Premiership season
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.
Round 1
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Carlton
21.19 (145)
Essendon
14.12 (96)
Princes Park
23,948
4 April 1970
St Kilda
14.16 (100)
North Melbourne
7.6 (48)
Moorabbin Oval
21,429
4 April 1970
South Melbourne
9.14 (68)
Melbourne
14.9 (93)
Lake Oval
15,242
4 April 1970
Hawthorn
19.12 (126)
Geelong
21.9 (135)
Glenferrie Oval
20,509
4 April 1970
Footscray
12.12 (84)
Collingwood
23.10 (148)
Western Oval
26,596
4 April 1970
Richmond
14.12 (96)
Fitzroy
16.20 (116)
MCG
38,617
5 April 1970
Round 2
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
North Melbourne
8.11 (59)
South Melbourne
8.12 (60)
Arden Street Oval
10,986
11 April 1970
Fitzroy
7.9 (51)
St Kilda
23.23 (161)
Junction Oval
22,857
11 April 1970
Essendon
10.14 (74)
Footscray
14.22 (106)
Windy Hill
19,380
11 April 1970
Collingwood
19.19 (133)
Richmond
13.16 (94)
Victoria Park
35,318
11 April 1970
Melbourne
14.12 (96)
Hawthorn
11.19 (85)
MCG
25,575
11 April 1970
Geelong
12.9 (81)
Carlton
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
Footscray
14.23 (107)
St Kilda
10.14 (74)
Western Oval
17,972
18 April 1970
Collingwood
14.24 (108)
Hawthorn
15.11 (101)
Victoria Park
24,532
18 April 1970
North Melbourne
18.13 (121)
Melbourne
8.16 (64)
Arden Street Oval
10,182
18 April 1970
South Melbourne
12.17 (89)
Essendon
15.10 (100)
Lake Oval
14,726
18 April 1970
Richmond
17.12 (114)
Carlton
15.11 (101)
MCG
46,373
18 April 1970
Fitzroy
7.11 (53)
Geelong
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
Carlton
16.16 (112)
North Melbourne
13.15 (93)
Princes Park
20,540
25 April 1970
St Kilda
15.19 (109)
Richmond
7.12 (54)
Moorabbin Oval
32,147
25 April 1970
Melbourne
17.19 (121)
Fitzroy
13.13 (91)
MCG
22,909
25 April 1970
Hawthorn
10.10 (70)
Essendon
16.14 (110)
Glenferrie Oval
19,017
25 April 1970
Geelong
14.9 (93)
Collingwood
14.17 (101)
Kardinia Park
35,654
25 April 1970
South Melbourne
11.11 (77)
Footscray
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
Richmond
6.13 (49)
South Melbourne
10.11 (71)
MCG
23,084
2 May 1970
Footscray
11.13 (79)
Hawthorn
11.10 (76)
Western Oval
19,610
2 May 1970
Fitzroy
5.24 (54)
North Melbourne
7.7 (49)
Junction Oval
7,450
2 May 1970
Essendon
9.14 (68)
Geelong
14.4 (88)
Windy Hill
16,077
2 May 1970
St Kilda
8.9 (57)
Carlton
12.14 (86)
Moorabbin Oval
22,800
2 May 1970
Collingwood
8.17 (65)
Melbourne
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
Carlton
23.9 (147)
Fitzroy
15.20 (110)
Princes Park
20,022
9 May 1970
South Melbourne
9.25 (79)
St Kilda
9.8 (62)
Lake Oval
20,312
9 May 1970
Geelong
18.15 (123)
Footscray
11.11 (77)
Kardinia Park
21,139
9 May 1970
Melbourne
10.12 (72)
Essendon
7.15 (57)
MCG
34,219
9 May 1970
North Melbourne
10.6 (66)
Collingwood
17.30 (132)
Arden Street Oval
20,091
9 May 1970
Hawthorn
20.10 (130)
Richmond
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
Footscray
9.14 (68)
Melbourne
7.4 (46)
Western Oval
16,346
16 May 1970
Collingwood
15.15 (105)
Fitzroy
9.18 (72)
Victoria Park
22,774
16 May 1970
St Kilda
10.21 (81)
Hawthorn
8.8 (56)
Moorabbin Oval
17,618
16 May 1970
Richmond
16.20 (116)
Geelong
15.2 (92)
MCG
43,435
16 May 1970
South Melbourne
23.12 (150)
Carlton
10.13 (73)
Lake Oval
28,395
16 May 1970
Essendon
8.12 (60)
North Melbourne
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
Melbourne
15.10 (100)
Richmond
18.19 (127)
