1970 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1970 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Richmond Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Melbourne Reserves were the premiers, with Ian Ridley as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1970 VFLR Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 136

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Reserves Princes Park Graham Donaldson
Collingwood Reserves Victoria Park Neil Mann
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill
Fitzroy Reserves Junction Oval
Footscray Reserves Western Oval
Geelong Reserves Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Reserves Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne Reserves MCG Ian Ridley
North Melbourne Reserves Arden Street Oval
Richmond Reserves MCG Verdun Howell
South Melbourne Reserves Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Reserves Moorabbin Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne Reserves
Runners-Up: Richmond Reserves
Minor Premiers: Richmond Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Richmond Reserves 1st 17 -0- 5 68 132.1% 2,298 1,739 325 348 245 269
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 127.7% 2,407 1,885 343 349 268 277
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 16 -0- 6 64 125.3% 2,087 1,666 300 287 234 262
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 14 -0- 8 56 104.0% 2,111 2,030 299 317 290 290
Collingwood Reserves 5th 13 -0- 9 52 111.9% 2,178 1,947 314 294 276 291
Essendon Reserves 6th 12 -1- 9 50 98.3% 2,175 2,212 311 309 316 316
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 8 -1- 13 34 95.4% 2,093 2,193 298 305 316 297
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -1- 13 34 85.3% 1,875 2,199 267 273 311 333
Carlton Reserves 9th 7 -0- 15 28 91.1% 1,957 2,148 284 253 306 312
Footscray Reserves 10th 6 -2- 14 28 84.0% 1,675 1,993 238 247 283 295
Geelong Reserves 11th 6 -1- 15 26 85.1% 1,775 2,087 251 269 297 305
St Kilda Reserves 12th 5 -0- 17 20 74.5% 1,557 2,089 212 285 300 289

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Melbourne Reserves 1st Premiers
Richmond Reserves 2nd Runners-Up
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd Defeated by Melbourne Reserves (Preliminary Final)
Hawthorn Reserves 4th Defeated by North Melbourne Reserves (Semi Final)
Collingwood Reserves 5th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon Reserves 6th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy Reserves 7th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne Reserves 8th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton Reserves 9th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray Reserves 10th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong Reserves 11th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda Reserves 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/04/1970 Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 141 - 88
SAT 04/04/1970 Footscray (R) v Collingwood (R) Western Oval 77 - 70
SAT 04/04/1970 Hawthorn (R) v Geelong (R) Glenferrie Oval 96 - 98
SAT 04/04/1970 Richmond (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 97 - 104
SAT 04/04/1970 South Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 101 - 106
SAT 04/04/1970 St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 134 - 82

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda Reserves 1st 1 -0- 0 4 163.4% 134 82
Carlton Reserves 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 160.2% 141 88
Footscray Reserves 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 110.0% 77 70
Fitzroy Reserves 4th 1 -0- 0 4 107.2% 104 97
Melbourne Reserves 5th 1 -0- 0 4 105.0% 106 101
Geelong Reserves 6th 1 -0- 0 4 102.1% 98 96
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 0 -0- 1 0 98.0% 96 98
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 0 -0- 1 0 95.3% 101 106
Richmond Reserves 9th 0 -0- 1 0 93.3% 97 104
Collingwood Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 90.9% 70 77
Essendon Reserves 11th 0 -0- 1 0 62.4% 88 141
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 1 0 61.2% 82 134

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/04/1970 Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) Victoria Park 82 - 102
SAT 11/04/1970 Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) Windy Hill 108 - 108
SAT 11/04/1970 Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R) Junction Oval 54 - 94
SAT 11/04/1970 Geelong (R) v Carlton (R) Kardinia Park 113 - 99
SAT 11/04/1970 Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 87 - 103
SAT 11/04/1970 North Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 93 - 105

