1970 VFL Season Round 6: Carlton v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 9 May 1970 between Carlton and Fitzroy during round six of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Wes Lofts as vice-captain. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

Carlton (23.9.147) defeated Fitzroy (15.20.110).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Carlton v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 9 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 20,372

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Fitzroy
Score: 23.9.147 - 15.20.110

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 8 . 2 13 . 3 18 . 7 23 . 9 23 . 9 (147)
Fitzroy 5 . 3 9 . 8 11 . 14 15 . 20 15 . 20 (110)
Margin CARL by 17 CARL by 19 CARL by 35 CARL by 37 CARL by 37
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Wes Lofts
Coach: Ron Barassi

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 0 0 25 18 7 5 0 2 3
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 2 21 18 3 4 1 3 1
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 5 1 1 1
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 1
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 2 1
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 5 1 0 2
7 Hopkins, Ted ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 0 0 1
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 6 2 26 24 2 6 0 3 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 10 1 20 15 5 7 0 1 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 1 2 14 7 7 8 6 1 3
20 Lofts, Wes (vc) ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 0
8 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 2 12 0 3
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 1 0 27 26 1 6 0 2 1
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 2 1
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 0 1
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 0 2 1
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 2 1 20 13 7 6 0 0 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 23 9 300 239 61 79 23 23 27

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
3 Andrews, Mike ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 0 1
23 Brown, Norm ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 4 12 1 3
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 18 18 0 7 17 2 0
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 1 17 17 0 2 0 3 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 6 0 2 0
47 Ellis, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 1
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 0 1
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 2 0 2 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 1 0 1 0
5 Murphy, John ? ? 6 4 20 19 1 4 0 3 1
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 1 2 24 19 5 6 1 3 0
20 Newnham, John ? ? 1 3 24 23 1 3 0 3 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
16 Peoples, Daryl ? ? 2 3 8 6 2 2 0 0 2
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 0 0 3 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 0 3
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 1 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 1 0 1 1
33 Wall, David ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 3 0 0 1
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 20 274 229 45 57 33 27 23

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