| Venue: Victoria Park | Date: Saturday August 8, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Lose by 77 points | Umpire: J.Crouch | Crowd: 39,959 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: A.Jesaulenko 1, I.Robertson 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: S.Silvagni, B.Crosswell, G.Crane, I.Robertson, B.Gill. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: J.Goold (bruised hip and stomach muscles) | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The Blues were appalling.And yet, as I left, I couldn't help but think ....
..surely we couldn't play this badly again,
..surely we couldn't be this unlucky again (we hit the post 5 times and only scored 2 goals),
..surely the Pies wouldn't rate us next time,
..surely Barass would repair what was broken.
..surely all was not lost.
Hadn't I seen us kick 1-11 against Essendon on Anzac Day 1968 and reverse the result on Grand Final day? Perhaps, 1970 could still be our year.
We would see.
Team
| B: | 21 Barry Gill | 20 Wes Lofts (vc) | 15 Phil Pinnell |
| HB: | 4 Bruce Doull | 11 John Goold | 35 Barry Mulcair |
| C: | 6 Garry Crane | 17 Brent Crosswell | 34 Ian Robertson |
| HF: | 5 Syd Jackson | 42 Robert Walls (dvc) | 32 Bryan Quirk |
| F: | 43 David McKay | 25 Alex Jesaulenko | 23 Ian Nicoll |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 1 Serge Silvagni | 10 Adrian Gallagher |
| Res: | 7 Ted Hopkins | 38 Mark Amos | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
Milestones
Interesting Fact: It wouldn't just be this whitewash defeat in a Premiership year; this game brought back memories of another horrible early season where glory would shortly follow...Round 18 | Round 20