1970 VFL Semi Final 2: Collingwood v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 1970 between Collingwood and Carlton in the second semi final of the 1970 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Carlton at MCG. Terry Waters captained the hosts with Wayne Richardson as vice-captain. John Nicholls captained the visitors with, in the absence of Wes Lofts, deputy vice-captain Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Collingwood
T. Waters (capt.), W. Richardson (vice-capt.), L. Adamson, C. Britt, J. Clifton, R. Dean, R. Dunne, P. Eakins, J. Greening, B. Heard, G. Jenkin, P. McKenna, D. O'Callaghan, T. Potter, B. Price, M. Richardson, L. Thompson, D. Tuddenham, C. Tully, R. Watt

Carlton
J. Nicholls (capt.), R. Walls (vice-capt.), N. Chandler, G. Crane, B. Crosswell, A. Gallagher, B. Gill, J. Goold, K. Hall, T. Hopkins, S. Jackson, A. Jesaulenko, P. Jones, D. McKay, B. Mulcair, B. Quirk, I. Robertson, S. Silvagni, B. Thornley, V. Waite

Collingwood (17.16.118) defeated Carlton (17.6.108).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: P. McKenna (9), L. Thompson (4), R. Dunne, M. Richardson, D. Tuddenham, T. Waters
Carlton: A. Jesaulenko (8), T. Hopkins (2), B. Thornley (2), B. Crosswell, A. Gallagher, K. Hall, S. Jackson, R. Walls

As a result of this match, Collingwood faced Carlton in the grand final and Carlton faced St Kilda in the preliminary final.

Match Details

Season: 1970 VFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Collingwood v Carlton
Date: Saturday 12 September 1970
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 112,838

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Carlton
Score: 17.16.118 - 17.6.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 2 9 . 7 12 . 11 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
Carlton 5 . 0 9 . 2 14 . 3 17 . 6 17 . 6 (108)
Margin COLL by 2 COLL by 5 CARL by 4 COLL by 10 COLL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Collingwood), Ron Barassi (Carlton)
Captains: Terry Waters (Collingwood), John Nicholls (Carlton)
Vice-Captains: Wayne Richardson (Collingwood), Robert Walls (Carlton)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Crouch

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 4 6
27 Britt, Con ? ? 0 2 16 15 1 6 0 4 4
21 Clifton, Jeff ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 3 2
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 1 3 2
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 6 4 3 2
10 Eakins, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 0 2
22 Greening, John ? ? 0 1 17 14 3 1 0 2 0
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 8 14 4 8
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 9 5 14 14 0 7 0 2 2
29 O'Callaghan, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 2 0 2 2
3 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 2 3
5 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 3 0 2 0
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 1 1 16 14 2 3 0 1 3
2 Richardson, Wayne (vc) ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 5 0 3 2
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 4 1 12 9 3 5 7 3 2
8 Tuddenham, Des ? ? 1 6 25 22 3 2 0 2 3
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 4 2
1 Waters, Terry (c) ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 5 0 2 0
23 Watt, Ricky ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 16 278 245 33 71 26 46 45

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
22 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 4 0 0 2
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 5 0 1 2
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 1
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 1 1
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 1 0 7 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 1 0 2 3
7 Hopkins, Ted ? ? 2 2 11 9 2 3 0 0 2
5 Jackson, Syd ? ? 1 4 12 9 3 2 0 4 4
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 8 0 18 15 3 4 0 3 0
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 1 1
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 10 0 0 4
35 Mulcair, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 2 0
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 8 8 7 3
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 4 4
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 1 3
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 0 0 2 4
13 Thornley, Bert ? ? 2 0 13 11 2 0 0 4 4
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 1 3 5
42 Walls, Robert (avc) ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 2 0 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 6 245 207 38 51 19 45 46

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