1970 VFL Round 9: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 30 May 1970 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round 9 of the 1970 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Moorabbin Oval. In the absence of Ross Smith, vice-captain Carl Ditterich captained the hosts with Bob Murray as vice-captain. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by John Beckwith.

St Kilda
C. Ditterich (capt.), B. Murray (vice-capt.), C. Antonie, N. Besanko, G. Colling, A. Davis, D. Griffiths, B. Lawrence, J. Manzie, J. McIntosh, J. Moran, B. Mynott, K. Neale, T. Payze, S. Rae, S. Roberts, I. Stewart, S. Theodore, S. Trott, G. Ward

Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), S. Alves, R. Carr, D. Clark, R. Dillon, D. Feldmann, G. Hardeman, D. Jennings, P. Keenan, G. Lakes, N. Leary, G. Molloy, G. Parke, R. Payne, T. Rollinson, P. Rowlands, T. Sullivan, J. Townsend, M. Walker, G. Wells

St Kilda (14.12.96) defeated Melbourne (7.11.53).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: A. Davis (5), D. Griffiths (2), J. McIntosh (2), J. Manzie, J. Moran, B. Mynott, I. Stewart, S. Trott
Melbourne: R. Dillon (2), G. Parke (2), S. Alves, R. Payne, J. Townsend

As a result of this match, St Kilda were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 6th) and Melbourne were then 9th on the ladder (down from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 30 May 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 19,393

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 14.12.96 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 2 8 . 6 9 . 6 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Melbourne 3 . 2 3 . 3 7 . 9 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin MELB by 6 STKL by 33 STKL by 9 STKL by 43 STKL by 43
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (St Kilda), John Beckwith (Melbourne)
Captains: Carl Ditterich (St Kilda), Frank Davis (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Bob Murray (St Kilda), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Antonie, Colin ? ? 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 1
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 4 0 1 1
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 0
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 5 7 22 19 3 2 0 4 6
10 Ditterich, Carl (ac) ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 7 0 3 4
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 2 1 29 29 0 6 0 2 0
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 0 3 1
26 Manzie, John ? ? 1 0 22 19 3 3 1 0 2
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 2 0 16 9 7 5 10 1 3
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 1 0 20 15 5 5 0 3 2
6 Murray, Bob (avc) ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 10 0 1 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 4 17 2 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 7 0 1 5
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 1 33 28 5 14 0 4 2
32 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 0 0 1 2
30 Roberts, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Stewart, Ian ? ? 1 0 34 27 7 7 0 2 4
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 1 0 0 3
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 1 0 30 26 4 1 0 6 2
35 Ward, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 3 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 12 343 262 81 82 28 38 45

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 3 19 18 1 6 0 2 3
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 5 0 1 4
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 3 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 2 1 9 9 0 6 0 1 0
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 3 0 2 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 2 1
45 Jennings, Danny ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 3 4
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 6 1 1
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 7 2
29 Leary, Noel ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 2 1
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 2 11 11 0 3 1 1 2
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 2 20 15 5 10 0 3 0
12 Payne, Rod ? ? 1 0 9 6 3 4 12 1 5
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 1 3
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 4 0 2 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 0 6 1
16 Townsend, John ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 5 0 1 2
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 5 4 5
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 3 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 11 259 221 38 70 24 45 38

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