MCG
36,064
23 May 1970
Hawthorn
21.20 (146)
South Melbourne
12.12 (84)
Glenferrie Oval
17,063
23 May 1970
Geelong
14.5 (89)
St Kilda
12.9 (81)
Kardinia Park
20,942
23 May 1970
North Melbourne
9.13 (67)
Footscray
13.18 (96)
Arden Street Oval
13,475
23 May 1970
Fitzroy
9.14 (68)
Essendon
11.5 (71)
Junction Oval
12,264
23 May 1970
Carlton
12.13 (85)
Collingwood
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
Carlton
10.14 (74)
Hawthorn
15.16 (106)
Princes Park
19,298
30 May 1970
Richmond
10.17 (77)
North Melbourne
15.7 (97)
MCG
22,284
30 May 1970
St Kilda
14.12 (96)
Melbourne
7.11 (53)
Moorabbin Oval
19,393
30 May 1970
South Melbourne
19.14 (128)
Geelong
10.18 (78)
Lake Oval
19,794
30 May 1970
Essendon
13.15 (93)
Collingwood
11.21 (87)
Windy Hill
24,936
30 May 1970
Footscray
11.13 (79)
Fitzroy
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
Fitzroy
14.9 (93)
South Melbourne
12.19 (91)
Junction Oval
16,971
6 June 1970
Essendon
14.13 (97)
Richmond
15.14 (104)
Windy Hill
20,650
6 June 1970
Collingwood
14.23 (107)
St Kilda
15.10 (100)
Victoria Park
30,858
6 June 1970
Melbourne
10.14 (74)
Geelong
13.13 (91)
MCG
27,665
6 June 1970
Footscray
15.14 (104)
Carlton
14.10 (94)
Western Oval
22,262
6 June 1970
North Melbourne
9.8 (62)
Hawthorn
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
Geelong
11.17 (83)
North Melbourne
9.10 (64)
Kardinia Park
19,133
15 June 1970
Carlton
22.15 (147)
Melbourne
9.8 (62)
Princes Park
18,760
15 June 1970
Richmond
22.15 (147)
Footscray
13.12 (90)
MCG
41,866
15 June 1970
Hawthorn
18.12 (120)
Fitzroy
12.8 (80)
Glenferrie Oval
14,489
15 June 1970
South Melbourne
16.15 (111)
Collingwood
16.14 (110)
Lake Oval
35,567
15 June 1970
St Kilda
8.21 (69)
Essendon
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
North Melbourne
5.10 (40)
St Kilda
11.5 (71)
Arden Street Oval
10,007
20 June 1970
Geelong
14.15 (99)
Hawthorn
10.11 (71)
Kardinia Park
12,698
20 June 1970
Fitzroy
12.11 (83)
Richmond
8.9 (57)
Junction Oval
14,541
20 June 1970
Collingwood
8.16 (64)
Footscray
7.9 (51)
Victoria Park
23,008
20 June 1970
Essendon
10.16 (76)
Carlton
12.9 (81)
Windy Hill
20,270
20 June 1970
Melbourne
12.6 (78)
South Melbourne
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
Hawthorn
16.17 (113)
Melbourne
11.8 (74)
Glenferrie Oval
13,196
27 June 1970
Carlton
12.21 (93)
Geelong
11.14 (80)
Princes Park
25,519
27 June 1970
South Melbourne
16.9 (105)
North Melbourne
14.12 (96)
Lake Oval
12,407
27 June 1970
St Kilda
11.14 (80)
Fitzroy
8.11 (59)
Moorabbin Oval
17,073
27 June 1970
Footscray
11.12 (78)
Essendon
9.8 (62)
Western Oval
18,817
27 June 1970
Richmond
11.13 (79)
Collingwood
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
Melbourne
11.19 (85)
North Melbourne
11.11 (77)
MCG
13,975
4 July 1970
Carlton
11.12 (78)
Richmond
7.7 (49)
Princes Park
26,895
4 July 1970
St Kilda
6.16 (52)
Footscray
6.10 (46)
Moorabbin Oval
15,415
4 July 1970
Geelong
20.8 (128)
Fitzroy
13.16 (94)
Kardinia Park
15,304
4 July 1970
Hawthorn
18.7 (115)
Collingwood
13.13 (91)
Glenferrie Oval
19,587
4 July 1970
Essendon
5.10 (40)
South Melbourne
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
Richmond
11.15 (81)
St Kilda
7.21 (63)
MCG
38,037
11 July 1970
Footscray
6.4 (40)
South Melbourne
13.10 (88)
Western Oval
21,921
11 July 1970
Fitzroy
12.18 (90)
Melbourne
8.14 (62)
Junction Oval
9,467
11 July 1970
Essendon
9.8 (62)
Hawthorn
21.4 (130)
Windy Hill
13,174
