1970 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 16 May 1970 between Footscray and Melbourne during round seven of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. Stuart Magee captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

Footscray (9.14.68) defeated Melbourne (7.4.46).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 16 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,346

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Melbourne
Score: 9.14.68 - 7.4.46

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 3 3 . 7 5 . 9 9 . 14 9 . 14 (68)
Melbourne 2 . 0 3 . 3 7 . 4 7 . 4 7 . 4 (46)
Margin MELB by 3 FOOT by 4 MELB by 7 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Stuart Magee
Coach: Ted Whitten

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 0 14 12 2 1 0 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 2 1
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 3 0 7 0
15 Darcy, David ? ? 2 3 20 19 1 4 0 2 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 16 12 4 9 9 2 1
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 5 3 6 6
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 1 0 4 2
23 Magee, Stuart (c) ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 3 1
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 0 2 14 13 1 4 0 2 3
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 1 2
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 3 6 6 0 3 0 0 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 4 2
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 3 1 12 10 2 3 0 4 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 2 0 4 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 10 0 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 2 3 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 28 26 2 4 0 6 6
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 3 2 4
29 Zeltner, Trevor ? ? 0 2 6 5 1 2 0 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 9 14 291 259 32 73 17 56 40

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 1 0 4 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 0 3 2
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 3 0 6 6 0 2 0 3 2
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 6 0 2 3
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 2 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 2 1 17 16 1 4 0 5 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 0 5
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 6 2 3
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 0 2
30 Letcher, John ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1 3
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 4
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 2 2 20 16 4 7 0 4 9
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 30 23 7 15 0 5 2
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 0 2
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 0 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 2 4
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 8 3 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 4 242 211 31 67 14 40 56

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