| | 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 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). Premiership Finals First Semi-Final Second Semi-Final Preliminary Final Grand final Crowd figures 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. 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. Notable events 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. 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. 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). Essendon missed the finals in consecutive years, the first time this had occurred since 1939. 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 and Anne, Princess Royal, who were present as part of the 1970 royal tour commemorating the bicentenary of the first voyage of James