1970 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 6-0-16, P%: 83.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Barry Bourke, Greg Parke (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ross Dillon (41)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Frank Davis

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Frank Davis
Vice-Captain(s): Barry Bourke

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alves, Stan #15 20 R01-R06, R09-R22 3
Biffin, Ray #19 2 R21-R22 7
Bourke, Barry #14 21 R01-R08, R10-R22 7
Burgmann, Lloyd #40 8 R12-R13, R17-R22 6
Callery, Paul #35 10 R04-R07, R12-R17 13
Campbell, Des #18 8 R05-R06, R08, R18-R22 1
Carr, Ray #22 15 R01-R11, R14-R17 35
Clark, Denis #2 13 R01-R05, R07-R11, R14-R15, R17 4
Clarke, Kelvin #17 2 R16, R22 2
Colcott, Russell #39 5 R10, R12-R13, R16, R21 2
Davey, Terry #43 1 R03 0
Davis, Frank #6 22 R01-R22 0
Dillon, Ross #24 22 R01-R22 41
Feldmann, Derek #28 15 R01-R03, R05, R08-R11, R16-R22 1
Forster, John #27 2 R16-R17 0
Hardeman, Gary #33 22 R01-R22 1
Hodges, Barry #32 3 R19-R21 0
Jennings, Danny #45 6 R03-R04, R08-R09, R13, R18 2
Jones, Brent #34 7 R01-R05, R12-R13 0
Keenan, Peter #8 14 R01-R03, R06-R07, R09-R10, R16-R22 13
Lakes, George #9 10 R08-R15, R19-R20 4
Leary, Noel #29 8 R04-R11 0
Letcher, John #30 6 R01-R05, R07 0
McKenzie, Robert #10 15 R01-R07, R12-R13, R15-R20 15
Molloy, Graham #21 15 R06-R11, R14-R22 10
Osborne, Graham #7 10 R01-R04, R07, R12-R15, R20 0
Parke, Greg #26 22 R01-R22 22
Payne, Rod #12 13 R08-R19, R22 6
Rollinson, Trevor #3 13 R01-R02, R06-R07, R09-R12, R14-R16, R21-R22 1
Rowlands, Paul #20 16 R01-R02, R04-R15, R21-R22 0
Sinclair, Peter #23 10 R01-R03, R08, R11-R15, R18 4
Sullivan, Tony #4 22 R01-R22 1
Townsend, John #16 17 R01-R09, R11, R14-R15, R18-R22 14
Walker, Max #1 19 R04-R22 0
Weekes, Peter #25 6 R06, R16-R20 4
Wells, Greg #11 20 R01-R14, R17-R22 19

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Beckwith, John 22 6 -0- 16 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
04/04/1970 Round 1 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 25 John Beckwith Frank Davis
11/04/1970 Round 2 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 11 John Beckwith Frank Davis
18/04/1970 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 57 John Beckwith Frank Davis
25/04/1970 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 30 John Beckwith Frank Davis
02/05/1970 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 8 John Beckwith Frank Davis
09/05/1970 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 15 John Beckwith Frank Davis
16/05/1970 Round 7 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 22 John Beckwith Frank Davis
23/05/1970 Round 8 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 27 John Beckwith Frank Davis
30/05/1970 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 43 John Beckwith Frank Davis
06/06/1970 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 17 John Beckwith Frank Davis
15/06/1970 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 85 John Beckwith Frank Davis
20/06/1970 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 4 John Beckwith Frank Davis
27/06/1970 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 39 John Beckwith Frank Davis
04/07/1970 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 8 John Beckwith Frank Davis
11/07/1970 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 28 John Beckwith Frank Davis
18/07/1970 Round 16 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 15 John Beckwith Frank Davis
25/07/1970 Round 17 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 36 John Beckwith Frank Davis
01/08/1970 Round 18 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 14 John Beckwith Frank Davis
08/08/1970 Round 19 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 54 John Beckwith Frank Davis
15/08/1970 Round 20 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 60 John Beckwith Frank Davis
22/08/1970 Round 21 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 12 John Beckwith Frank Davis
29/08/1970 Round 22 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 14 John Beckwith Frank Davis