1971 VFL Season 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 twelve of the 1971 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (2.6.18) were defeated by Melbourne (6.13.49).

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Bob Skilton
Coach: Norm Smith

Melbourne

Captain: Frank Davis
Coach: Ian Ridley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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