1970 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 14-0-8, P%: 104.7%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by St Kilda (Semi Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Peter Bedford (25)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Sudholz (57)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Peter Bedford

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bob Skilton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baskin, Keith #4 15 R03-R09, R13-R17, R19-R20, SF 19
Bedford, Peter #11 23 R01-R22, SF 50
Bennett, Stuart #31 16 R01-R03, R09, R11-R13, R15-R22, SF 3
Brice, Gary #7 23 R01-R22, SF 20
Catlin, Sid #32 8 R13-R15, R17-R18, R20-R22 4
Cook, Russell #17 23 R01-R22, SF 18
Davis, Bruce #50 1 R22 1
Doyle, Robert #28 2 R14, R19 0
Elwin, Ross #32 2 R02-R03 1
Gleeson, Reg #27 18 R02-R03, R08-R22, SF 2
Haenen, Tony #8 23 R01-R22, SF 1
Harrison, Paul #18 6 R09, R16-R20 0
Hoffman, Steve #26 7 R01, R05-R07, R11-R12, SF 8
Jacobs, Graeme #15 19 R01-R12, R14-R17, R21-R22, SF 0
Lambert, Greg #33 16 R01-R02, R04-R11, R18-R22, SF 0
Leahy, Terry #19 8 R01, R07-R13 2
Luke, Richard #37 20 R04-R22, SF 12
McAuliffe, Haydn #25 22 R01-R10, R12-R22, SF 18
McCracken, Peter #22 1 R04 0
McKew, Shane #35 18 R01-R07, R10-R20 4
McLeish, David #29 22 R02-R22, SF 2
Miller, Neville #13 6 R11, R15, R19-R22 0
Murphy, John #6 20 R01-R08, R10-R16, R18-R21, SF 13
Pavone, Mick #23 6 R02-R07 7
Pitura, John #21 23 R01-R22, SF 0
Quade, Ricky #16 1 R01 0
Rantall, John #5 22 R01-R08, R10-R22, SF 1
Richardson, Alan #24 1 R01 0
Skilton, Bob #14 20 R02-R14, R16-R19, R21-R22, SF 33
Sudholz, John #20 20 R04-R22, SF 60
Walsh, Wayne #10 19 R01-R06, R08-R10, R12-R18, R21-R22, SF 0
Way, Fred #30 18 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF 0
Wetzel, Ron #38 6 R01-R03, R20-R22 1
Wilkinson, Jim #9 1 R01 0
Williams, Gary #44 4 R08-R11 6

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)
Smith, Norm 23 14 -0- 9 R01-R22, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
04/04/1970 Round 1 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 25 Norm Smith unknown
11/04/1970 Round 2 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 1 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
18/04/1970 Round 3 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 11 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
25/04/1970 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 17 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
02/05/1970 Round 5 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 22 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
09/05/1970 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 17 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
16/05/1970 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 77 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
23/05/1970 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 62 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
30/05/1970 Round 9 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 50 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
06/06/1970 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 2 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
15/06/1970 Round 11 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 1 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
20/06/1970 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 4 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
27/06/1970 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 9 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
04/07/1970 Round 14 Essendon AWAY WIN SOU by 31 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
11/07/1970 Round 15 Footscray AWAY WIN SOU by 48 Norm Smith unknown
18/07/1970 Round 16 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 14 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
25/07/1970 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 20 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
01/08/1970 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 4 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
08/08/1970 Round 19 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 17 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
15/08/1970 Round 20 Geelong AWAY WIN SOU by 7 Norm Smith unknown
22/08/1970 Round 21 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 19 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
29/08/1970 Round 22 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 96 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
05/09/1970 Semi Final St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 53 Norm Smith Bob Skilton