1970 VFL season

74th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL) December 2017 December 2021 vfl_premiership 1970 12 10 15 Consolation series 4 136 3321925 121,696 Peter Hudson () Peter Bedford () 1969 1971 The 1970 VFL season was the 74th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, and ran from 4 April until 26 September. It was the first season to play comprise a 22-game home-and-away season, which became the standard for the following fifty years, and which was followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The season saw the opening of the league's privately owned stadium, VFL Park, in Mulgrave. The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the tenth time, after it defeated by ten points in the 1970 VFL Grand Final. A crowd of 121,696 attended the match, the all-time record for the highest Australian rules football crowd. Background In 1970, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances. Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 22 rounds; matches 12 to 22 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 11. Once the 22 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1970 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system. Home-and-away season Round 1 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 21.19 (145) | | 14.12 (96) | Princes Park | 23,948 | 4 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.16 (100) | | 7.6 (48) | Moorabbin Oval | 21,429 | 4 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.14 (68) | | 14.9 (93) | Lake Oval | 15,242 | 4 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.12 (126) | | 21.9 (135) | Glenferrie Oval | 20,509 | 4 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.12 (84) | | 23.10 (148) | Western Oval | 26,596 | 4 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.12 (96) | | 16.20 (116) | MCG | 38,617 | 5 April 1970 Round 2 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.11 (59) | | 8.12 (60) | Arden Street Oval | 10,986 | 11 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.9 (51) | | 23.23 (161) | Junction Oval | 22,857 | 11 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.14 (74) | | 14.22 (106) | Windy Hill | 19,380 | 11 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.19 (133) | | 13.16 (94) | Victoria Park | 35,318 | 11 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.12 (96) | | 11.19 (85) | MCG | 25,575 | 11 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.9 (81) | | 16.7 (103) | Kardinia Park | 28,302 | 11 April 1970 Round 3 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.23 (107) | | 10.14 (74) | Western Oval | 17,972 | 18 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.24 (108) | | 15.11 (101) | Victoria Park | 24,532 | 18 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.13 (121) | | 8.16 (64) | Arden Street Oval | 10,182 | 18 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.17 (89) | | 15.10 (100) | Lake Oval | 14,726 | 18 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.12 (114) | | 15.11 (101) | MCG | 46,373 | 18 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.11 (53) | | 17.12 (114) | VFL Park | 27,557 | 18 April 1970 Round 4 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.16 (112) | | 13.15 (93) | Princes Park | 20,540 | 25 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.19 (109) | | 7.12 (54) | Moorabbin Oval | 32,147 | 25 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.19 (121) | | 13.13 (91) | MCG | 22,909 | 25 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.10 (70) | | 16.14 (110) | Glenferrie Oval | 19,017 | 25 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.9 (93) | | 14.17 (101) | Kardinia Park | 35,654 | 25 April 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.11 (77) | | 9.6 (60) | VFL Park | 24,371 | 25 April 1970 Round 5 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.13 (49) | | 10.11 (71) | MCG | 23,084 | 2 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.13 (79) | | 11.10 (76) | Western Oval | 19,610 | 2 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 5.24 (54) | | 7.7 (49) | Junction Oval | 7,450 | 2 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.14 (68) | | 14.4 (88) | Windy Hill | 16,077 | 2 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.9 (57) | | 12.14 (86) | Moorabbin Oval | 22,800 | 2 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.17 (65) | | 8.9 (57) | VFL Park | 28,454 | 2 May 1970 Round 6 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 23.9 (147) | | 15.20 (110) | Princes Park | 20,022 | 9 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.25 (79) | | 9.8 (62) | Lake Oval | 20,312 | 9 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.15 (123) | | 11.11 (77) | Kardinia Park | 21,139 | 9 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.12 (72) | | 7.15 (57) | MCG | 34,219 | 9 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.6 (66) | | 17.30 (132) | Arden Street Oval | 20,091 | 9 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 20.10 (130) | | 21.11 (137) | VFL Park | 26,133 | 9 May 1970 