1970 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1970 between Melbourne and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Ted Whitten.

Melbourne (8.13.61) were defeated by Footscray (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 1 August 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 16,591

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 8.13.61 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 1 2 . 3 4 . 8 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Footscray 1 . 6 2 . 11 7 . 13 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin MELB by 1 FOOT by 8 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 14 FOOT by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Ted Whitten

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 0 18 15 3 9 0 0 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 2 1 17 16 1 3 0 3 4
40 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 1 1
18 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 1 0
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 2 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 6 0 2 4
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 4 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 6 0 1 1
45 Jennings, Danny ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 4 0 2 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 1 12 10 2 6 9 2 1
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 1 1 15 14 1 1 0 3 3
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 2 21 12 9 4 1 1 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 7 0 0 2
12 Payne, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 13 3 4
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 2 4
16 Townsend, John ? ? 2 2 24 23 1 5 0 0 2
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 1 1 2
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 2 0 0 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 8 13 280 243 37 79 24 28 42

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
20 Bartlett, Les ? ? 0 3 8 8 0 2 3 0 0
6 Bisset, George ? ? 3 1 19 15 4 8 0 1 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 3 0
18 Delmenico, Kevin ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
5 Fenton, Ron ? ? 1 2 10 9 1 2 0 1 3
1 Greenwood, Ken ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 11 7 3 3
17 Haynes, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
12 Joslin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 2 0 6 4
40 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 7 0 3 0
30 McKenzie, Don ? ? 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 2 2
36 Pagnoccolo, Charles ? ? 2 4 24 20 4 3 0 3 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 2 0 2 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 19 19 0 7 0 1 3
11 Rippon, Laurie ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 4 1 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 1 23 12 11 9 9 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 0 4 1
7 Spargo, Ricky ? ? 0 0 25 23 2 9 0 3 1
16 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 3 0 3 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 3 0 11 10 1 3 0 3 3
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 10 15 284 243 41 83 20 42 28

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