1970 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 May 1970 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round five of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Bill Barrot captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Richmond (6.13.49) were defeated by South Melbourne (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,084

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. by South Melbourne
Score: 6.13.49 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 2 . 2 3 . 7 4 . 12 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
South Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 5 6 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin SMLB by 6 SMLB by 10 SMLB by 9 SMLB by 22 SMLB by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Bill Barrot
Coach: Tom Hafey

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill (c) ? ? 0 2 15 9 6 1 1 1 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 1 2 30 28 2 4 0 3 4
44 Bond, Graeme ? ? 0 0 30 28 2 1 0 2 5
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 4 1 8 1
19 Boyanich, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 2 13 0 3
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 0 0 5 4
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 0 0 0 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 24 2 1
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 2 0 16 9 7 6 0 1 1
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 0 1 0
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 1 0 28 22 6 4 0 1 2
23 Miels, Brenton ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
7 Moore, Eric ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 4 0 2 1
12 Morrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
9 Northey, John ? ? 1 4 25 15 10 5 0 3 6
52 Owen, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 4 0
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 3 2
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 12 3 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 3 0
34 Thomas, Ron ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 6 13 321 251 70 50 51 45 38

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 2 0 2 3
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 2 31 22 9 2 0 3 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 1 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 4
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 1 1 0
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 5 0 5 2
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 3 2
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 1 0 1 5
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 3 0 0 2
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 1 5
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 4 5
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 0 1 3
23 Pavone, Mick ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 0 0
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 0 3
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 1 0 2 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 2 0 21 18 3 4 0 6 2
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 4 4 17 14 3 6 3 3 1
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 3 0 3 4
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 1 19 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 11 302 247 55 53 23 38 45

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