1970 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 4-0-18, P%: 79.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Barry Cable (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Garry Farrant (32)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Barry Cable

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Dugdale

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allison, Tom #18 4 R05, R20-R22 0
Beale, Ross #28 6 R16-R20, R22 0
Bloomfield, Alan #32 11 R06-R16 7
Bryant, Geoff #22 19 R01-R05, R07-R13, R15-R21 8
Cable, Barry #9 20 R01, R03-R12, R14-R22 17
Chisnall, Peter #14 11 R01-R02, R07-R11, R14-R16, R21 0
Dench, David #23 19 R01-R14, R17-R20, R22 0
Devitt, Brian #44 7 R12-R15, R19-R21 1
Dietrich, Wolfgang #35 5 R01-R05 0
Dimattina, Frank #31 4 R01-R02, R09, R19 1
Dowdle, Mick #11 15 R02, R07-R20 3
Dugdale, John #6 2 R11-R12 0
Duthie, John #40 1 R09 0
Dwyer, Laurie #27 6 R15-R20 5
Elliott, Rod #20 5 R06-R08, R10-R11 4
Farrant, Doug #16 17 R02-R16, R19-R20 21
Farrant, Garry #7 19 R01-R12, R16-R22 32
Feltham, Paul #37 5 R07, R12-R13, R21-R22 2
Fincher, Noel #29 7 R03-R04, R12-R16 0
Goodingham, Barry #10 21 R01-R17, R19-R22 2
Gumbleton, Frank #38 13 R01-R02, R10, R13-R22 8
Haywood, Kerry #3 11 R01, R03-R04, R06-R10, R18, R21-R22 2
Hopgood, Jeff #42 3 R16-R18 0
Howell, Mick #13 11 R02-R09, R11, R18, R20 1
Johnston, Ray #34 16 R01-R06, R10-R15, R17-R18, R21-R22 0
Joseph, Glenn #47 1 R22 0
Kekovich, Sam #4 4 R14-R17 3
McCarthy, Bernie #1 16 R03-R14, R17-R20 8
Montgomery, Ken #12 11 R01-R08, R15, R21-R22 0
Neal, Brian #36 4 R09-R12 10
Pagan, Denis #17 17 R01-R12, R14-R16, R21-R22 0
Perry, John #21 18 R01-R06, R11-R22 6
Peterson, Robert #8 13 R03-R05, R13-R22 18
Pretty, David #30 14 R08-R19, R21-R22 1
Redenbach, Michael #24 10 R01, R06-R08, R13-R18 9
Ryan, Phil #19 14 R01-R08, R17-R22 19
Sanders, Reg #26 1 R13 1
Scholes, John #5 10 R01-R10 17
Steward, Peter #15 22 R01-R22 1
Taylor, Ray #2 11 R01-R02, R05-R06, R09-R10, R13, R19-R22 2
Wood, Maurie #25 16 R01-R06, R11-R14, R17-R22 12

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)
McKenzie, Keith 22 4 -0- 18 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
04/04/1970 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 52 Keith McKenzie unknown
11/04/1970 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 1 Keith McKenzie unknown
18/04/1970 Round 3 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 57 Keith McKenzie unknown
25/04/1970 Round 4 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 19 Keith McKenzie unknown
02/05/1970 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 5 Keith McKenzie unknown
09/05/1970 Round 6 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 66 Keith McKenzie unknown
16/05/1970 Round 7 Essendon AWAY WIN NOR by 16 Keith McKenzie unknown
23/05/1970 Round 8 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 29 Keith McKenzie unknown
30/05/1970 Round 9 Richmond AWAY WIN NOR by 20 Keith McKenzie unknown
06/06/1970 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 13 Keith McKenzie unknown
15/06/1970 Round 11 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 19 Keith McKenzie John Dugdale
20/06/1970 Round 12 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 31 Keith McKenzie John Dugdale
27/06/1970 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 9 Keith McKenzie unknown
04/07/1970 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 8 Keith McKenzie unknown
11/07/1970 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 68 Keith McKenzie unknown
18/07/1970 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 27 Keith McKenzie unknown
25/07/1970 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 49 Keith McKenzie unknown
01/08/1970 Round 18 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 27 Keith McKenzie unknown
08/08/1970 Round 19 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 2 Keith McKenzie unknown
15/08/1970 Round 20 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 58 Keith McKenzie unknown
22/08/1970 Round 21 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 66 Keith McKenzie unknown
29/08/1970 Round 22 Geelong HOME WIN NOR by 41 Keith McKenzie unknown