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda Reserves 1st 2 -0- 0 8 167.6% 228 136
Geelong Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 108.2% 211 195
Footscray Reserves 3rd 1 -1- 0 6 103.9% 185 178
Carlton Reserves 4th 1 -0- 1 4 119.4% 240 201
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 1 -0- 1 4 107.6% 199 185
Richmond Reserves 6th 1 -0- 1 4 107.0% 199 186
South Melbourne Reserves 7th 1 -0- 1 4 103.5% 206 199
Melbourne Reserves 8th 1 -0- 1 4 94.6% 193 204
Fitzroy Reserves 9th 1 -0- 1 4 82.7% 158 191
Essendon Reserves 10th 0 -1- 1 2 78.7% 196 249
Collingwood Reserves 11th 0 -0- 2 0 84.9% 152 179
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 0 73.2% 175 239

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/04/1970 Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) Victoria Park 120 - 119
SAT 18/04/1970 Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 106 - 87
SAT 18/04/1970 Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R) Western Oval 77 - 97
SAT 18/04/1970 North Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 64 - 116
SAT 18/04/1970 Richmond (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 172 - 93
SAT 18/04/1970 South Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Lakeside Oval 124 - 99

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda Reserves 1st 3 -0- 0 12 152.6% 325 213
Richmond Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 133.0% 371 279
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 115.3% 309 268
South Melbourne Reserves 4th 2 -0- 1 8 110.7% 330 298
Geelong Reserves 5th 2 -0- 1 8 99.0% 298 301
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 2 -0- 1 8 95.0% 264 278
Footscray Reserves 7th 1 -1- 1 6 95.3% 262 275
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 1 -0- 2 4 104.3% 318 305
Collingwood Reserves 9th 1 -0- 2 4 91.3% 272 298
Carlton Reserves 10th 1 -0- 2 4 89.3% 333 373
Essendon Reserves 11th 0 -1- 2 2 79.1% 295 373
North Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 3 0 67.3% 239 355

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/04/1970 Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 57 - 159
SAT 25/04/1970 Geelong (R) v Collingwood (R) Victoria Park 58 - 136
SAT 25/04/1970 Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R) Windy Hill 101 - 129
SAT 25/04/1970 Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Junction Oval 149 - 102
SAT 25/04/1970 South Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Western Oval 69 - 107
SAT 25/04/1970 St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R) Punt Road Oval 59 - 128

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 3 -0- 1 12 147.6% 499 338
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 123.8% 458 370
St Kilda Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 112.6% 384 341
Footscray Reserves 4th 2 -1- 1 10 107.3% 369 344
Collingwood Reserves 5th 2 -0- 2 8 114.6% 408 356
South Melbourne Reserves 6th 2 -0- 2 8 98.5% 399 405
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 2 -0- 2 8 85.7% 366 427
Geelong Reserves 8th 2 -0- 2 8 81.5% 356 437
Essendon Reserves 9th 1 -1- 2 6 89.5% 424 474
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 1 -0- 3 4 96.6% 398 412
Hawthorn Reserves 11th 1 -0- 3 4 96.5% 419 434
Carlton Reserves 12th 1 -0- 3 4 73.3% 390 532

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1970 Collingwood (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 85 - 96
SAT 02/05/1970 Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) Windy Hill 90 - 87
SAT 02/05/1970 Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 94 - 109
SAT 02/05/1970 Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Western Oval 51 - 60
SAT 02/05/1970 Richmond (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 84 - 80
SAT 02/05/1970 St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R) Moorabbin Oval 58 - 82

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 4 -0- 1 16 139.5% 583 418
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 121.8% 554 455
St Kilda Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 104.5% 442 423
Footscray Reserves 4th 2 -1- 2 10 104.0% 420 404
Essendon Reserves 5th 2 -1- 2 10 91.6% 514 561
Collingwood Reserves 6th 2 -0- 3 8 109.1% 493 452
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 2 -0- 3 8 100.2% 507 506
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 2 -0- 3 8 98.8% 479 485
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 2 -0- 3 8 98.0% 479 489
Fitzroy Reserves 10th 2 -0- 3 8 85.8% 460 536
Geelong Reserves 11th 2 -0- 3 8 84.1% 443 527
Carlton Reserves 12th 2 -0- 3 8 80.0% 472 590

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1970 Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 83 - 120
SAT 09/05/1970 Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) Kardinia Park 86 - 76
SAT 09/05/1970 Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 86 - 57
SAT 09/05/1970 Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 173 - 105
SAT 09/05/1970 North Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Arden Street Oval 70 - 131
SAT 09/05/1970 South Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Lakeside Oval 105 - 95

