1970 VFL Season Round 3: South Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 April 1970 between South Melbourne and Essendon during round three of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Essendon at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Jack Clarke.

South Melbourne (12.17.89) were defeated by Essendon (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: South Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 April 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 14,909

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 12.17.89 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 4 . 3 9 . 7 11 . 15 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Essendon 7 . 2 9 . 4 13 . 6 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin ESSE by 17 SMLB by 3 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 11
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Essendon

Captain: Barry Davis
Coach: Jack Clarke

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 1 0 20 18 2 3 0 1 4
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 3 3 32 20 12 5 0 3 1
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 1 0 2 1
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 4 20 13 7 5 0 1 2
32 Elwin, Ross ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 2 0 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 3 4 3
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 6 0 0 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 2 36 24 12 2 0 2 1
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 6 0 4 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 3 0 1 2
6 Murphy, John ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 1 0 2 2
23 Pavone, Mick ? ? 4 3 17 14 3 5 0 1 3
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 3 0 1 3
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 3 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 2 2 30 20 10 6 0 6 0
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 5 0 6 3
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 25 3 1
38 Wetzel, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 17 338 254 84 61 30 42 33

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
37 Barclay, Stuart ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 2 3
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 8 0 3 2
31 Collins, David ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 5 0 1 4
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 5 0 2 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 3 1 29 26 3 9 0 1 2
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 5 0 1 0
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 0 0 1
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 2 3
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 0 3 0
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 2 0 22 20 2 2 0 3 1
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 1
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 7 2
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 4 1 6 6 0 4 0 1 3
14 Perry, Greg ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 5 9 1 2
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 1 17 11 6 2 0 0 4
25 Stevenson, Ian ? ? 0 1 7 4 3 5 9 0 3
23 Stillman, Les ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 3 0 2 4
33 Tassell, Doug ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 0 1 5
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 29 27 2 16 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 15 10 276 233 43 96 18 32 42

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