1971 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 29 May 1971 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round nine of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Frank Davis captained the hosts. Ross Smith captained the visitors with Bob Murray as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ian Ridley and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Melbourne (10.10.70) defeated St Kilda (10.7.67).

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 29 May 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 39,830

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 10.10.70 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 4 5 . 8 7 . 9 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
St Kilda 2 . 2 4 . 3 9 . 4 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin STKL by 4 MELB by 11 STKL by 7 MELB by 3 MELB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

St Kilda

Captain: Ross Smith
Vice-Captain: Bob Murray
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Sleeth

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 3 0 3 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 1 3
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 3 0 11 7 4 3 0 1 0
10 Burgmann, Lloyd ? ? 0 3 10 8 2 4 0 2 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 2 4 25 21 4 2 0 4 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 1 0 5 2
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 0 0 4 1
5 Gallus, John ? ? 1 0 8 5 3 4 4 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 8 0 3 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 6 19 0 1
9 Lakes, George ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 2 2
43 Lawrie, Gordon ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 0 4 3
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 6 1 2 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 1 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 1 16 11 5 8 0 0 1
23 Sinclair, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 5 0 3 5
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 5 2 2
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 2 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 10 269 229 40 65 29 41 37

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Bonney, John ? ? 0 1 26 22 4 7 0 1 6
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 1 29 19 10 6 1 4 0
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 5 1 13 11 2 4 0 2 4
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 5 8 2 3
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 1 3
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 0 1
13 Lawrence, Barry ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 7 0 1 1
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 1 0 16 16 0 10 5 1 0
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 0 0 0 2
6 Murray, Bob (vc) ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 0
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 17 3 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 6 9 4 5
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 4 1
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 1 0 1
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 2 1 28 25 3 2 0 6 4
33 Smythe, Keith ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 4 0 1 4
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 0 3 1
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 2 0 3 3
35 Ward, Geoff ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 7 299 253 46 75 41 37 41

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