1970 VFL Season Round 15: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 July 1970 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Stuart Magee captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ted Whitten and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Footscray (6.4.40) were defeated by South Melbourne (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 21,921

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by South Melbourne
Score: 6.4.40 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 1 2 . 3 3 . 3 6 . 4 6 . 4 (40)
South Melbourne 2 . 5 9 . 7 10 . 8 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Margin SMLB by 16 SMLB by 46 SMLB by 47 SMLB by 48 SMLB by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Stuart Magee
Coach: Ted Whitten

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Bisset, George ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 3 0 5 5
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 5 0 2 4
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 7 16 6 1
5 Fenton, Ron ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 3 0 0 3
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 1 1 17 13 4 5 2 0 6
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 4 4
23 Magee, Stuart (c) ? ? 0 0 24 18 6 5 0 3 2
8 Mannix, Alan ? ? 1 0 21 19 2 5 0 4 2
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 3 0 5 4
22 McGowan, Ron ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 3 4
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 0 7 7 0 4 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 3 0 5 2
39 Newman, Clive ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 3
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 2 0 3 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 3 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 7 0 0 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 5 3
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 2
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 7 0 2 6
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 4 269 242 27 73 21 54 59

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 0 3
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 1 2 32 25 7 6 0 4 3
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 3 3 21 21 0 6 0 8 3
32 Catlin, Sid ? ? 2 1 21 20 1 1 0 4 5
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 7 2 4 5
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 2 3
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 4 2
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 1 0
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 5 0 4 4
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 0 0 4 5
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 0 22 18 4 4 0 6 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 2 1
13 Miller, Neville ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
6 Murphy, John ? ? 2 1 28 22 6 3 0 5 4
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 1 0 2 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 2 1
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 5 2 18 14 4 5 1 3 5
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 6 0 4 2
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 7 19 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 10 334 271 63 67 22 59 54

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