1970 VFL 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 4 of the 1970 VFL season.
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
B. Skilton (capt.), K. Baskin, P. Bedford, G. Brice, R. Cook, T. Haenen, G. Jacobs, G. Lambert, R. Luke, H. McAuliffe, P. McCracken, S. McKew, D. McLeish, J. Murphy, M. Pavone, J. Pitura, J. Rantall, J. Sudholz, W. Walsh, F. Way
Footscray
L. Bartlett, G. Bisset, G. Casey, D. Darcy, K. Delmenico, G. Dempsey, R. Fenton, K. Greenwood, R. Haynes, S. Magee, A. Mannix, D. McKenzie, G. Merrington, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, D. Thorpe, P. Welsh, T. Whitten, T. Zeltner
South Melbourne (11.11.77) defeated Footscray (9.6.60).
Goalkickers
South Melbourne: P. Bedford (3), R. Cook (2), J. Sudholz (2), G. Brice, R. Luke, S. McKew, M. Pavone
Footscray: R. Fenton (2), S. Power (2), G. Bisset, G. Dempsey, B. Quinlan, B. Round, T. Whitten
As a result of this match, South Melbourne were then 7th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Footscray were then 6th on the ladder (down from 5th) by the end of the round.
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
Coaches:
Norm Smith
(South Melbourne),
Ted Whitten
(Footscray)
Captains:
Bob Skilton
(South Melbourne),
unknown
(Footscray)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
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 | |||