Representative Teams

Representative Teams: Senior Men

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Saturday, January 3, 1970.
Victoria 1 Hertha 03 1 
Olympic Park, Melbourne;  Attendance: 10,000.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Doug Utjesenovic, Billy Rice, George Kinnell, Alistair Scott, Frank Micic, Jock Goodwin (Branko Buljevic 46), Jimmy Mackay, Slobodan Zoraja, Billy Rogers (David Gorrie), Billy Vojtek. Coach: Rale Rasic.
Goal: Mackay 85

Saturday, January 3, 1970.
Victoria 0 Romania B 1
Olympic Park, Melbourne;  Referee: Geoff Harrison; Attendance: 5,200.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Doug Utjesenovic, Billy Rice, George Kinnell, Alistair Scott, Frank Micic, Jock Goodwin (Tom Roseweir 83), Jimmy Mackay, Jimmy Smart (Billy Rogers 46), Slobodan Zoraja, Billy Vojtek. Coach: Rale Rasic.

Sunday, March 8, 1970.
Victoria 1 Moscow Dinamo 7
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: Bernie Finnegan; Attendance: 18,000.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Doug Utjesenovic, George Kinnell, Billy Rice, Jock Goodwin, Alistair Scott, Tommy McColl (David Gorrie), Frank Micic, Jimmy Smart, Billy Vojtek, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Rale Rasic.
Goal: Smart 57

Monday, March 30, 1970.
Victoria 2 South Australia 2
Olympic Park, Melbourne  March 30, 1970.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Doug Utjesenovic (Tom Roseweir), George Kinnell, Jock Goodwin, Alistair Scott, Frank Micic, Tommy McColl, Jimmy Smart (David Gorrie 46), Slobodan Zoraja, Ulysses Kokkinos (Billy Rogers), Billy Vojtek. Coach: Rale Rasic.
Goals: Vojtek 70, 73

Sunday, April 5, 1970.
Victoria 2 New South Wales 2
Middle Park, Melbourne; Referee: Lou Stafrace; Attendance: 5,000.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Doug Utjesenovic, George Kinnell, Sandy Irvine, Alistair Scott, Frank Micic, Jimmy Mackay, Jock Goodwin, Slobodan Zoraja (Billy Rogers), Billy Vojtek, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Rale Rasic.
Goals: Vojtek 15, Utjesenovic 63

Wednesday, April 29, 1970.
New South Wales 1 Victoria 1
Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney; Referee: Peter Rampley; Attendance: 2,268.
Line-up: Lou Kastner, Doug Utjesenovic, George Kinnell, Frank Micic, Alistair Scott, Tommy McColl, David Gorrie, Jock Goodwin, Ulysses Kokkinos (Tom Roseweir), Branko Buljevic, Steve Bleskany (Slobodan Zoraja). Coach: Rale Rasic.
Goal: Buljevic 3

Sunday, May 24, 1970.
Victoria 0 Manchester City 3
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: Lou Stafrace; Attendance: 25,000.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, George Kinnell, Doug Utjesenovic, Sandy Irvine, Alistair Scott, Frank Micic, David Gorrie (Jock Goodwin 66), Jimmy Mackay, Tommy McColl (Ron Frost 58), Branko Buljevic, Billy Vojtek. Coach: Rale Rasic.

Sunday, June 7, 1970.
Victoria 1 Werder Bremen 2
Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Doug Utjesenovic, George Kinnell, Sandy Irvine, Alistair Scott (Jock Goodwin 46), Frank Micic, John Wallace, Jimmy Mackay, Tommy McColl (Jim Armstrong 46), Branko Buljevic, Billy Vojtek. Coach: Rale Rasic.
Goal: Micic

Monday, June 15, 1970.
South Australia 0 Victoria 1
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide. Attendance: 6,000.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Doug Utjesenovic, George Kinnell, Jock Goodwin, Sandy Irvine, John Wallace, Jimmy Mackay, Alistair Scott, Tommy McColl, David Gorrie, Billy Vojtek (Frank Micic 72). Coach: Rale Rasic.
Goal: Gorrie 35

