1970 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 20 June 1970 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round twelve of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at VFL Park. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Melbourne (12.6.78) were defeated by South Melbourne (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 20 June 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 13,922

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 12.6.78 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 1 3 . 4 7 . 5 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
South Melbourne 2 . 4 5 . 4 9 . 10 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin SMLB by 15 SMLB by 12 SMLB by 17 SMLB by 4 SMLB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Thomson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 1 ? 17 12 5 3 0 1 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 ? 16 13 3 2 0 1 6
40 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 0 ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 ? 20 20 0 2 0 5 1
39 Colcott, Russell ? ? 1 ? 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ? 19 18 1 3 0 3 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 6 ? 13 12 1 10 0 1 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 ? 15 15 0 5 0 2 3
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 ? 10 10 0 2 12 3 0
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 ? 13 11 2 4 0 2 4
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 2 ? 19 16 3 3 0 2 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 ? 12 9 3 6 6 2 4
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 ? 20 13 7 14 0 2 3
12 Payne, Rod ? ? 0 ? 11 10 1 3 19 5 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 ? 17 15 2 1 0 2 2
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 ? 20 19 1 6 0 4 0
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 1 ? 15 14 1 4 0 0 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 ? 27 25 2 12 0 3 0
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 ? 11 10 1 2 0 2 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 ? 21 20 1 6 0 5 4
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 12 6 298 264 34 89 37 46 40

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 3 0 24 21 3 4 0 5 3
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 1 2 11 7 4 4 6 1 4
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 2 0 29 25 4 8 0 2 2
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 1 2 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 1
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 4 2 1 5
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 4 0 2 1
19 Leahy, Terry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 2 7
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 2 1 18 17 1 6 0 3 0
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 1 12 12 0 0 0 1 3
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 0 0 1 2
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 5 0 2
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 4 0 3 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 0 6 3
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 2 25 19 6 8 0 3 4
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 3 3 16 12 4 7 0 2 2
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 4 0 3 1
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 1 24 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 12 10 287 245 42 63 38 40 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