11 July 1970
Collingwood
13.15 (93)
Geelong
8.16 (64)
Victoria Park
28,847
11 July 1970
North Melbourne
4.7 (31)
Carlton
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
Carlton
16.14 (110)
St Kilda
10.11 (71)
Princes Park
22,988
18 July 1970
South Melbourne
11.9 (75)
Richmond
12.17 (89)
Lake Oval
25,651
18 July 1970
North Melbourne
13.17 (95)
Fitzroy
18.14 (122)
Arden Street Oval
8,443
18 July 1970
Geelong
15.16 (106)
Essendon
8.17 (65)
Kardinia Park
17,220
18 July 1970
Melbourne
7.19 (61)
Collingwood
10.16 (76)
MCG
36,044
18 July 1970
Hawthorn
23.9 (147)
Footscray
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
St Kilda
13.14 (92)
South Melbourne
11.6 (72)
Moorabbin Oval
20,851
25 July 1970
Footscray
12.15 (87)
Geelong
7.14 (56)
Western Oval
14,660
25 July 1970
Essendon
18.17 (125)
Melbourne
12.17 (89)
Windy Hill
9,755
25 July 1970
Collingwood
14.21 (105)
North Melbourne
8.8 (56)
Victoria Park
15,678
25 July 1970
Richmond
15.15 (105)
Hawthorn
11.17 (83)
MCG
55,740
25 July 1970
Fitzroy
9.7 (61)
Carlton
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
Hawthorn
11.11 (77)
St Kilda
14.18 (102)
Glenferrie Oval
16,698
1 August 1970
Carlton
11.17 (83)
South Melbourne
10.19 (79)
Princes Park
27,271
1 August 1970
Melbourne
8.13 (61)
Footscray
10.15 (75)
MCG
16,591
1 August 1970
North Melbourne
13.13 (91)
Essendon
16.22 (118)
Arden Street Oval
8,952
1 August 1970
Fitzroy
11.9 (75)
Collingwood
17.15 (117)
Junction Oval
18,760
1 August 1970
Geelong
13.10 (88)
Richmond
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
Footscray
10.23 (83)
North Melbourne
11.15 (81)
Western Oval
13,118
8 August 1970
Essendon
12.16 (88)
Fitzroy
14.10 (94)
Windy Hill
13,572
8 August 1970
Richmond
9.10 (64)
Melbourne
18.10 (118)
MCG
25,158
8 August 1970
South Melbourne
16.7 (103)
Hawthorn
13.8 (86)
Lake Oval
17,437
8 August 1970
Collingwood
13.23 (101)
Carlton
2.12 (24)
Victoria Park
39,959
8 August 1970
St Kilda
12.16 (88)
Geelong
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
North Melbourne
7.6 (48)
Richmond
16.10 (106)
Arden Street Oval
8,837
15 August 1970
Geelong
10.14 (74)
South Melbourne
11.15 (81)
Kardinia Park
29,918
15 August 1970
Fitzroy
12.10 (82)
Footscray
11.14 (80)
Junction Oval
11,398
15 August 1970
Collingwood
24.16 (160)
Essendon
11.13 (79)
Victoria Park
24,785
15 August 1970
Hawthorn
13.9 (87)
Carlton
18.9 (117)
Glenferrie Oval
20,841
15 August 1970
Melbourne
7.14 (56)
St Kilda
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
Hawthorn
21.14 (140)
North Melbourne
9.20 (74)
Glenferrie Oval
8,061
22 August 1970
Geelong
16.12 (108)
Melbourne
13.18 (96)
Kardinia Park
13,670
22 August 1970
Carlton
18.14 (122)
Footscray
17.6 (108)
Princes Park
21,568
22 August 1970
South Melbourne
14.15 (99)
Fitzroy
10.20 (80)
Lake Oval
20,071
22 August 1970
Richmond
23.13 (151)
Essendon
11.11 (77)
MCG
25,862
22 August 1970
St Kilda
14.14 (98)
Collingwood
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
Footscray
12.10 (82)
Richmond
10.12 (72)
Western Oval
16,672
29 August 1970
Fitzroy
9.11 (65)
Hawthorn
18.16 (124)
Junction Oval
11,626
29 August 1970
Essendon
8.11 (59)
St Kilda
14.19 (103)
Windy Hill
14,310
29 August 1970
Collingwood
22.15 (147)
South Melbourne
7.9 (51)
Victoria Park
41,451
29 August 1970
North Melbourne
12.11 (83)
Geelong
6.6 (42)
Arden Street Oval
6,435
29 August 1970
Melbourne
12.15 (87)
Carlton
14.17 (101)
MCG
40,973
29 August 1970