Sunday, January 17, 1971.
Victoria 1 Kosice 5
Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Line-up: Jack Reilly (Nick van Egmond), Pat Della Rocca, Fabian Juhasz, Mike Olinowski, Brian Williams, David Pygall, Jimmy Mackay, Jim Pyrgolios (John Wallace), Billy Vojtek, Billy Rogers, Branko Buljevic (Mike Clarey). Coach: Ken Kontra.
Goal: Clarey

Wednesday, January 27, 1971.
Victoria 3 Toyo Kogyo 5
Olympic Park, Melbourne. Attendance: 3,000.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Mike Olinowski (Alan Rutherford), Fabian Juhasz, Sandy Irvine, Bob Dobbing, Ian Marshall, Billy Vojtek, Gary Salisbury, Ulysses Kokkinos, Billy Rogers, Branko Buljevic (Ray Pocock). Coach: Ken Kontra.
Goals: Kokkinos 4, ??, Rogers ??

Saturday, February 27, 1971.
Victoria 0 Moscow Dinamo 0
Olympic Park, Melbourne. Attendance: 15,000.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Alan Rutherford (Sandy Irvine), Fabian Juhasz, Marjan Lopatic, Bob Dobbing, Alistair Scott, Gary Salisbury (Ian Marshall), Jimmy Mackay, Billy Vojtek, Ulysses Kokkinos, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Ken Kontra.

Sunday, March 14, 1971.
Victoria 0 South Australia 3
Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Line-up: Tim Auger, Alan Rutherford, Sandy Irvine, Fabian Juhasz, Alistair Scott, Bob Dobbing, Gary Salisbury (Ian Marshall), Jimmy Mackay, Billy Vojtek, Ulysses Kokkinos, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Ken Kontra.

Saturday, April 24, 1971.
South Australia 1 Victoria 1
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide; Referee: Dennis Grant; Attendance: 5,000.
Line-up: Nick van Egmond, Bob Dobbing, Marjan Lopatic, Fabian Juhasz, Brian Williams, Alistair Scott, Jimmy Mackay, Anton Kuzilek, Bill McIntyre, John Wallace, Keith Cockburn. Coach: Ken Kontra.
Goal: Lopatic 21

Sunday, June 6, 1971.
Victoria 1 English FA 3
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: Roger Lamb; Attendance: 15,000.
Line-up: Nick van Egmond (Mike Kovacek), Sandy Irvine, Fabian Juhasz, Joe Szabo, Bob Dobbing, Jimmy Mackay (Slobodan Lukic), Marjan Lopatic, John Wallace, Ray Pocock, Billy Vojtek, Steve Bleskany. Coach: Ken Kontra.
Goal: Wallace 46

Victoria State Team 1971
The Victorian State Team that took on the English FA was packed full of stars, including soon to be icon Jimmy Mackay.

Sunday, July 11, 1971.
Victoria 2 Welsh FA 1 
Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Line-up: Mike Kovacek, Sandy Irvine, Fabian Juhasz, Joe Szabo, Bill McGowan, Marjan Lopatic, John Wallace, Alistair Scott (Anton Kuzilek), Slobodan Zoraja, Billy Vojtek, Steve Bleskany. Coach: Ken Kontra.
Goals: Vojtek 30, Zoraja 82

Wednesday, January 26, 1972.
Victoria 1 Cruzeiro 4 
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: Stewart Mellings; Attendance: 12,000.
Line-up: Nick van Egmond, Sandy Irvine, Fabian Juhasz, Joe Szabo, Marjan Lopatic, Mike Pye, Billy Vojtek, Jimmy Mackay, Ian Marshall (Keith Cockburn 75), Mirko Rujevic (Anton Kuzilek 60), Steve Bleskany. Coach: Ken Kontra.
Goal: Marshall 2

Sunday, March 12, 1972.
Victoria 2 South Australia 0
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Attendance: 1,000.
Line-up: Lou Kastner, Sandy Irvine, Fabian Juhasz, Joe Szabo, Marjan Lopatic, Mike Pye, Jimmy Mackay, Peter Bourne (John Gardiner 65), Slobodan Zoraja, Branko Buljevic, Keith Cockburn. Coach: Bill Walsh.
Goals: Mackay 42, Irvine 64

