1969 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 31 May 1969 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round nine of the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. John Rantall captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Melbourne (9.15.69) were defeated by South Melbourne (14.10.94).

Match Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 31 May 1969
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,765

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 9.15.69 - 14.10.94

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 4 . 7 8 . 11 9 . 15 9 . 15 (69)
South Melbourne 8 . 1 9 . 5 11 . 6 14 . 10 14 . 10 (94)
Margin SMLB by 26 SMLB by 28 SMLB by 13 SMLB by 25 SMLB by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: John Beckwith

South Melbourne

Captain: John Rantall
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Aitken, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 5 2 3
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 2 18 17 1 2 0 4 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 3 3 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
41 Campbell, Blair ? ? 2 2 18 17 1 1 0 6 4
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 2 2 26 23 3 4 0 5 0
6 Davis, Frank ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 3 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 3 3 11 11 0 6 1 2 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 4 3
21 Hone, David ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 7 2
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 6 2 5
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 1 17 10 7 5 0 1 0
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 2 0
37 Schwarz, Darryl ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 1
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 2 0 0 2
18 Stone, Neville ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 1 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 1 24 23 1 5 0 1 1
32 Vagg, Barrie ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 1 0 8 4
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 1 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 15 265 234 31 47 15 53 39

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 0 4
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 1 25 15 10 4 0 5 1
16 Budd, Arthur ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 2
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 4 3
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 5
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 0 1 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 3 3 33 23 10 4 0 1 2
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 1 15 10 5 1 9 1 2
7 John, Graeme ? ? 0 1 17 10 7 1 1 4 3
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 1 2
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 29 20 9 2 0 3 2
39 Luscombe, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 1 2
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 3 1 34 29 5 2 0 2 3
22 McCracken, Peter ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 1 0 2 4
5 Rantall, John (c) ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 3 4
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 6 1 13 10 3 4 1 1 3
36 Svorinich, Bob ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 2 4
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 2 0 4 4
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 51 2 1
38 Wetzel, Ron ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 10 337 257 80 47 62 39 53

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s