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 5 -0- 1 20 129.8% 727 560
Richmond Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 127.0% 640 504
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 3 12 119.5% 624 522
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 3 -0- 3 12 104.2% 565 542
St Kilda Reserves 5th 3 -0- 3 12 101.7% 537 528
South Melbourne Reserves 6th 3 -0- 3 12 100.0% 584 584
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 3 -0- 3 12 93.7% 580 619
Geelong Reserves 8th 3 -0- 3 12 87.7% 529 603
Footscray Reserves 9th 2 -1- 3 10 101.2% 496 490
Essendon Reserves 10th 2 -1- 3 10 84.3% 619 734
North Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 4 8 90.6% 577 637
Carlton Reserves 12th 2 -0- 4 8 78.2% 555 710

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1970 Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) Victoria Park 95 - 90
SAT 16/05/1970 Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 109 - 116
SAT 16/05/1970 Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) Western Oval 75 - 81
SAT 16/05/1970 Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 142 - 78
SAT 16/05/1970 South Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Lakeside Oval 81 - 64
SAT 16/05/1970 St Kilda (R) v Hawthorn (R) Moorabbin Oval 69 - 40

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 6 -0- 1 24 127.2% 808 635
Richmond Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 134.4% 782 582
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 117.5% 719 612
St Kilda Reserves 4th 4 -0- 3 16 106.7% 606 568
South Melbourne Reserves 5th 4 -0- 3 16 102.6% 665 648
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 3 -0- 4 12 99.0% 605 611
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 3 -0- 4 12 93.8% 670 714
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 3 -0- 4 12 92.9% 693 746
Geelong Reserves 9th 3 -0- 4 12 81.5% 607 745
Footscray Reserves 10th 2 -1- 4 10 100.0% 571 571
Essendon Reserves 11th 2 -1- 4 10 85.6% 728 850
Carlton Reserves 12th 2 -0- 5 8 78.3% 619 791

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1970 Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 48 - 115
SAT 23/05/1970 Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R) Junction Oval 102 - 98
SAT 23/05/1970 Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) Kardinia Park 59 - 71
SAT 23/05/1970 Hawthorn (R) v South Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 106 - 60
SAT 23/05/1970 Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 99 - 114
SAT 23/05/1970 North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Arden Street Oval 108 - 72

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 6 -0- 2 24 131.6% 896 681
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 121.1% 907 749
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 126.4% 834 660
St Kilda Reserves 4th 5 -0- 3 20 108.0% 677 627
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 4 -0- 4 16 106.0% 711 671
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 4 -0- 4 16 97.9% 801 818
South Melbourne Reserves 7th 4 -0- 4 16 96.2% 725 754
Fitzroy Reserves 8th 4 -0- 4 16 95.1% 772 812
Geelong Reserves 9th 3 -0- 5 12 81.6% 666 816
Footscray Reserves 10th 2 -1- 5 10 94.7% 643 679
Essendon Reserves 11th 2 -1- 5 10 86.8% 826 952
Carlton Reserves 12th 2 -0- 6 8 73.6% 667 906

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1970 Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 86 - 111
SAT 30/05/1970 Essendon (R) v Collingwood (R) Windy Hill 107 - 82
SAT 30/05/1970 Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 29 - 102
SAT 30/05/1970 Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 82 - 135
SAT 30/05/1970 South Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Lakeside Oval 86 - 95
SAT 30/05/1970 St Kilda (R) v Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 48 - 94

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 7 -0- 2 28 125.6% 1,001 797
Richmond Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 119.9% 978 816
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 4 20 119.4% 916 767
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 5 -0- 4 20 108.6% 822 757
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 5 -0- 4 20 104.0% 936 900
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 5 -0- 4 20 103.9% 874 841
St Kilda Reserves 7th 5 -0- 4 20 100.6% 725 721
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 4 -0- 5 16 95.5% 811 849
Geelong Reserves 9th 4 -0- 5 16 84.4% 761 902
Essendon Reserves 10th 3 -1- 5 14 90.2% 933 1,034
Footscray Reserves 11th 2 -1- 6 10 86.0% 672 781
Carlton Reserves 12th 2 -0- 7 8 74.0% 753 1,017