Monday, April 3, 1972.
South Australia 4 Victoria 0
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide.
Line-up: Lou Kastner, Sandy Irvine, Steve Walker (Joe Palinkas), Fabian Juhasz, Mike Pye, Marjan Lopatic, Ian Marshall, Peter Bourne, Slobodan Zoraja, Branko Buljevic, Keith Cockburn (Giovanni Batticciotto). Coach: Bill Walsh.

Sunday, May 14, 1972.
Victoria 2 Dundee 4
Olympic Park, Melbourne    Attendance: 9,800.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Mike Pye, Mike Rosca, Fabian Juhasz, Marjan Lopatic, Alistair Scott (Peter Bourne 60), Ian Marshall, Jimmy Mackay, Mirko Rujevic (Slobodan Zoraja 75), Billy Vojtek, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Bill Walsh.
Goals: Rujevic 59, Buljevic 60

Friday, February 2, 1973.
Victoria 0 Santos 2
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: Geoff Harrison; Attendance: 20,000.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Mike Pye, David Baker, Jim Kriaris, Alistair Scott, Ian Marshall, Robert McGinn, Peter Bourne, Jim Armstrong (Fausto Tarquinio), Peter Ollerton (John Wallace), Branko Buljevic. Coach: Bill Walsh.

Sunday, July 1, 1973.
Victoria 1 Cruzeiro 2
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Attendance: 16,000.
Line-up: Jim Milisavljevic, Mike Pye, Sandy Irvine, Steve Walker, Marjan Lopatic (Norm Maitland 72), Frank Micic, John Gardiner (John Wallace 59), Peter Bourne, Slobodan Zoraja (Mike Micevski 64), Jim Armstrong, Branko Buljevic.
Goal: Buljevic 86

Wednesday, October 17, 1973.
Victoria 1 Australia 2 
Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, David Baker, Norm Maitland, Steve Walker, Andy Kazi, John Gardiner, Slobodan Lukic (Steve Gadsby), Peter Bourne, Jim Armstrong (Seron Fisker, Auchie Waaldyk), Joe Cunningham (Frank McArdle), Mike Micevski. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goal: Cunningham 4

Saturday, February 2, 1974.
Victoria 2 Ferencvaros 3
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: Tony Boskovic; Attendance: 11,000.
Line-up: Jim Milisavljevic, Vince Bannon, Andy Kazi, Steve Walker, Mike Pye, David Gorrie (Peter Bourne 56), Frank Micic, Steve Bleskany, Frank McArdle (Gary Cole 60), Mike Micevski, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goals: Micevski 3, Buljevic 25

Sunday, May 19, 1974.
Victoria 2 Bristol Rovers 1
Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Line-up: Lou Kastner, Mike Pye, Andy Kazi, Steve Walker, Jim Tansey, John Howie, Frank Micic, Pat Bannon, Steve Bleskany (George Gillan 46), Mike Micevski (Jim Armstrong 62), Joe Palinkas. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goals: Howie 55, Armstrong 88

Saturday, January 25, 1975.
Victoria 1 Legia Warsaw 4
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Attendance: 13,121.
Line-up: Jim Milisavljevic, Mike Pye, Steve Walker, Andy Kazi, Fausto Tarquinio, David Gorrie, John Gardiner, Pat Bannon (Steve Gadsby 55), Mike Micevski (Jim Armstrong 77), Branko Buljevic, Billy Vojtek. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goal: Buljevic 25

Sunday, June 15, 1975.
Victoria 1 Glasgow Rangers 5 
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Attendance: 17,900.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Mike Pye (Jim Tansey 58), Steve Walker, Jim Kondarios, Andy Kazi, Mirko Rujevic, John Gardiner, Jimmy Mackay, John Wallace, Billy Vojtek (Jim McRobert 58), Branko Buljevic. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goal: Buljevic 55

