1970 VFL Season Round 9: South Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1970 between South Melbourne and Geelong during round nine of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Geelong at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Bill Goggin captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

South Melbourne (19.14.128) defeated Geelong (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: South Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 30 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 19,793

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 19.14.128 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 5 . 4 12 . 8 16 . 12 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
Geelong 3 . 6 6 . 9 9 . 9 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin SMLB by 10 SMLB by 35 SMLB by 45 SMLB by 50 SMLB by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Geelong

Captain: Bill Goggin
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Artso

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 2 2 20 18 2 3 0 3 5
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 2 30 17 13 4 0 3 1
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 6
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 1 25 22 3 8 0 2 3
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 1 1
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 1 1 1
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 3 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 1 0
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 1 2 3
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 3 2
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 4 1 36 31 5 3 0 8 7
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 0 0 4
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 28 20 8 3 0 3 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 3 24 18 6 3 0 4 2
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 3 3 13 10 3 6 3 3 3
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 2
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 5 21 0 3
44 Williams, Gary ? ? 6 0 20 15 5 5 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 14 310 236 74 59 26 40 46

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 3 0 2 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 2 5 25 23 2 8 1 4 4
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 2 3
18 Gladman, Ken ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 0 2
35 Goggin, Bill (c) ? ? 0 2 23 18 5 1 0 3 2
22 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 7 10 0 3
21 Kline, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 1 1
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 1 15 11 4 2 0 4 4
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 1 5 29 27 2 2 0 6 3
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 7 3 0 4
17 Newman, Sam ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 12 1 2
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 0 3 2
29 Reid, Gordon ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 3 0 7 2
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 3 0 24 17 7 4 0 1 1
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 6 3
31 Smith, Phil ? ? 1 1 10 6 4 2 1 1 1
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 3 1
28 Strahan, Hugh ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 2 1
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 1 7 5 2 4 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 18 306 245 61 61 27 47 40

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