1970 VFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 April 1970 between North Melbourne and South Melbourne during round two of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

North Melbourne (8.11.59) were defeated by South Melbourne (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 April 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 11,016

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 8.11.59 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 2 3 . 7 5 . 9 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
South Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 4 7 . 6 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin SMLB by 8 SMLB by 3 SMLB by 9 SMLB by 1 SMLB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Keith McKenzie

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Goal Umpires

K. Barker

Boundary Umpires

R. Gibb

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 1 2
14 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 4 4
35 Dietrich, Wolfgang ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 6 0 6 2
31 Dimattina, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 0 6
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 3 7 6 1 5 0 0 2
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 0 1 14 9 5 3 0 3 1
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 3 1 15 14 1 4 0 1 4
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 6 16 2 3
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 0 3 1
13 Howell, Mick ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 24 22 2 12 7 5 2
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 1 1 0
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 0 2 2
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 10 0 0 0
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 3 1 3
5 Scholes, John ? ? 1 2 21 16 5 3 0 8 0
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 11 0 5 3
2 Taylor, Ray ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 5 0
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 3 0 15 14 1 2 0 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 8 11 277 234 43 79 29 49 37

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 1 22 15 7 6 0 1 5
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 1 0 2 2
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 2 2 20 17 3 7 3 6 4
32 Elwin, Ross ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 2 1 1 4
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 6 3 2 1
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 3 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 1 19 17 2 3 0 2 5
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 1 20 16 4 3 0 2 5
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 6 0 3 2
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 3 0 0 4
23 Pavone, Mick ? ? 1 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 2
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 3 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 0
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 2 1 31 22 9 6 0 2 1
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 3 0 1 8
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 22 3 2
38 Wetzel, Ron ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 8 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 12 278 229 49 70 29 37 49

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