1970 VFL Round 5: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1970 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round 5 of the 1970 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Terry Waters captained the hosts with Wayne Richardson as vice-captain. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Collingwood
T. Waters (capt.), W. Richardson (vice-capt.), L. Adamson, C. Britt, J. Clifton, R. Dean, R. Dunne, J. Greening, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, B. McKenzie, D. O'Callaghan, T. Potter, B. Price, M. Richardson, G. Shephard, L. Thompson, D. Tuddenham, C. Tully, R. Watt

Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), S. Alves, B. Bourke, P. Callery, D. Campbell, R. Carr, D. Clark, R. Dillon, D. Feldmann, G. Hardeman, B. Jones, N. Leary, J. Letcher, R. McKenzie, G. Parke, P. Rowlands, T. Sullivan, J. Townsend, M. Walker, G. Wells

Collingwood (8.17.65) defeated Melbourne (8.9.57).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: L. Thompson (3), J. Greening, P. McKenna, M. Richardson, W. Richardson, D. Tuddenham
Melbourne: R. Carr (3), R. McKenzie (2), P. Callery, R. Dillon, G. Parke

As a result of this match, Collingwood remained 1st on the ladder and Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 28,120

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 8.17.65 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 0 . 2 2 . 9 5 . 11 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
Melbourne 1 . 6 2 . 8 5 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin MELB by 10 COLL by 1 COLL by 3 COLL by 8 COLL by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Collingwood), John Beckwith (Melbourne)
Captains: Terry Waters (Collingwood), Frank Davis (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Wayne Richardson (Collingwood), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Deller

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 4 0 2 1
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 0 0 1 1
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 0
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 3 0 1 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 3 0 0 1
22 Greening, John ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 0 0 0 1
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 4 11 3 2
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 1 2 6 6 0 5 0 2 3
31 McKenzie, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 1 0
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 0 2 1
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 0 3 2
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 27 21 6 1 0 1 3
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 6 3 2 2
2 Richardson, Wayne (vc) ? ? 1 4 24 23 1 9 0 1 4
11 Shephard, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 3 1 19 16 3 4 17 5 3
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 1 4 22 19 3 3 0 3 1
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Waters, Terry (c) ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 4 1 1
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 17 290 245 45 56 35 30 27

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 27 22 5 5 0 3 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 1 0 0 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 2 0 1 2
18 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 1 0
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 3 2 5 5 0 4 0 0 1
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 1 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 2 0 3 3
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 3 0 2 2
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 5 0 2 0
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 10 1 2
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 0 3
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 3
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 2 1 16 12 4 3 0 1 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 5 0 2 2
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 3 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 1 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 0 2 1
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 2 17 12 5 6 15 4 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 3 0 0 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 9 276 228 48 56 27 27 30

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