Tuesday, July 15, 1975.
New Caledonia 0 Victoria 3
Noumea.
Line-up included: Lou Kastner, Jim Kriaris, Jim Kondarios, Peter Vaughan, Frank Micic, Ian Gibson, John Wallace, Duncan Cummings (Mendo Ristovski), George Gillan, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goals: Gillan, Gibson, Micic

Friday, July 18, 1975.
New Caledonia 2 Victoria 3
Noumea.
Line-up: Lou Kastner, Jim Kriaris, Jim Kondarios, Peter Vaughan, David Garthwaite, Frank Micic, Ian Gibson, John Wallace (John Daperis), Duncan Cummings (Mendo Ristovski), George Gillan (Gary Cole), Branko Buljevic. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goals: Buljevic, Micic, Cole

Sunday, August 17, 1975.
Victoria 0 Benfica 2
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: Jack Readshaw; Attendance: 12,000.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Jim Kriaris, Peter Vaughan, Jim Kondarios, David Garthwaite, Frank Micic (Eugene Lerch), John Daperis, Pat Bannon, Duncan Cummings, George Gillan (Gary Cole), Branko Buljevic (Kris Kalifatidis).

Sunday, November 23, 1975.
Victoria 1 Australia B 3
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Attendance: 16,000.
Line-up: Peter Laumets, Mike Pye, Peter Vaughan, Jim Kondarios, Giovanni Batticciotto (Keith Adams 81), Mirko Rujevic, Dave Rigby (Bruce Roberts 61), Jim Kriaris, Mendo Ristovski (Gary Cole 46), Graham French, John Cain.
Goal: French 65

Saturday, January 31, 1976.
Victoria 2 Velez Mostar 2
Abandoned after 80 minutes (crowd disturbance)
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: Jim Dixon; Attendance: 20,000.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Andy Kazi, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Jim Kondarios, Jim Tansey, Jim Kriaris, Ian Gibson (Duncan Cummings 61), Peter Bourne, Mendo Ristovski, Peter Ollerton, Billy Vojtek. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goals: Ollerton 32, Ristovski 43pk

Sunday, April 25, 1976.
Victoria 1 South Australia 2
Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Mike Pye, Jim Tansey, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Jim Kondarios, Jimmy Mackay (Dave Rigby), Mendo Ristovski, Peter Bourne (Peter Vaughan), Graham French, Jim Kriaris, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Bobby McLachlan.
Goal: French 23

Sunday, May 9, 1976.
Victoria 1 Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Jones 47’ Pratt 69’ Perryman 72’)
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: Bob Henderson; Attendance: 18,000.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Mike Pye, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Jim Kondarios, Jim Tansey, John Bernard (Mendo Ristovski 76), Ian Gibson, Jimmy Mackay, Peter Bourne (Dave Rigby 74), Peter Ollerton, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goal: Bernard 46

Sunday, June 6, 1976.
Victoria 0 Bologna 4
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Attendance: 13,440.
Line-up: Jack Reilly, Andy Kazi, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Jim Kondarios, Jim Tansey (Chris Petrov 46), Ian Gibson (Bruno Sabidussi 80), Jimmy Mackay, John Bernard, Duncan Cummings (Graham French 46), Peter Ollerton, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Tony Boggi.

Wednesday, July 7, 1976.
Victoria 1 Italian Army 2
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: Jim Dixon; Attendance: 5,500.
Line-up: Mike Harby, Mike Pye, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Jim Kondarios, Jim Tansey, John Gardiner, Jim O'Reilly, Eugene Lerch, Joe Palinkas (Duncan Cummings 85), Graham French, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goal: Buljevic 27

Wednesday, September 1, 1976.
Victoria 1 Atromitos 1
Olympic Park, Melbourne; Referee: Stewart Mellings; Attendance: 4,200.
Line-up: Peter Clarke, Mike Pye, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Jim Kondarios, Jim Tansey, Peter Bourne, Jimmy Mackay, Ken Wagstaff (Ian Gibson 46), Mendo Ristovski (Duncan Cummings 46), Peter Ollerton, Graham French. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goal: French 78pk