Round 7 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.14 (68) | | 7.4 (46) | Western Oval | 16,346 | 16 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.15 (105) | | 9.18 (72) | Victoria Park | 22,774 | 16 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.21 (81) | | 8.8 (56) | Moorabbin Oval | 17,618 | 16 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.20 (116) | | 15.2 (92) | MCG | 43,435 | 16 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 23.12 (150) | | 10.13 (73) | Lake Oval | 28,395 | 16 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.12 (60) | | 9.22 (76) | VFL Park | 13,339 | 16 May 1970 Round 8 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.10 (100) | | 18.19 (127) | MCG | 36,064 | 23 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 21.20 (146) | | 12.12 (84) | Glenferrie Oval | 17,063 | 23 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.5 (89) | | 12.9 (81) | Kardinia Park | 20,942 | 23 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.13 (67) | | 13.18 (96) | Arden Street Oval | 13,475 | 23 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.14 (68) | | 11.5 (71) | Junction Oval | 12,264 | 23 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.13 (85) | | 16.12 (108) | VFL Park | 55,332 | 23 May 1970 Round 9 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.14 (74) | | 15.16 (106) | Princes Park | 19,298 | 30 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.17 (77) | | 15.7 (97) | MCG | 22,284 | 30 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.12 (96) | | 7.11 (53) | Moorabbin Oval | 19,393 | 30 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 19.14 (128) | | 10.18 (78) | Lake Oval | 19,794 | 30 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.15 (93) | | 11.21 (87) | Windy Hill | 24,936 | 30 May 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.13 (79) | | 12.9 (81) | VFL Park | 10,292 | 30 May 1970 Round 10 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.9 (93) | | 12.19 (91) | Junction Oval | 16,971 | 6 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.13 (97) | | 15.14 (104) | Windy Hill | 20,650 | 6 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.23 (107) | | 15.10 (100) | Victoria Park | 30,858 | 6 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.14 (74) | | 13.13 (91) | MCG | 27,665 | 6 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.14 (104) | | 14.10 (94) | Western Oval | 22,262 | 6 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.8 (62) | | 11.9 (75) | VFL Park | 14,214 | 6 June 1970 Round 11 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.17 (83) | | 9.10 (64) | Kardinia Park | 19,133 | 15 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 22.15 (147) | | 9.8 (62) | Princes Park | 18,760 | 15 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 22.15 (147) | | 13.12 (90) | MCG | 41,866 | 15 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.12 (120) | | 12.8 (80) | Glenferrie Oval | 14,489 | 15 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.15 (111) | | 16.14 (110) | Lake Oval | 35,567 | 15 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.21 (69) | | 8.9 (57) | VFL Park | 21,105 | 15 June 1970 Round 12 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 5.10 (40) | | 11.5 (71) | Arden Street Oval | 10,007 | 20 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.15 (99) | | 10.11 (71) | Kardinia Park | 12,698 | 20 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.11 (83) | | 8.9 (57) | Junction Oval | 14,541 | 20 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.16 (64) | | 7.9 (51) | Victoria Park | 23,008 | 20 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.16 (76) | | 12.9 (81) | Windy Hill | 20,270 | 20 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.6 (78) | | 12.10 (82) | VFL Park | 13,962 | 20 June 1970 Round 13 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.17 (113) | | 11.8 (74) | Glenferrie Oval | 13,196 | 27 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.21 (93) | | 11.14 (80) | Princes Park | 25,519 | 27 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.9 (105) | | 14.12 (96) | Lake Oval | 12,407 | 27 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.14 (80) | | 8.11 (59) | Moorabbin Oval | 17,073 | 27 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.12 (78) | | 9.8 (62) | Western Oval | 18,817 | 27 June 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.13 (79) | | 9.13 (67) | VFL Park | 23,939 | 27 June 1970 Round 14 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.19 (85) | | 11.11 (77) | MCG | 13,975 | 4 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.12 (78) | | 7.7 (49) | Princes Park | 26,895 | 4 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.16 (52) | | 6.10 (46) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,415 | 4 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 20.8 (128) | | 13.16 (94) | Kardinia Park | 15,304 | 4 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.7 (115) | | 13.13 (91) | Glenferrie Oval | 19,587 | 4 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 