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/06/1970 Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) Victoria Park 98 - 56
SAT 06/06/1970 Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) Windy Hill 105 - 94
SAT 06/06/1970 Fitzroy (R) v South Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 190 - 74
SAT 06/06/1970 Footscray (R) v Carlton (R) Western Oval 77 - 72
SAT 06/06/1970 Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 113 - 101
SAT 06/06/1970 North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 52 - 72

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 8 -0- 2 32 124.1% 1,114 898
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 4 24 123.2% 1,014 823
Richmond Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 116.4% 1,072 921
Fitzroy Reserves 4th 6 -0- 4 24 116.3% 1,064 915
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 6 -0- 4 24 110.5% 894 809
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 5 -0- 5 20 101.6% 988 972
St Kilda Reserves 7th 5 -0- 5 20 95.4% 781 819
Essendon Reserves 8th 4 -1- 5 18 92.0% 1,038 1,128
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -0- 6 16 85.2% 885 1,039
Geelong Reserves 10th 4 -0- 6 16 84.9% 862 1,015
Footscray Reserves 11th 3 -1- 6 14 87.8% 749 853
Carlton Reserves 12th 2 -0- 8 8 75.4% 825 1,094

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 15/06/1970 Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 70 - 125
MON 15/06/1970 Geelong (R) v North Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 84 - 114
MON 15/06/1970 Hawthorn (R) v Fitzroy (R) Glenferrie Oval 64 - 45
MON 15/06/1970 Richmond (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 121 - 63
MON 15/06/1970 South Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Lakeside Oval 67 - 114
MON 15/06/1970 St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 101 - 105

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 9 -0- 2 36 128.0% 1,239 968
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 126.7% 1,128 890
Richmond Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 121.2% 1,193 984
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 7 -0- 4 28 112.2% 958 854
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 6 -0- 5 24 113.3% 1,109 979
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 6 -0- 5 24 104.4% 1,102 1,056
Essendon Reserves 7th 5 -1- 5 22 93.0% 1,143 1,229
St Kilda Reserves 8th 5 -0- 6 20 95.5% 882 924
Geelong Reserves 9th 4 -0- 7 16 83.8% 946 1,129
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 4 -0- 7 16 82.6% 952 1,153
Footscray Reserves 11th 3 -1- 7 14 83.4% 812 974
Carlton Reserves 12th 2 -0- 9 8 73.4% 895 1,219

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/06/1970 Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) Victoria Park 77 - 62
SAT 20/06/1970 Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) Windy Hill 82 - 56
SAT 20/06/1970 Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R) Junction Oval 58 - 101
SAT 20/06/1970 Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) Kardinia Park 78 - 108
SAT 20/06/1970 Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) VFL Park 86 - 92
SAT 20/06/1970 North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Arden Street Oval 83 - 65

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 9 -0- 3 36 125.0% 1,325 1,060
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 126.6% 1,205 952
Richmond Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 124.2% 1,294 1,042
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 8 -0- 4 32 114.4% 1,066 932
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 7 -0- 5 28 105.7% 1,185 1,121
Essendon Reserves 6th 6 -1- 5 26 95.3% 1,225 1,285
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 6 -0- 6 24 108.1% 1,167 1,080
St Kilda Reserves 8th 5 -0- 7 20 94.0% 947 1,007
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 5 -0- 7 20 84.3% 1,044 1,239
Geelong Reserves 10th 4 -0- 8 16 82.8% 1,024 1,237
Footscray Reserves 11th 3 -1- 8 14 83.2% 874 1,051
Carlton Reserves 12th 2 -0- 10 8 73.1% 951 1,301

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/06/1970 Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 86 - 57
SAT 27/06/1970 Footscray (R) v Essendon (R) Western Oval 73 - 83
SAT 27/06/1970 Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 52 - 96
SAT 27/06/1970 Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 129 - 50
SAT 27/06/1970 South Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 69 - 78
SAT 27/06/1970 St Kilda (R) v Fitzroy (R) Moorabbin Oval 79 - 84

