1970 VFL Season Semi Final 1: St Kilda v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 1970 between St Kilda and South Melbourne in the first semi final of the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Ross Smith captained the hosts with Carl Ditterich as vice-captain. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

St Kilda (22.11.143) defeated South Melbourne (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: First Semi Final
Teams: St Kilda v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 September 1970
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 104,239

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. South Melbourne
Score: 22.11.143 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 6 . 1 9 . 3 14 . 8 22 . 11 22 . 11 (143)
South Melbourne 2 . 5 9 . 8 10 . 10 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin STKL by 20 SMLB by 5 STKL by 22 STKL by 53 STKL by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 1 2
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 2 2 19 16 3 6 0 1 5
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 7 0 1 2
10 Ditterich, Carl (vc) ? ? 3 0 19 15 4 7 8 1 2
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 3 1 17 12 5 4 0 1 3
16 Lilley, Jon ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 3 0
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 0 19 18 1 6 0 1 3
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 1 3 0 2
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 4 0 1 1
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 3 1
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 3 0 14 10 4 3 19 3 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 1 1 1
21 Pascoe, Bob ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 3 4 23 22 1 7 0 1 0
32 Rae, Stephen ? ? 4 2 18 15 3 4 0 1 2
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 1 0 28 21 7 4 0 4 4
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 2 0 9 5 4 2 0 1 1
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 1 22 21 1 1 0 5 0
35 Ward, Geoff ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 4 0 1 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 22 11 296 249 47 71 31 30 34

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 1 0 1 1
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 3 1 18 11 7 3 0 1 3
31 Bennett, Stuart ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 3 1 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 3 20 16 4 2 0 5 2
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 2 0 15 11 4 4 4 0 3
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 0
8 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 5 0 2 1
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 4 1 21 19 2 2 0 2 1
15 Jacobs, Graeme ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 0 2 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 4 0 1 1
37 Luke, Richard ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 3
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 2 0 4 3
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 5 0 1 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 4 2
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 1 27 19 8 1 0 1 1
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 3 2 14 10 4 6 2 2 2
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 3 0 4 2
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 1 13 10 3 5 19 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 12 293 232 61 54 28 34 30

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