1970 VFL 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 15 of the 1970 VFL season. 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
S. Magee (capt.), G. Bisset, G. Casey, G. Dempsey, R. Fenton, K. Greenwood, G. Joslin, A. Mannix, R. McGhie, R. McGowan, D. McKenzie, G. Merrington, C. Newman, C. Pagnoccolo, S. Power, B. Quinlan, B. Round, L. Sandilands, R. Spargo, D. Thorpe

South Melbourne
K. Baskin, P. Bedford, S. Bennett, G. Brice, S. Catlin, R. Cook, R. Gleeson, T. Haenen, G. Jacobs, R. Luke, H. McAuliffe, S. McKew, D. McLeish, N. Miller, J. Murphy, J. Pitura, J. Rantall, J. Sudholz, W. Walsh, F. Way

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

Goalkickers
Footscray: R. Fenton, K. Greenwood, A. Mannix, D. McKenzie, B. Round, R. Spargo
South Melbourne: J. Sudholz (5), G. Brice (3), S. Catlin (2), J. Murphy (2), P. Bedford

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 8th on the ladder (down from 7th) and South Melbourne remained 2nd on the ladder by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Ted Whitten (Footscray), Norm Smith (South Melbourne)
Captains: Stuart Magee (Footscray), unknown (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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