1970 VFL Season Round 20: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 15 August 1970 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round twenty of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at VFL Park. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Ross Smith captained the visitors with Carl Ditterich as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Beckwith and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Melbourne (7.14.56) were defeated by St Kilda (17.14.116).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 15 August 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 22,502

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 7.14.56 - 17.14.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 9 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
St Kilda 5 . 5 8 . 7 14 . 11 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Margin STKL by 33 STKL by 33 STKL by 56 STKL by 60 STKL by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: John Beckwith

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Vice-Captain: Carl Ditterich
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Deller

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 3 0 3 5
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 2
40 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 2 0 2 4
18 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 1 13 13 0 8 0 1 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 4 0 4 2
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 4 2 9 9 0 7 0 2 0
28 Feldmann, Derek ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 1 0 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 4 0 3 1
32 Hodges, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 9 8 1 3 18 1 1
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
10 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 2 19 17 2 1 0 3 3
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 0 17 14 3 5 1 3 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 25 12 13 13 0 3 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 0 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 0 2 16 13 3 2 0 1 2
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 2 4 2
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 8 2 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 1 21 19 2 1 0 3 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 14 264 221 43 62 29 39 37

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 3 2
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 3 27 17 10 12 0 2 1
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 0
10 Ditterich, Carl (vc) ? ? 3 3 23 20 3 11 7 2 2
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 8 0 4 0
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 7 3 17 16 1 8 0 3 4
16 Lilley, Jon ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 0 3
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 0 0 21 18 3 8 1 1 4
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 4 0 1 3
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 1 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 19 2 6
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 1 2 23 21 2 10 1 2 2
32 Rae, Stephen ? ? 1 0 23 17 6 4 0 2 1
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 0 1 25 17 8 0 0 5 2
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 1 10 4 6 1 0 0 3
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 1 21 21 0 2 0 4 3
35 Ward, Geoff ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 1 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 14 303 244 59 82 28 37 39

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