1970 VFL Season Round 1: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1970 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round one of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

South Melbourne (9.14.68) were defeated by Melbourne (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 April 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 15,483

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.14.68 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 5 3 . 6 5 . 10 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Melbourne 2 . 1 6 . 4 9 . 6 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin SMLB by 4 MELB by 16 MELB by 20 MELB by 25 MELB by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Norm Smith

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 1 27 17 10 6 0 3 2
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 2 2 5 3 2 2 2 0 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 2 17 12 5 4 0 4 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 3 2 0 2
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 7 0 1 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 0 0 2 2
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 2
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 5 0 0 2
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 0 2
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 2 1 20 19 1 4 0 4 3
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 2 18 16 2 0 0 3 3
6 Murphy, John ? ? 1 0 19 15 4 7 0 2 3
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 2 0 3 5
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 3 0 5 3
24 Richardson, Alan ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 4 0 7 5
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 7 30 1 2
38 Wetzel, Ron ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 1
9 Wilkinson, Jim ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 14 281 224 57 63 34 39 45

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 0 2 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 0 0 1 3
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 3 2 11 10 1 6 0 3 2
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 5 0 0 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 4 0 6 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 3 1 19 17 2 13 1 3 1
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 7 0 1 2
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 8 1 0
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 0 7 6 1 4 9 0 1
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 2 4
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 2 1 14 14 0 2 0 4 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 3 0 18 11 7 11 0 1 2
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 5 6
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 4 0
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 2 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 3 0 2 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 3 0 5 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 9 260 219 41 81 18 45 39

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