1970 VFL Season Round 14: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1970 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at VFL Park. Barry Davis captained the hosts with Don McKenzie as vice-captain. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Clarke and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Essendon (5.10.40) were defeated by South Melbourne (11.5.71).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 13,241

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by South Melbourne
Score: 5.10.40 - 11.5.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 1 3 . 3 3 . 9 5 . 10 5 . 10 (40)
South Melbourne 2 . 1 4 . 2 7 . 4 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
Margin SMLB by 6 SMLB by 5 SMLB by 19 SMLB by 31 SMLB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: Don McKenzie
Coach: Jack Clarke

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 0 2 14 10 4 5 0 3 4
28 Daniel, Peter ? ? 1 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 2 24 17 7 4 0 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 0 17 16 1 2 0 2 2
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 1 0 5 3
4 Grainger, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 3 5
2 Greenwood, Bob ? ? 1 1 30 27 3 3 0 3 6
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 0 2 2
40 Headlam, Wayne ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 1 3 1 3
38 Lake, Eddie ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 0 5 5
55 May, John ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0
24 McKenzie, Don (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 15 6 8
8 Neish, Bruce ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 0 2 3
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 1 0 0 0
3 Payne, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 5 0 0 5
9 Pirouet, Bryan ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 0 2 3
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 2 3 8 1
45 Roberts, Ken ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 1 0 2 2
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 4 0 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 5 10 283 229 54 51 21 50 55

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 1 0 1 5
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 0 21 12 9 3 0 4 3
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 2 25 23 2 3 0 3 4
32 Catlin, Sid ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 5 1 3 4
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 4 3
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 0
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 0
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 1 0 7 2
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 5 0 3 3
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 5 5
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 0 5 2
6 Murphy, John ? ? 3 0 17 14 3 1 0 1 3
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 2 5
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 2 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 2 1 27 25 2 4 0 4 0
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 2 0 11 6 5 2 2 1 3
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 3 2
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 30 4 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 5 292 243 49 39 33 55 50

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