1974 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 13-1-8, P%: 108.8%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Elimination Final)
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Gary Dempsey (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Laurie Sandilands (49)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Gary Dempsey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Laurie Sandilands

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbey, Ross #30 22 R02-R22, EF 1
Austin, Graeme #6 11 R01-R02, R06-R07, R09, R12-R14, R19-R21 0
Bartlett, Les #20 2 R09, R15 0
Brown, Don #26 1 R12 0
Burleigh, John #41 1 R15 0
Casey, Gordon #10 21 R01-R14, R17-R22, EF 0
Collins, Daryl #22 1 R01 0
Collins, Dennis #22 12 R01-R03, R15-R22, EF 12
Cross, Mark #46 4 R15-R18 1
Dell, Colin #12 15 R01, R09-R11, R13-R22, EF 0
Dempsey, Gary #24 21 R01-R08, R10-R14, R16-R22, EF 5
Dunstan, Ian #32 12 R03-R14 4
Gallagher, Adrian #17 17 R01-R05, R08-R14, R19-R22, EF 10
Gieschen, Jeff #42 2 R17, R22 0
Gingell, Glenn #37 19 R02, R04-R20, EF 5
Huppatz, Ray #7 21 R03-R22, EF 30
Jennings, Geoff #25 8 R01-R07, EF 7
Magee, Stuart #23 11 R01-R04, R17-R22, EF 1
McMillan, Marty #14 2 R14, R21 0
Merrington, Gary #19 21 R02-R08, R10-R22, EF 0
Morrison, Ian #39 17 R01, R05-R11, R15-R22, EF 3
Morrison, Peter #39 1 R13 0
O'Halloran, Max #5 3 R01-R03 1
Parke, Greg #1 23 R01-R22, EF 35
Power, Stephen #21 21 R01-R12, R15-R22, EF 1
Quinlan, Bernie #2 18 R01-R08, R10-R13, R18-R22, EF 9
Rasmussen, Ivan #11 12 R01-R11, R14 15
Robertson, Ian #24 4 R13-R16 1
Round, Barry #14 22 R01-R02, R04-R22, EF 2
Salmon, Ian #18 22 R01-R07, R09-R22, EF 5
Sandilands, Laurie #9 21 R01-R14, R16-R21, EF 50
Simmons, Grant #29 3 R08-R09, R15 0
Stoneham, Alan #3 18 R03-R04, R08-R22, EF 6
Templeton, Kelvin #31 12 R03, R05-R10, R15-R18, R22 25
Welsh, Peter #4 22 R01-R14, R16-R22, EF 44
Wheeler, Terry #35 5 R07-R08, R12-R14 2
Whitten, Ted #22 6 R04-R06, R11, R15-R16 0
Wilkins, Terry #38 6 R01-R02, R12, R15-R16, R22 0

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)
Rose, Bob 23 13 -1- 9 R01-R22, EF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
06/04/1974 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 45 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
15/04/1974 Round 2 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 57 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
20/04/1974 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 13 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
27/04/1974 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 45 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
04/05/1974 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 23 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
11/05/1974 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 50 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
18/05/1974 Round 7 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 27 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
25/05/1974 Round 8 Carlton AWAY DRAW drawn Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
01/06/1974 Round 9 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 38 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
08/06/1974 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 13 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
17/06/1974 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 32 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
22/06/1974 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 34 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
29/06/1974 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 44 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
06/07/1974 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 50 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
13/07/1974 Round 15 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 8 Bob Rose unknown
20/07/1974 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 21 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
27/07/1974 Round 17 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 29 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
03/08/1974 Round 18 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 23 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
10/08/1974 Round 19 Carlton HOME WIN FOO by 24 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
17/08/1974 Round 20 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 84 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
24/08/1974 Round 21 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 4 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands
31/08/1974 Round 22 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 7 Bob Rose unknown
07/09/1974 Elimination Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 69 Bob Rose Laurie Sandilands