1970 VFL Season Round 16: South Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1970 between South Melbourne and Richmond during round sixteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Richmond at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Roger Dean captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

South Melbourne (11.9.75) were defeated by Richmond (12.17.89).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: South Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 18 July 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 25,088

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 11.9.75 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
South Melbourne	3	.	2	6	.	4	6	.	5	11	.	9	11	.	9	(75)
Richmond	3	.	3	8	.	8	10	.	16	12	.	17	12	.	17	(89)
Margin	RICH by 1			RICH by 16			RICH by 35			RICH by 14			RICH by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Richmond

Captain: Roger Dean
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
4	Baskin, Keith	?	?	1	0	15	11	4	1	0	0	1
11	Bedford, Peter	?	?	1	0	30	24	6	4	0	3	2
31	Bennett, Stuart	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Brice, Gary	?	?	1	1	19	19	0	2	0	5	2
17	Cook, Russell	?	?	0	1	14	12	2	7	1	2	1
27	Gleeson, Reg	?	?	0	0	11	10	1	3	0	2	2
8	Haenen, Tony	?	?	0	0	14	13	1	9	0	1	1
18	Harrison, Paul	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Jacobs, Graeme	?	?	0	0	11	11	0	3	0	3	2
37	Luke, Richard	?	?	1	1	12	12	0	4	0	2	2
25	McAuliffe, Haydn	?	?	3	2	22	21	1	3	0	4	3
35	McKew, Shane	?	?	0	1	14	14	0	3	1	2	2
29	McLeish, David	?	?	1	0	17	17	0	3	0	2	1
6	Murphy, John	?	?	1	1	13	11	2	0	0	2	2
21	Pitura, John	?	?	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	0	1
5	Rantall, John	?	?	0	0	14	13	1	2	0	4	0
14	Skilton, Bob (c)	?	?	2	1	24	19	5	6	0	3	2
20	Sudholz, John	?	?	0	1	9	4	5	1	2	2	3
10	Walsh, Wayne	?	?	0	0	16	14	2	2	0	5	4
30	Way, Fred	?	?	0	0	12	5	7	2	31	1	1
Rushed					0
Total (20 players)				11	9	271	234	37	56	35	43	32

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
29	Bartlett, Kevin	?	?	2	3	36	32	4	5	0	3	2
16	Beard, Colin	?	?	0	0	13	12	1	7	0	0	1
44	Bond, Graeme	?	?	0	0	23	22	1	7	0	2	2
30	Bourke, Francis	?	?	0	0	22	20	2	5	3	8	3
11	Bowden, Michael	?	?	0	0	18	7	11	6	0	0	1
19	Boyanich, Ray	?	?	0	0	20	12	8	5	12	2	6
8	Clay, Dick	?	?	1	1	16	13	3	8	0	2	6
3	Dean, Roger (c)	?	?	3	1	28	23	5	6	0	4	1
37	Green, Mike	?	?	0	2	16	11	5	8	18	1	3
4	Hart, Royce	?	?	3	2	17	15	2	7	0	1	3
5	Hunt, Rex	?	?	3	4	9	8	1	6	0	1	1
7	Moore, Eric	?	?	0	0	18	15	3	5	0	0	1
52	Owen, Ian	?	?	0	0	8	7	1	4	0	0	1
17	Richardson, Barry	?	?	0	0	16	13	3	7	0	2	3
32	Robbins, Graham	?	?	0	0	7	7	0	4	0	1	2
2	Ronaldson, John	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Sheedy, Kevin	?	?	0	1	14	12	2	1	1	2	3
26	Smythe, Keith	?	?	0	1	12	10	2	1	0	2	2
28	Strang, Geoff	?	?	0	0	13	12	1	3	0	1	2
34	Thomas, Ron	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rushed					2
Total (20 players)				12	17	306	251	55	95	34	32	43

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

Links

1970 VFL Season

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