1970 VFL Season Round 4: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1970 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round four of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

South Melbourne (11.11.77) defeated Footscray (9.6.60).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 April 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 24,022

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 11.11.77 - 9.6.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 4 7 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Footscray 3 . 2 6 . 3 7 . 3 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Margin SMLB by 2 FOOT by 5 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 17 SMLB by 17
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 3 0 2 2
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 3 1 20 16 4 3 0 2 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 5 0 0 2
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 2 2 20 17 3 3 0 1 4
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 3 2 1
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 2 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 7 0 1 0
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 1 2 16 16 0 4 0 3 4
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 1 24 21 3 2 0 5 3
22 McCracken, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 1 0 23 20 3 3 0 3 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 3 0 5 1
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 1 2 3
23 Pavone, Mick ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 5 0 3 3
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 2 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 0 4 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 2 2 13 12 1 8 4 1 3
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 0 3 2
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 12 0 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 11 292 251 41 70 20 41 37

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 1
6 Bisset, George ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 2 0 2 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 0 3 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 8 0 2 2
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 2 4
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 7 19 2 2
5 Fenton, Ron ? ? 2 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 1 0 3
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 25 21 4 5 0 3 4
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 5 0 3 4
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 5 0 2 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 0 1 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 2 1 16 14 2 2 0 4 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 5 0 1 3
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 5 2 0 3
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 2 0 4 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 8 2 2 3
3 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 1 0 3 3
29 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 6 271 233 38 80 24 37 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