1971 VFL Round 20: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 August 1971 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round 20 of the 1971 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Moorabbin Oval. Ross Smith captained the hosts. Frank Davis captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Ian Ridley.

St Kilda
R. Smith (capt.), N. Besanko, J. Bonney, B. Breen, G. Colling, A. Davis, C. Ditterich, G. Elliott, R. Galt, W. Judson, J. Manzie, J. McIntosh, J. Moran, B. Mynott, K. Neale, J. O'Dea, T. Payze, S. Rae, S. Theodore, S. Trott

Melbourne
F. Davis (capt.), S. Alves, B. Bourke, B. Brown, P. Callery, D. Clark, R. Dillon, J. Gallus, G. Hardeman, B. Jones, P. Keenan, S. McSpeerin, G. Molloy, G. Osborne, G. Parke, H. Ritterman, T. Sullivan, J. Tilbrook, M. Walker, G. Wells

St Kilda (14.11.95) defeated Melbourne (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: A. Davis (4), B. Breen (3), R. Smith (2), C. Ditterich, G. Elliott, B. Mynott, S. Rae, S. Trott
Melbourne: M. Walker (3), P. Keenan (2), P. Callery, D. Clark, G. Molloy, J. Tilbrook

As a result of this match, St Kilda remained 3rd on the ladder and Melbourne remained 6th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 August 1971
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 25,081

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 14.11.95 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 1 . 0 8 . 8 9 . 9 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Melbourne 4 . 7 5 . 7 7 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Margin MELB by 25 STKL by 19 STKL by 12 STKL by 31 STKL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Allan Jeans (St Kilda), Ian Ridley (Melbourne)
Captains: Ross Smith (St Kilda), Frank Davis (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Coates

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 0 3 2
1 Bonney, John ? ? 0 1 16 16 0 4 0 2 2
17 Breen, Barry ? ? 3 1 18 15 3 7 0 2 4
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 7 0 0 2
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 4 2 11 10 1 2 0 0 1
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 0 15 14 1 7 2 2 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 0 10 10 0 3 1 0 2
31 Galt, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 4 16 1 1
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 0 3 1
26 Manzie, John ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 1
9 McIntosh, John ? ? 0 0 27 23 4 10 0 4 1
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 0 2 5
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 3 16 3 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1
14 O'Dea, Jim ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 3 1
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 4 2
25 Rae, Stephen ? ? 1 1 9 7 2 0 0 1 2
3 Smith, Ross (c) ? ? 2 2 32 25 7 4 0 4 4
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 2
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 1 0 15 15 0 4 0 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 11 267 236 31 73 35 37 39

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan ? ? 0 1 19 16 3 3 0 6 2
14 Bourke, Barry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 1 2
37 Brown, Bruce ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 0
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 1 2 19 17 2 6 0 1 5
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 0 0 0 1
6 Davis, Frank (c) ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 0 4 1
24 Dillon, Ross ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 0 4 0
5 Gallus, John ? ? 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 0 4 4
34 Jones, Brent ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 6 21 0 1
50 McSpeerin, Shane ? ? 0 1 8 8 0 1 0 2 0
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 4 2 2 4
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 1
26 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 9 0 2 1
45 Ritterman, Henry ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 4 0 3 2
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 2 0 3 4
1 Walker, Max ? ? 3 1 10 9 1 5 5 1 4
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 3 18 16 2 5 0 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 10 253 223 30 70 28 39 37

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