SAT 18/07/1970 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 110 - 71 23,709
SAT 18/07/1970 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 75 - 89 25,088
SAT 18/07/1970 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 95 - 122 8,442
SAT 18/07/1970 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray VFL Park 147 - 48 14,169

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1970 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 125 - 89 9,755
SAT 25/07/1970 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 87 - 56 14,660
SAT 25/07/1970 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton VFL Park 61 - 71 13,854
SAT 25/07/1970 2:10 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 92 - 72 20,851
SAT 25/07/1970 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 105 - 56 15,678
SAT 25/07/1970 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 105 - 83 55,740

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1970 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 61 - 75 16,591
SAT 01/08/1970 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond VFL Park 88 - 61 26,501
SAT 01/08/1970 2:10 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 83 - 79 27,625
SAT 01/08/1970 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 91 - 118 8,952
SAT 01/08/1970 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 77 - 102 16,698
SAT 01/08/1970 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 75 - 117 18,760

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1970 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 64 - 118 25,158
SAT 08/08/1970 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong VFL Park 88 - 37 29,630
SAT 08/08/1970 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 101 - 24 39,959
SAT 08/08/1970 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 88 - 94 13,572
SAT 08/08/1970 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 103 - 86 17,439
SAT 08/08/1970 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 83 - 81 13,118

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1970 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda VFL Park 56 - 116 22,502
SAT 15/08/1970 2:10 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 74 - 81 29,918
SAT 15/08/1970 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 87 - 117 20,845
SAT 15/08/1970 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 160 - 79 24,785
SAT 15/08/1970 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 82 - 80 11,398
SAT 15/08/1970 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 48 - 106 8,837

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1970 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 108 - 96 13,670
SAT 22/08/1970 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 122 - 108 21,574
SAT 22/08/1970 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 151 - 77 25,862
SAT 22/08/1970 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 98 - 108 38,222
SAT 22/08/1970 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 99 - 80 20,029
SAT 22/08/1970 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 140 - 74 8,061

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1970 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 87 - 101 40,973
SAT 29/08/1970 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 83 - 42 6,435
SAT 29/08/1970 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 59 - 103 14,310
SAT 29/08/1970 2:10 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 147 - 51 39,451
SAT 29/08/1970 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 65 - 124 11,626
SAT 29/08/1970 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 82 - 72 16,672

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1970 2:30 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne MCG 143 - 90 104,239

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1970 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton MCG 118 - 108 112,838

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/09/1970 2:30 PM Carlton v St Kilda MCG 123 - 61 108,215

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/09/1970 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton MCG 101 - 111 121,696