| 1970 Championship of Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 3 October 1970 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Adelaide Oval | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 37,785 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Lindsay Johnson | |||||||||||||||
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The 1970 Championship of Australia was the 14th edition of the Championship of Australia, an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football match between the champion clubs from the VFL and the SANFL.
| Team | Nickname | League | Qualification | Participation (bold indicates winners) |
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| Carlton | Blues | VFL | Winners of the 1970 Victorian Football League | 5th (Previous: 1907, 1908, 1914, 1968) |
| Sturt | Double Blues | SANFL | Winners of the 1970 South Australian National Football League | 3rd (Previous: 1968, 1969) |
| 3 October 1970 | Carlton | 139-94 | Sturt | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | |
| 5.1 (31) 10.7 (67) 17.10 (112) 21.13 (139) |
Report | 3.5 (23) 6.8 (44) 9.14 (68) 12.22 (94) |
Attendance: 37,785 Umpires: Lindsay Johnson | ||
| Goals | |||||
| A Jesaulenko 8 S Jackson, T Hopkins 3 J Nicholls, R Walls 2 B Crosswell, P Jones, S Silvagni 1 |
M Greenslade 6 J Tilbrook 4 G Wild, M Nunan 1 |