1970 VFL 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 5 of the 1970 VFL season. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at 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
B. Barrot (capt.), K. Bartlett, G. Bond, F. Bourke, R. Boyanich, B. Brown, D. Clay, M. Green, R. Hart, R. Hunt, T. Jewell, B. Miels, E. Moore, P. Morrison, J. Northey, I. Owen, B. Richardson, J. Ronaldson, K. Sheedy, R. Thomas

South Melbourne
B. Skilton (capt.), K. Baskin, P. Bedford, G. Brice, R. Cook, T. Haenen, S. Hoffman, G. Jacobs, G. Lambert, R. Luke, H. McAuliffe, S. McKew, D. McLeish, J. Murphy, M. Pavone, J. Pitura, J. Rantall, J. Sudholz, W. Walsh, F. Way

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

Goalkickers
Richmond: R. Hart (2), K. Bartlett, T. Jewell, E. Moore, J. Northey
South Melbourne: J. Sudholz (4), P. Bedford (2), B. Skilton (2), S. Hoffman, M. Pavone

As a result of this match, Richmond were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) and South Melbourne were then 5th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Tom Hafey (Richmond), Norm Smith (South Melbourne)
Captains: Bill Barrot (Richmond), Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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