1970 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 July 1970 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Keith McKenzie.

Melbourne (11.19.85) defeated North Melbourne (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,975

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 11.19.85 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 5 4 . 11 9 . 17 11 . 19 11 . 19 (85)
North Melbourne 4 . 2 7 . 5 8 . 8 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin NMLB by 3 NMLB by 12 MELB by 15 MELB by 8 MELB by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

North Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Keith McKenzie

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 4 0 1 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 1 0 2 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 3 24 20 4 2 0 7 2
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 5 2 8 8 0 6 0 1 5
2 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 2 22 17 5 2 0 1 3
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 5 4
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 2 3 14 13 1 6 1 3 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 6
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 0 5 4
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 5 5 3 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 5 4 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 3 18 11 7 4 0 4 2
12 Payne, Rod ? ? 0 2 13 9 4 5 18 0 3
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 1 0 2 2
20 Rowlands, Paul ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 1 1
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 2 0 2 3
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 0 1 2 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 0 0 3 2
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 19 285 230 55 43 30 47 54

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Bloomfield, Alan ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 4
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 3 1 22 18 4 4 0 4 2
14 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 1 0 4 4
23 Dench, David ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 1 0 1 3
44 Devitt, Brian ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 6 1 0
11 Dowdle, Mick ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
16 Farrant, Doug ? ? 2 2 12 10 2 6 2 1 2
29 Fincher, Noel ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 3 0 2 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 3 24 3 4
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 1
34 Johnston, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 3 5 0
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 6 10 8 2 1 1 1 5
1 McCarthy, Bernie ? ? 0 0 15 5 10 1 0 1 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 0 3 3
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 6 0 4 0
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 0 1 23 17 6 2 0 7 5
30 Pretty, David ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 5 1
24 Redenbach, Michael ? ? 4 0 17 16 1 5 0 3 2
15 Steward, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 2 5
25 Wood, Maurie ? ? 2 0 17 12 5 1 0 5 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 11 279 221 58 47 36 54 48

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