1970 VFL Season Round 8: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1970 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round eight of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Stuart Magee captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Keith McKenzie and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

North Melbourne (9.13.67) were defeated by Footscray (13.18.96).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 23 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 13,475

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 9.13.67 - 13.18.96

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 4 2 . 5 4 . 9 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Footscray 5 . 4 7 . 8 13 . 10 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Margin FOOT by 24 FOOT by 33 FOOT by 55 FOOT by 29 FOOT by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Footscray

Captain: Stuart Magee
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Coates

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Bloomfield, Alan ? ? 2 2 22 19 3 5 0 5 1
22 Bryant, Geoff ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 4 0 1 1
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 1 1 26 15 11 0 0 5 0
14 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 1 1
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 4 2
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 1 24 21 3 3 1 5 1
20 Elliott, Rod ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 4
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 1 2 18 17 1 10 1 1 1
7 Farrant, Garry ? ? 3 1 19 16 3 8 0 0 4
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 7 13 1 3
3 Haywood, Kerry ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 3 2 2
13 Howell, Mick ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 2 2 2 0
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 1 1 26 19 7 10 2 2 4
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 1 0 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 3 0 3 1
30 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 3
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 1 0 3
5 Scholes, John ? ? 0 3 17 11 6 1 0 4 2
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 7 0 7 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 9 13 335 255 80 71 24 46 38

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 2 3 31 25 6 5 0 3 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 6 0 4 3
10 Cook, Graeme ? ? 0 1 11 9 2 1 0 2 2
15 Darcy, David ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 5 0 0 5
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 3 1 17 14 3 11 10 1 2
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 4 1 5
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 1 8 7 1 1 0 2 2
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 2 3
23 Magee, Stuart (c) ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 4 0 6 4
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 4 0 2 3
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 7 0 1 0
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 McHardy, Roger ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 3 1 9 8 1 4 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 0 3
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 1 1 24 21 3 6 0 2 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 7 0 3 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 6 2 3 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 2 23 17 6 9 0 2 6
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 5 3 2 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 13 18 310 252 58 90 19 38 46

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