1971 VFL Round 12: South Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 June 1971 between South Melbourne and Melbourne during round 12 of the 1971 VFL season. South Melbourne hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Bob Skilton captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Norm Smith and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

South Melbourne
B. Skilton (capt.), K. Baskin, P. Bedford, G. Brice, T. Carrodus, B. Davis, R. Gleeson, S. Hoffman, E. Hug, D. McLeish, N. Miller, J. Murphy, S. Officer, J. Pitura, J. Prentice, R. Quade, J. Rantall, G. Robertson, W. Walsh, F. Way

Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), S. Alves, R. Biffin, B. Bourke, P. Callery, D. Clark, M. Collins, J. Gallus, G. Hardeman, P. Keenan, R. McKenzie, G. Molloy, G. Osborne, G. Parke, T. Rollinson, T. Sullivan, J. Tilbrook, J. Townsend, M. Walker, G. Wells

South Melbourne (2.6.18) were defeated by Melbourne (6.13.49).

Goalkickers
South Melbourne: S. Hoffman (2)
Melbourne: J. Townsend (3), J. Gallus, P. Keenan, G. Parke

As a result of this match, South Melbourne remained 11th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: South Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 June 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 12,492

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Melbourne
Score: 2.6.18 - 6.13.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 0 2 . 3 2 . 5 2 . 6 2 . 6 (18)
Melbourne 1 . 6 2 . 9 5 . 11 6 . 13 6 . 13 (49)
Margin level MELB by 6 MELB by 24 MELB by 31 MELB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Norm Smith (South Melbourne), Ian Ridley (Melbourne)
Captains: Bob Skilton (South Melbourne), Frank Davis (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Sheales

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baskin, Keith ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 2
11 Bedford, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 4 0
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 2 12 10 2 3 0 3 4
38 Carrodus, Trevor ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Davis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 1 2
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 0 0
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 0 19 15 4 3 0 3 2
2 Hug, Ernie ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 2 1 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 0 1
13 Miller, Neville ? ? 0 1 11 11 0 6 0 2 4
6 Murphy, John ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 1 0 0 2
3 Officer, Stephen ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
21 Pitura, John ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 4 3
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 0 1 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 3 0 6 7
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 0 4 2
34 Robertson, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 0 1 4
14 Skilton, Bob (c) ? ? 0 0 28 21 7 4 0 3 4
10 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 1 0 3 4
30 Way, Fred ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 22 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 2 6 256 209 47 50 24 39 44

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 26 21 5 7 0 2 2
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 1 1
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 7 11 11 0 4 0 2 2
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 2 0 4 0
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 1 0 2 0
28 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 5 1
5 Gallus, John ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 2 0 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 2 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 2 26 3 3
2 McKenzie, Robert ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 4 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 5 0 2 8
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 2 5
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 0 14 6 8 6 0 2 2
3 Rollinson, Trevor ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 5 3
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 1 10 9 1 4 1 1 3
16 Townsend, John ? ? 3 2 16 13 3 5 0 3 2
1 Walker, Max ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 4 0 3 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 13 231 196 35 56 29 44 39

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