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 10 -0- 3 40 127.8% 1,421 1,112
Richmond Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 130.3% 1,423 1,092
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 116.1% 1,255 1,081
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 8 -0- 5 32 108.8% 1,118 1,028
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 8 -0- 5 32 106.1% 1,263 1,190
Essendon Reserves 6th 7 -1- 5 30 96.3% 1,308 1,358
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 7 -0- 6 28 107.9% 1,251 1,159
St Kilda Reserves 8th 5 -0- 8 20 94.0% 1,026 1,091
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 5 -0- 8 20 84.5% 1,113 1,317
Geelong Reserves 10th 4 -0- 9 16 81.7% 1,081 1,323
Footscray Reserves 11th 3 -1- 9 14 83.5% 947 1,134
Carlton Reserves 12th 3 -0- 10 12 76.4% 1,037 1,358

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1970 Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 63 - 95
SAT 04/07/1970 Essendon (R) v South Melbourne (R) VFL Park 78 - 75
SAT 04/07/1970 Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R) Kardinia Park 110 - 110
SAT 04/07/1970 Hawthorn (R) v Collingwood (R) Glenferrie Oval 124 - 69
SAT 04/07/1970 Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 132 - 66
SAT 04/07/1970 St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R) Moorabbin Oval 67 - 71

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 11 -0- 3 44 131.8% 1,553 1,178
Richmond Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 131.4% 1,518 1,155
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 113.2% 1,242 1,097
Essendon Reserves 4th 8 -1- 5 34 96.7% 1,386 1,433
Collingwood Reserves 5th 8 -0- 6 32 109.9% 1,324 1,205
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 8 -0- 6 32 100.5% 1,329 1,322
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 7 -1- 6 30 107.2% 1,361 1,269
St Kilda Reserves 8th 5 -0- 9 20 94.1% 1,093 1,162
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 5 -0- 9 20 85.2% 1,188 1,395
Footscray Reserves 10th 4 -1- 9 18 84.8% 1,018 1,201
Geelong Reserves 11th 4 -1- 9 18 83.1% 1,191 1,433
Carlton Reserves 12th 3 -0- 11 12 75.7% 1,100 1,453

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1970 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Victoria Park 45 - 88
SAT 11/07/1970 Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) Windy Hill 94 - 100
SAT 11/07/1970 Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 114 - 143
SAT 11/07/1970 Footscray (R) v South Melbourne (R) Western Oval 76 - 76
SAT 11/07/1970 North Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 111 - 108
SAT 11/07/1970 Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 100 - 28

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 12 -0- 3 48 131.3% 1,696 1,292
Richmond Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 136.8% 1,618 1,183
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 112.7% 1,342 1,191
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 9 -0- 6 36 100.7% 1,440 1,430
Essendon Reserves 5th 8 -1- 6 34 96.5% 1,480 1,533
Collingwood Reserves 6th 8 -0- 7 32 105.9% 1,369 1,293
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 7 -1- 7 30 104.5% 1,475 1,412
Geelong Reserves 8th 5 -1- 9 22 86.5% 1,279 1,478
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 5 -1- 9 22 85.9% 1,264 1,471
St Kilda Reserves 10th 5 -0- 10 20 88.8% 1,121 1,262
Footscray Reserves 11th 4 -2- 9 20 85.7% 1,094 1,277
Carlton Reserves 12th 3 -0- 12 12 77.2% 1,208 1,564

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1970 Carlton (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 173 - 72
SAT 18/07/1970 Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) Kardinia Park 63 - 132
SAT 18/07/1970 Hawthorn (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 77 - 79
SAT 18/07/1970 Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 129 - 64
SAT 18/07/1970 North Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Arden Street Oval 131 - 77
SAT 18/07/1970 South Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Lakeside Oval 73 - 105

