1970 VFL Round 18: Carlton v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1970 between Carlton and South Melbourne during round 18 of the 1970 VFL season. Carlton hosted South Melbourne at Princes Park. John Nicholls captained the hosts with Wes Lofts as vice-captain. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), W. Lofts (vice-capt.), N. Chandler, G. Crane, B. Doull, A. Gallagher, B. Gill, J. Goold, K. Hall, T. Hopkins, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, D. McKay, B. Mulcair, I. Nicoll, P. Pinnell, B. Quirk, I. Robertson, S. Silvagni, R. Walls

South Melbourne
B. Skilton (capt.), P. Bedford, S. Bennett, G. Brice, S. Catlin, R. Cook, R. Gleeson, T. Haenen, P. Harrison, G. Lambert, R. Luke, H. McAuliffe, S. McKew, D. McLeish, J. Murphy, J. Pitura, J. Rantall, J. Sudholz, W. Walsh, F. Way

Carlton (11.17.83) defeated South Melbourne (10.19.79).

Goalkickers
Carlton: A. Jesaulenko (4), S. Jackson (2), B. Quirk (2), A. Gallagher, J. Nicholls, R. Walls
South Melbourne: P. Bedford (2), B. Skilton (2), J. Sudholz (2), G. Brice, R. Cook, T. Haenen, J. Murphy

As a result of this match, Carlton remained 2nd on the ladder and South Melbourne were then 4th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Carlton v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 August 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 27,625

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. South Melbourne
Score: 11.17.83 - 10.19.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 4 6 . 9 8 . 12 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
South Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 8 9 . 13 10 . 19 10 . 19 (79)
Margin CARL by 1 CARL by 7 SMLB by 7 CARL by 4 CARL by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Ron Barassi (Carlton), Norm Smith (South Melbourne)
Captains: John Nicholls (Carlton), Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Wes Lofts (Carlton), unknown (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 3 0 3 2
4 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 2 1
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 3 17 16 1 3 0 3 5
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 1 2
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 3 0 5 3
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 1 1 2 7
7 Hopkins, Ted ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 2 0 3 4
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 4 4 13 11 2 6 0 2 1
20 Lofts, Wes (vc) ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 1 3
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 7 9 2 4
35 Mulcair, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 4 2
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 1 2 16 10 6 4 11 5 3
23 Nicoll, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 0 2 4
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 2 1 2 2
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 2 2 17 17 0 3 0 6 5
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 1 1 3 2
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 3 2 4 4
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 1 2 20 19 1 7 0 5 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 17 279 238 41 52 25 55 58

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 1 17 12 5 5 0 4 1
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 9 4 5
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 4 15 15 0 2 0 6 1
32 Catlin, Sid ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 1 0 2 2
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 2 14 13 1 5 0 2 4
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 4
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 2 3 3
18 Harrison, Paul ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 2
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 2 0 3 2
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 1 0 2 2
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 1 0 3 2
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 2 0 3 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 2 5
6 Murphy, John ? ? 1 2 8 7 1 0 0 3 4
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 4 0 3 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 5 4
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 2 1 25 22 3 4 0 5 1
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 2 5 12 11 1 6 1 4 1
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 1 1
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 9 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 19 247 214 33 45 21 58 55

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