1974 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 4-1-17, P%: 71.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Harvey Merrigan (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): David Wall (35)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Harvey Merrigan

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Murphy

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Austen, Geoff #25 19 R01-R02, R06-R22 14
Booth, Greg #24 7 R03-R08, R22 0
Brain, Ray #41 5 R08, R14-R17 0
Carter, Rod #40 8 R11-R13, R15-R16, R20-R22 0
Christou, Jim #20 5 R06-R07, R17-R18, R20 1
Cruse, Colin #39 2 R02, R04 0
Dare, Norm #2 5 R02-R03, R09-R10, R17 1
Duckworth, John #17 11 R01-R06, R08, R12-R14, R20 2
Farnham, Dean #32 15 R01-R06, R13-R19, R21-R22 4
Formosa, John #16 2 R11-R12 0
Harrington, Dan #23 3 R08-R10 0
Hayes, Kerrin #37 5 R08-R09, R13-R15 3
Irwin, Warwick #7 20 R01-R14, R16-R18, R20-R22 25
Linton, Wayne #48 5 R18-R22 1
Lloyd, Trevor #28 12 R01, R04-R07, R13-R14, R17-R21 4
Lukas, Andrew #34 15 R01, R09-R22 0
McCulloch, Ian #6 16 R01-R03, R10-R22 6
McMahon, David #19 12 R01-R03, R07, R09-R10, R13-R14, R18-R21 4
Merrigan, Harvey #36 21 R01-R14, R16-R22 1
Miller, Ian #3 16 R01-R07, R12-R20 6
Molloy, Shane #22 7 R03-R09 0
Murphy, John #5 16 R01-R08, R10-R12, R16, R19-R22 23
Murray, Kevin #1 22 R01-R22 0
Noonan, Gerry #30 8 R05-R09, R11, R19-R20 5
O'Keeffe, Kevin #11 10 R02-R03, R08-R09, R11-R13, R20-R22 2
Padley, Barry #14 17 R01-R07, R09, R11-R14, R18-R22 6
Richards, Laurie #8 22 R01-R22 24
Robertson, Glenn #26 6 R10, R15-R19 2
Robertson, Leigh #18 6 R08-R09, R15, R17-R18, R21 0
Ruscuklic, Alex #13 1 R01 0
Sault, Ray #12 1 R04 1
Searl, Doug #4 14 R01-R05, R07-R10, R14-R18 24
Serafini, Renato #10 9 R01-R02, R09-R11, R15-R17, R22 6
Sinclair, Allan #31 8 R03-R07, R11-R12, R15 3
Smith, Chris #35 12 R01-R10, R19, R22 1
Taylor, Neville #33 17 R03-R17, R19, R22 7
Thompson, Alan #21 12 R01-R02, R05, R10-R16, R20-R21 4
Wall, David #9 18 R04-R19, R21-R22 35
Weatherley, Graeme #45 2 R18-R19 2
Whitford, Don #15 7 R10-R12, R15-R16, R21-R22 4
Wilson, Garry #29 21 R01-R08, R10-R22 29

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Donaldson, Graham 19 4 -1- 14 R01-R19
Campbell, Graham 3 0 -0- 3 R20-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
06/04/1974 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 40 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
13/04/1974 Round 2 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 49 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
20/04/1974 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 67 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
25/04/1974 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 9 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
04/05/1974 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY DRAW drawn Graham Donaldson John Murphy
11/05/1974 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 30 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
18/05/1974 Round 7 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 27 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
25/05/1974 Round 8 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 8 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
01/06/1974 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 59 Graham Donaldson unknown
08/06/1974 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 31 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
17/06/1974 Round 11 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 2 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
22/06/1974 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 5 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
29/06/1974 Round 13 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 129 Graham Donaldson unknown
06/07/1974 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 31 Graham Donaldson unknown
13/07/1974 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 13 Graham Donaldson unknown
20/07/1974 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 60 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
27/07/1974 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 48 Graham Donaldson unknown
03/08/1974 Round 18 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 23 Graham Donaldson unknown
10/08/1974 Round 19 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 98 Graham Donaldson John Murphy
17/08/1974 Round 20 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 41 Graham Campbell John Murphy
24/08/1974 Round 21 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 33 Graham Campbell John Murphy
31/08/1974 Round 22 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 12 Graham Campbell John Murphy