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 13 -0- 3 52 134.6% 1,825 1,356
Richmond Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 137.2% 1,723 1,256
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 111.7% 1,419 1,270
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 10 -0- 6 40 104.2% 1,571 1,507
Essendon Reserves 5th 9 -1- 6 38 101.0% 1,612 1,596
Collingwood Reserves 6th 8 -0- 8 32 100.8% 1,433 1,422
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 7 -1- 8 30 100.6% 1,552 1,543
Footscray Reserves 8th 5 -2- 9 24 86.6% 1,173 1,354
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 5 -1- 10 22 84.8% 1,337 1,576
Geelong Reserves 10th 5 -1- 10 22 83.4% 1,342 1,610
St Kilda Reserves 11th 5 -0- 11 20 83.1% 1,193 1,435
Carlton Reserves 12th 4 -0- 12 16 84.4% 1,381 1,636

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1970 Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 67 - 81
SAT 25/07/1970 Essendon (R) v Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 95 - 91
SAT 25/07/1970 Fitzroy (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 58 - 74
SAT 25/07/1970 Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) Western Oval 69 - 52
SAT 25/07/1970 Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 93 - 104
SAT 25/07/1970 St Kilda (R) v South Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 72 - 102

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 13 -0- 4 52 132.0% 1,916 1,451
Richmond Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 133.5% 1,816 1,360
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 111.7% 1,523 1,363
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 11 -0- 6 44 105.0% 1,652 1,574
Essendon Reserves 5th 10 -1- 6 42 101.2% 1,707 1,687
Collingwood Reserves 6th 8 -0- 9 32 99.8% 1,500 1,503
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 7 -1- 9 30 99.6% 1,610 1,617
Footscray Reserves 8th 6 -2- 9 28 88.3% 1,242 1,406
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 6 -1- 10 26 87.3% 1,439 1,648
Geelong Reserves 10th 5 -1- 11 22 83.0% 1,394 1,679
Carlton Reserves 11th 5 -0- 12 20 85.9% 1,455 1,694
St Kilda Reserves 12th 5 -0- 12 20 82.3% 1,265 1,537

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1970 Carlton (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 115 - 68
SAT 01/08/1970 Fitzroy (R) v Collingwood (R) Junction Oval 89 - 123
SAT 01/08/1970 Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 59 - 74
SAT 01/08/1970 Hawthorn (R) v St Kilda (R) Glenferrie Oval 98 - 40
SAT 01/08/1970 Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 116 - 109
SAT 01/08/1970 North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Arden Street Oval 116 - 72

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 14 -0- 4 56 130.3% 2,032 1,560
Richmond Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 133.2% 1,890 1,419
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 115.5% 1,621 1,403
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 12 -0- 6 48 107.4% 1,768 1,646
Essendon Reserves 5th 10 -1- 7 42 98.7% 1,779 1,803
Collingwood Reserves 6th 9 -0- 9 36 101.9% 1,623 1,592
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 7 -1- 10 30 97.6% 1,699 1,740
Footscray Reserves 8th 6 -2- 10 28 88.8% 1,351 1,522
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 6 -1- 11 26 85.5% 1,507 1,763
Carlton Reserves 10th 6 -0- 12 24 89.1% 1,570 1,762
Geelong Reserves 11th 5 -1- 12 22 82.9% 1,453 1,753
St Kilda Reserves 12th 5 -0- 13 20 79.8% 1,305 1,635

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1970 Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R) Victoria Park 125 - 103
SAT 08/08/1970 Essendon (R) v Fitzroy (R) Windy Hill 114 - 92
SAT 08/08/1970 Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R) Western Oval 80 - 110
SAT 08/08/1970 Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 98 - 92
SAT 08/08/1970 South Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Lakeside Oval 50 - 89
SAT 08/08/1970 St Kilda (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 50 - 88

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 14 -0- 5 56 131.6% 1,988 1,511
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 128.1% 2,124 1,658
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 117.7% 1,710 1,453
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 13 -0- 6 52 108.8% 1,878 1,726
Essendon Reserves 5th 11 -1- 7 46 99.9% 1,893 1,895
Collingwood Reserves 6th 10 -0- 9 40 103.1% 1,748 1,695
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 7 -1- 11 30 96.6% 1,791 1,854
Footscray Reserves 8th 6 -2- 11 28 87.7% 1,431 1,632
Geelong Reserves 9th 6 -1- 12 26 85.5% 1,541 1,803
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 6 -1- 12 26 84.1% 1,557 1,852
Carlton Reserves 11th 6 -0- 13 24 88.7% 1,673 1,887
St Kilda Reserves 12th 5 -0- 14 20 78.6% 1,355 1,723