5.10 (40) | | 11.5 (71) | VFL Park | 13,238 | 4 July 1970 Round 15 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.15 (81) | | 7.21 (63) | MCG | 38,037 | 11 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.4 (40) | | 13.10 (88) | Western Oval | 21,921 | 11 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.18 (90) | | 8.14 (62) | Junction Oval | 9,467 | 11 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.8 (62) | | 21.4 (130) | Windy Hill | 13,174 | 11 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.15 (93) | | 8.16 (64) | Victoria Park | 28,847 | 11 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 4.7 (31) | | 13.21 (99) | VFL Park | 12,572 | 11 July 1970 Round 16 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.14 (110) | | 10.11 (71) | Princes Park | 22,988 | 18 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.9 (75) | | 12.17 (89) | Lake Oval | 25,651 | 18 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.17 (95) | | 18.14 (122) | Arden Street Oval | 8,443 | 18 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.16 (106) | | 8.17 (65) | Kardinia Park | 17,220 | 18 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.19 (61) | | 10.16 (76) | MCG | 36,044 | 18 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 23.9 (147) | | 6.12 (48) | VFL Park | 14,151 | 18 July 1970 Round 17 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.14 (92) | | 11.6 (72) | Moorabbin Oval | 20,851 | 25 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.15 (87) | | 7.14 (56) | Western Oval | 14,660 | 25 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.17 (125) | | 12.17 (89) | Windy Hill | 9,755 | 25 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.21 (105) | | 8.8 (56) | Victoria Park | 15,678 | 25 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 15.15 (105) | | 11.17 (83) | MCG | 55,740 | 25 July 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.7 (61) | | 10.11 (71) | VFL Park | 13,828 | 25 July 1970 Round 18 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.11 (77) | | 14.18 (102) | Glenferrie Oval | 16,698 | 1 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.17 (83) | | 10.19 (79) | Princes Park | 27,271 | 1 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.13 (61) | | 10.15 (75) | MCG | 16,591 | 1 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.13 (91) | | 16.22 (118) | Arden Street Oval | 8,952 | 1 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.9 (75) | | 17.15 (117) | Junction Oval | 18,760 | 1 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.10 (88) | | 8.13 (61) | VFL Park | 26,378 | 1 August 1970 Round 19 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.23 (83) | | 11.15 (81) | Western Oval | 13,118 | 8 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.16 (88) | | 14.10 (94) | Windy Hill | 13,572 | 8 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.10 (64) | | 18.10 (118) | MCG | 25,158 | 8 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.7 (103) | | 13.8 (86) | Lake Oval | 17,437 | 8 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.23 (101) | | 2.12 (24) | Victoria Park | 39,959 | 8 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.16 (88) | | 5.7 (37) | VFL Park | 29,667 | 8 August 1970 Round 20 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.6 (48) | | 16.10 (106) | Arden Street Oval | 8,837 | 15 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.14 (74) | | 11.15 (81) | Kardinia Park | 29,918 | 15 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.10 (82) | | 11.14 (80) | Junction Oval | 11,398 | 15 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 24.16 (160) | | 11.13 (79) | Victoria Park | 24,785 | 15 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.9 (87) | | 18.9 (117) | Glenferrie Oval | 20,841 | 15 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 7.14 (56) | | 17.14 (116) | VFL Park | 22,570 | 15 August 1970 Round 21 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 21.14 (140) | | 9.20 (74) | Glenferrie Oval | 8,061 | 22 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.12 (108) | | 13.18 (96) | Kardinia Park | 13,670 | 22 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 18.14 (122) | | 17.6 (108) | Princes Park | 21,568 | 22 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.15 (99) | | 10.20 (80) | Lake Oval | 20,071 | 22 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 23.13 (151) | | 11.11 (77) | MCG | 25,862 | 22 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 14.14 (98) | | 16.12 (108) | Moorabbin Oval | 38,222 | 22 August 1970 Round 22 |- ! Home team ! Home team score ! Away team ! Away team score ! Venue ! Crowd ! Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.10 (82) | | 10.12 (72) | Western Oval | 16,672 | 29 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.11 (65) | | 18.16 (124) | Junction Oval | 11,626 | 29 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.11 (59) | | 14.19 (103) | Windy Hill | 14,310 | 29 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 22.15 (147) | | 7.9 (51) | Victoria Park | 41,451 | 29 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.11 (83) | | 6.6 (42) | Arden Street Oval | 6,435 | 29 August 1970 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.15 (87) | | 14.17 (101) | MCG | 40,973 | 29 August 1970 Ladder (P) Premiers Qualified for finals |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 1 || align=left | || 22 || 18 || 4 || 0 || 2333 || 1709 || 136.5 || 72 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 2 || align=left | (P) || 22 || 16 || 6 || 0 || 2146 || 1911 || 112.3 || 64 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 3 || align=left | || 22 || 14 || 8 || 0 || 1926 || 1532 || 125.7 || 56 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 4 || align=left | || 22 || 14 || 8 || 0 || 1914 || 1828 || 104.7 || 56 |- | 5 || align=left | || 22 || 12 || 10 || 0 || 1949 || 1903 || 102.4 || 48 |- | 6 || align=left | || 22 || 12 || 10 || 0 || 2029 || 1998 || 101.6 || 48 |- | 7 || align=left | || 22 || 11 || 11 || 0 || 1728 || 1894 || 91.2 || 44 |- | 8 || align=left | || 22 || 10 || 12 || 0 || 2264 || 1986 || 114.0 || 40 |- | 9 || align=left | || 22 || 9 || 13 || 0 || 1774 || 2155 || 82.3 || 36 |- | 10 || align=left | || 22 || 6 || 16 || 0 || 1705 || 2043 || 83.5 || 24 |- | 11 || align=left | || 22 || 6 || 16 || 0 || 1734 || 2128 || 81.5 || 24 |- | 12 || align=left | || 22 || 4 || 18 || 0 || 1574 || 1989 || 79.1 || 16 |} Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points forAverage score: 87.4Source: AFL Tables Finals series Semi-finals Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinalSt Kilda6.1 (37)9.3 (57)14.8 (92)22.11 (143)South Melbourne2.5 (17)9.8 (62)10.10 (70)13.12 (90)Attendance: 110.467 Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinalCollingwood5.2 (32)9.7 (61)12.11 (83)17.16 (118)Carlton5.0 (30)9.2 (56)14.3 (87)17.6 (108)Attendance: 109,345 Preliminary final Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinalCarlton2.6 (18)6.12 (48)13.16 (94)17.21 (123)St Kilda1.4 (10)4.12 (36)6.16 (52)7.19 (61)Attendance: 102,118 Grand final 1970 VFL Grand Final Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinalCarlton0.3 (3)4.5 (29)12.5 (77)17.9 (111)Collingwood4.8 (32) 10.13 (73)13.16 (94)14.17 (101)Attendance: 121,696 Consolation Night Series Competition The consolation night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the home and away rounds. Final: 13.17 (95) defeated Melbourne 13.15 (93). Season notes Unhappy with their treatment over the three seasons they spent at Princes Park, Fitzroy moved their home ground to the Junction Oval in St Kilda. VFL Park was opened. As part of accommodating the neutral ground, the 1970 VFL season was extended to 22 rounds, with each of the 12 clubs to play three games at VFL Park. The idea was that six clubs would play ten games on their home grounds, and the other six would play nine home ground matches. In 1971, the home ground advantage would be reversed, so that those teams that had nine home ground games in 1970 would play ten home ground games in 1971 and vice versa.3 December 1968 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QAYRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z5MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7027%2C292390 Eighteen matches at Waverley in 1970 25 The Age On Monday 9 March, the Victoria representative team played a match under Gaelic football rules against the 1969 All-Ireland Senior football champions, Kerry, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Kerry 4-11 defeated Victoria 2–10.The Sun News-Pictorial 69 Melbourne Tom Prior 10 March 1970 Those Irish aces strike Essendon's Don McKenzie, Geoff Gosper, Darryl Gerlach, Geoff Pryor, and Barry Davis, and Collingwood's Len Thompson and Des Tuddenham did not play in Round 1 due to separate disputes over player payments with their respective clubs (see Dispute over player payments). The second half of the Round 1 match between Richmond and Fitzroy, played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday, 5 April 1970, was attended by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales (now Charles III) and Anne, Princess Royal, who were present as part of the 1970 royal tour commemorating the bicentenary of the first voyage of James Cook. The royals met the players on the field at half time and were present to unfurl Richmond's 1969 premiership flag before watching the second half. The match was specially scheduled to accommodate the royals' itinerary; it was the first VFL match played on a Sunday, and the second half was televised live in spite of the rules which normally precluded live telecasts of VFL matches.https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1217888/the-day-the-queen-joined-the-tiger-army-at-the-g The day the Queen joined the Tiger Army at the 'G' 9 September 2022 24 October 2022 Richmond Football Club Tony Greenberg In Round 10, Collingwood trailed St Kilda by 60 points late in the second quarter, before coming back in the second half to win by seven points. It set a new record for the biggest comeback in VFL history which stood until 