1970 VFL Season Round 21: South Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 22 August 1970 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round twenty-one of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Kevin Murray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Bill Stephen.

South Melbourne (14.15.99) defeated Fitzroy (10.20.80).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 22 August 1970
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 20,029

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.15.99 - 10.20.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 3 8 . 5 12 . 13 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Fitzroy 5 . 2 6 . 5 6 . 14 10 . 20 10 . 20 (80)
Margin FITZ by 17 SMLB by 12 SMLB by 35 SMLB by 19 SMLB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Fitzroy

Captain: Kevin Murray
Coach: Bill Stephen

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Jolley

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 3 1 21 11 10 3 0 4 1
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 17 2 5
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 6 0 5 5
32 Catlin, Sid ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 2 1 18 14 4 7 1 2 3
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 3 2
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 6 1 0 1
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 4 2
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 5 0 2 1
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 3 0 0 3
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 1 22 19 3 2 0 6 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 3 0 0 4
13 Miller, Neville ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 2
6 Murphy, John ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 2 0 0 2
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 0 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 0 2 1
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 3 0 25 17 8 5 0 6 2
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 4 3 9 7 2 5 2 3 5
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 2 34 32 2 8 0 7 0
38 Wetzel, Ron ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 15 289 224 65 65 21 47 41

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
32 Crow, Russell ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 24 2 4
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 9 0 3 1
19 Herrod, Darryl ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 0 1
8 Ireland, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 3 18 15 3 1 0 2 3
31 Lazarus, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 2 0
4 McKenzie, Barry ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 3 9 2 2
5 Murphy, John ? ? 2 5 32 31 1 6 0 5 3
1 Murray, Kevin (c) ? ? 0 1 17 12 5 5 0 1 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 2 2 12 8 4 1 0 0 5
37 Renwick, Graeme ? ? 2 5 16 15 1 7 0 3 2
26 Rheinberger, Cec ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 2 4
15 Rhodes, David ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 2
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 2 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 5 0 1 1
34 Searl, Doug ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 2 0 1 1
24 Sykes, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 4 5
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 1 2
33 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 20 20 0 6 0 4 3
11 Zunneberg, Noel ? ? 1 0 18 17 1 8 0 3 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 20 266 234 32 70 33 41 47

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