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1970 Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R) Victoria Park 128 - 103
SAT 15/08/1970 Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R) Junction Oval 125 - 105
SAT 15/08/1970 Geelong (R) v South Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 89 - 105
SAT 15/08/1970 Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R) Glenferrie Oval 121 - 71
SAT 15/08/1970 Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 107 - 78
SAT 15/08/1970 North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Arden Street Oval 69 - 109

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 15 -0- 5 60 132.7% 2,097 1,580
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 128.5% 2,231 1,736
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 120.1% 1,831 1,524
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 13 -0- 7 52 106.1% 1,947 1,835
Essendon Reserves 5th 11 -1- 8 46 98.7% 1,996 2,023
Collingwood Reserves 6th 11 -0- 9 44 104.3% 1,876 1,798
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 8 -1- 11 34 97.8% 1,916 1,959
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 7 -1- 12 30 85.6% 1,662 1,941
Footscray Reserves 9th 6 -2- 12 28 87.4% 1,536 1,757
Geelong Reserves 10th 6 -1- 13 26 85.4% 1,630 1,908
Carlton Reserves 11th 6 -0- 14 24 86.9% 1,744 2,008
St Kilda Reserves 12th 5 -0- 15 20 78.3% 1,433 1,830

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1970 Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 152 - 57
SAT 22/08/1970 Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 88 - 93
SAT 22/08/1970 Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 138 - 78
SAT 22/08/1970 Richmond (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 117 - 77
SAT 22/08/1970 South Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Lakeside Oval 116 - 113
SAT 22/08/1970 St Kilda (R) v Collingwood (R) Moorabbin Oval 52 - 157

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 16 -0- 5 64 133.6% 2,214 1,657
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 16 -0- 5 64 127.4% 2,324 1,824
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 15 -0- 6 60 122.9% 1,969 1,602
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 13 -0- 8 52 102.6% 2,025 1,973
Collingwood Reserves 5th 12 -0- 9 48 109.9% 2,033 1,850
Essendon Reserves 6th 11 -1- 9 46 96.9% 2,073 2,140
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 8 -1- 12 34 97.8% 2,029 2,075
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -1- 12 34 86.6% 1,778 2,054
Carlton Reserves 9th 7 -0- 14 28 91.8% 1,896 2,065
Footscray Reserves 10th 6 -2- 13 28 83.4% 1,593 1,909
Geelong Reserves 11th 6 -1- 14 26 85.9% 1,718 2,001
St Kilda Reserves 12th 5 -0- 16 20 74.7% 1,485 1,987

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1970 Collingwood (R) v South Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 145 - 97
SAT 29/08/1970 Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R) Windy Hill 102 - 72
SAT 29/08/1970 Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) Junction Oval 64 - 118
SAT 29/08/1970 Footscray (R) v Richmond (R) Western Oval 82 - 84
SAT 29/08/1970 Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 83 - 61
SAT 29/08/1970 North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Arden Street Oval 86 - 57

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 17 -0- 5 68 132.1% 2,298 1,739
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 17 -0- 5 68 127.7% 2,407 1,885
Hawthorn Reserves 3rd 16 -0- 6 64 125.3% 2,087 1,666
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 14 -0- 8 56 104.0% 2,111 2,030
Collingwood Reserves 5th 13 -0- 9 52 111.9% 2,178 1,947
Essendon Reserves 6th 12 -1- 9 50 98.3% 2,175 2,212
Fitzroy Reserves 7th 8 -1- 13 34 95.4% 2,093 2,193
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 8 -1- 13 34 85.3% 1,875 2,199
Carlton Reserves 9th 7 -0- 15 28 91.1% 1,957 2,148
Footscray Reserves 10th 6 -2- 14 28 84.0% 1,675 1,993
Geelong Reserves 11th 6 -1- 15 26 85.1% 1,775 2,087
St Kilda Reserves 12th 5 -0- 17 20 74.5% 1,557 2,089

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1970 Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 61 - 68
SAT 12/09/1970 Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 144 - 102

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/09/1970 Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 90 - 63

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/09/1970 Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 104 - 106