1971 VFL Season Round 1: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 April 1971 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round one of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Bob Skilton captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Norm Smith.

Melbourne (24.21.165) defeated South Melbourne (7.18.60).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 April 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,727

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 24.21.165 - 7.18.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 5 . 5 10 . 8 15 . 13 24 . 21 24 . 21 (165)
South Melbourne 1 . 3 4 . 11 6 . 14 7 . 18 7 . 18 (60)
Margin MELB by 26 MELB by 33 MELB by 53 MELB by 105 MELB by 105
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 20 13 7 6 0 2 0
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 0 1 5
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 3 4 16 14 2 6 0 1 1
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 3 2 12 12 0 4 0 1 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 1 20 15 5 5 0 2 0
22 Carr, Ray ? ? 1 1 5 5 0 3 0 0 0
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 2 25 24 1 4 0 3 3
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 2 2
5 Gallus, John ? ? 3 1 8 8 0 4 10 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 1 1 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 7 19 1 0
9 Lakes, George ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 4 0 0 3
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 1 1 18 16 2 2 0 2 1
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 2 1 18 13 5 3 4 2 3
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 2 0 16 11 5 8 0 1 1
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 0 4 2
16 Townsend, John ? ? 3 4 31 23 8 4 0 0 1
25 Weekes, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 3 2 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 24 21 272 234 38 74 37 25 27

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 2 1 19 12 7 3 0 3 0
34 Brandt, Graham ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 2 10 10 0 2 0 0 4
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 8 0 0 2
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 4 0
50 Haenen, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 3 0
2 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 12 2 0 1
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 0
25 McAuliffe, Haydn ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 1 0 1 1
22 McCracken, Peter ? ? 1 3 13 13 0 3 0 2 2
35 McKew, Shane ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 2 0 0 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 2 2
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 4 0 1 2
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 0 0
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 1 2 16 11 5 4 0 2 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 1 2
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 1 0 24 20 4 3 0 2 0
20 Sudholz, John ? ? 0 5 8 7 1 4 4 2 2
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 3 4
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 3 30 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 18 247 206 41 60 36 27 25

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