1999.https://www.afl.com.au/news/1152911/biggest-comeback-wins-in-vflafl-history-collingwood-magpies-surpass-the-miracle-on-grass 16 June 2024 29 June 2024 Australian Football League Biggest comebacks in history: Pies surpass the 'Miracle on Grass' Martin Smith The half-time deficit of the 52-point deficit remains, as of 2025, the greatest half-time deficit by a winning side.https://afltables.com/afl/teams/allteams/gamer.html#17 Game Records 29 June 2024 AFL Tables The 1970 season was the first in which three full-forwards (Alex Jesaulenko, Peter McKenna, and Peter Hudson) kicked at least 100 goals in a home-and-away season.Since equalled only in 1993 by Tony Modra, Gary Ablett Sr. and Jason Dunstall. Hudson's 146 goals remains the highest tally on record for a home-and-away season,See 100 Goals in a Season https://afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/100gs.html AFL Tables although only the third-highest overall total. South Melbourne ended the second-longest finals drought in league history (twenty-four seasons) by finishing fourth, making the finals for the first time since 1945.Hawthorn, after entering the league in 1925, did not make the finals until its thirty-third season in 1957 In Round 5, Ted Whitten played his 321st senior VFL game, breaking the record set by Dick Reynolds. Whitten retired after this match. On Monday 31 August HSV-7 broadcast the first live Brownlow Medal count. In the 1970 Second Semi-Final, Carlton's Syd Jackson was reported for striking Collingwood defender Lee Adamson. Carlton president George Harris, eager to have Jackson in his Grand Final team, devised the strategy of having the club's advocate to assert to the tribunal (on Jackson's behalf) that Jackson had been provoked by an extended series of racial taunts from Adamson, including repeatedly calling him "Sambo" and, furthermore, stating that Jackson would respond in the same way to any future vilification. The tribunal took the stance that the VFL had to be seen to protect its only top-level Aboriginal footballer at the time, and they immediately exonerated him, without hearing Adamson's side of the story, stating that Jackson had no case to answer.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OOFUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6778%2C3735634 Carter Ron Adamson Denies Jackson's Claim The Age 30 September 1970 30 The 1970 Grand Final between and was considered to be the most memorable Grand Final in VFL/AFL history. Collingwood had a great lead over Carlton during most of the game, however Carlton managed to come back and win the Grand Final by 10 points. Awards Major awards The 1970 VFL Premiership team was Carlton. The VFL's leading goalkicker was Peter Hudson of Hawthorn who kicked 146 goals. The winner of the 1970 Brownlow Medal was Peter Bedford of South Melbourne with 25 votes. North Melbourne took the "wooden spoon" in 1970. The reserves premiership was won by for the second consecutive year. Melbourne 16.10 (106) defeated 16.8 (104) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26 September.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 28 September 1970 Demons in on error 57 Leading goalkickers Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the player led the goalkicking at the end of that round. DNP = did not play in that round. Player12345678910111213141516171819202122SFPFGFTotal 1 Peter Hudson 88 412 820 323 629 837 340 1353 659 564 771 374 377 986 894 11105 2107 9116 6122 4126 9135 11146 146 2 Peter McKenna 1111 718 624 731 132 DNP DNP 840545 550 757 663467 572 476 379382 991 9100 121127119 9128 9137 6143 143 3 Alex Jesaulenko 99 615 621 526 430 1040 343 447 350 656 763 366 066 167 269 978 381 485 186 490 595 5100810841123115 115 4 Doug Wade 66 39 716 420 525 530 DNP DNP 333336 541 DNP DNP 748 250 959 463 265 267 370 474 074 74 5 John Sudholz DNP DNP DNP 22 46 39 514 317 320 121 324 327 633 235 540 040 343 245348 452 456 121 360 60 6 Syd Jackson DNP DNP 33 47 18 614 115 419 423 225 328 230 333 437 037 DNP DNP 239 039 241 546 147 148 654 155 55 7 Peter Bedford 22 02 35 38 210 313 417 017 118 119 524 327 330 333 134 135 136 238240 343 447 047 350 50 8 Alex Ruscuklic 22 13 14 48 08 19 DNP DNP 716 824 327 128 129 231 233 538 139 342345 247 047 249 49 9 Bob Keddie 22 13 03 36 17 29 09 312 315 015 318 422 325 025 328 432 234 135237 441 344 347 47 10 George Bisset 33 58 210 111 314 115 318 220 424 024 226 329 130 232 032 133 336 339039 544 145 DNP 45 Notes References Sources https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1970.html 1970 VFL season AFL Tables https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1970 1970 VFL season Australian Football Further reading Maplestone Michael Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996 Essendon Football Club 1996 0-9591740-2-8 Melbourne Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 Viking Books 1998 0-670-90809-6 Rogers Stephen Sixth Ringwood Browne Ashley 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported Viking 1996 0-670-86814-0 Ross John Ringwood 1970 Category:1970 in Australian men's sport Category:1970 in Australian rules football