1970 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Carlton v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 19 September 1970 between Carlton and St Kilda in the preliminary final of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted St Kilda at the MCG. John Nicholls captained the hosts with, in the absence of Wes Lofts, deputy vice-captain Robert Walls as vice-captain. Ross Smith captained the visitors with Carl Ditterich as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Carlton (17.21.123) defeated St Kilda (7.19.61).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Carlton v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 19 September 1970
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 108,215

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. St Kilda
Score: 17.21.123 - 7.19.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 6 6 . 12 13 . 16 17 . 21 17 . 21 (123)
St Kilda 1 . 4 4 . 12 6 . 16 7 . 19 7 . 19 (61)
Margin CARL by 8 CARL by 12 CARL by 42 CARL by 62 CARL by 62
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Vice-Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 2
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 3 0 1 1
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 0 3 35 25 10 12 0 2 2
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 3 0 4 3
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 0 0 1
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 2
7 Hopkins, Ted ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 6 3 28 25 3 8 0 2 5
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 4 7 17 16 1 11 0 1 2
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 4 3 17 11 6 7 12 3 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 0 0
35 Mulcair, Barry ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 2 10 1 5
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 2 1
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 6 1 0 5
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 6 0 1 2
13 Thornley, Bert ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 0 0 0 5
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 0 0 3 1
42 Walls, Robert (avc) ? ? 2 2 19 16 3 7 0 4 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 17 21 307 250 57 79 23 26 41

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 8 19 18 1 5 0 6 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 1
10 Ditterich, Carl (vc) ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 7 0 5
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 1 0 2 0
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 1 4 9 7 2 3 0 2 1
16 Lilley, Jon ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 3 3
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 4 0 1 3
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 3 0 0 1
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 1 0 3 0
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 3 2
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 1 1 15 15 0 7 12 4 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 3 0 3 2
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 1 1
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 1 0 0 0
32 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 3 0 1 1
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 1 0 4 2
5 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 1 0
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 3 0 6 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 19 233 207 26 50 19 41 26

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