1974 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 9-1-12, P%: 83.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Norm Goss (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Norm Goss (37)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Norm Goss

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Peter Bedford

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aanensen, Vic #2 13 R01-R05, R14-R19, R21-R22 9
Ball, Ray #31 3 R01-R03 0
Bedford, Peter #11 19 R01-R08, R10-R14, R16-R18, R20-R22 34
Beecroft, Barry #8 18 R01-R02, R05-R06, R09-R22 6
Bell, Bob #24 2 R19-R20 0
Beus, Alf #36 5 R11-R15 0
Brice, Gary #7 17 R01-R08, R13-R14, R16-R22 8
Brown, Peter #32 16 R04-R08, R10, R13-R22 0
Cook, Russell #17 17 R01-R03, R09-R22 6
Dempster, Graham #13 4 R06-R07, R09, R16 0
Doyle, Robert #28 16 R01-R13, R20-R22 11
Franklin, Tony #14 16 R03-R12, R15-R20 2
Gleeson, Reg #27 19 R01-R12, R14-R15, R17-R19, R21-R22 0
Goss, Norm #12 22 R01-R22 37
Grima, Robert #24 5 R01-R03, R07-R08 10
Gull, Stewart #34 21 R01-R02, R04-R22 25
Hodges, Russ #47 18 R05-R22 9
Hoffman, Steve #26 20 R03-R22 23
Lambert, Greg #33 22 R01-R22 3
McLeish, David #29 22 R01-R22 2
Miller, Greg #5 17 R04-R09, R12-R22 0
Norris, Michael #6 5 R03-R04, R13-R15 2
Pitura, John #21 6 R17-R22 14
Prentice, Jim #19 6 R01-R04, R11-R12 3
Quade, Ricky #16 18 R04-R05, R07-R22 18
Robertson, Max #23 22 R01-R22 0
Stibbard, Neville #25 11 R01-R02, R07-R13, R15-R16 14
Stibbard, Robert #9 6 R01-R03, R06, R09-R10 1
Thomson, Ian #20 22 R01-R22 24
Wilson, Graeme #4 10 R01-R06, R08-R11 13
Woodman, Brian #10 22 R01-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)
John, Graeme 22 9 -1- 12 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
06/04/1974 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 20 Graeme John Peter Bedford
15/04/1974 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 72 Graeme John Peter Bedford
20/04/1974 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 69 Graeme John Peter Bedford
27/04/1974 Round 4 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 45 Graeme John Peter Bedford
04/05/1974 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME DRAW drawn Graeme John Peter Bedford
11/05/1974 Round 6 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 54 Graeme John Peter Bedford
18/05/1974 Round 7 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 18 Graeme John Peter Bedford
25/05/1974 Round 8 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 13 Graeme John Peter Bedford
01/06/1974 Round 9 Geelong AWAY WIN SOU by 1 Graeme John unknown
08/06/1974 Round 10 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 80 Graeme John Peter Bedford
15/06/1974 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 31 Graeme John Peter Bedford
22/06/1974 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 106 Graeme John Peter Bedford
29/06/1974 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 14 Graeme John Peter Bedford
06/07/1974 Round 14 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 50 Graeme John Peter Bedford
13/07/1974 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 79 Graeme John unknown
20/07/1974 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 60 Graeme John Peter Bedford
27/07/1974 Round 17 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 21 Graeme John Peter Bedford
03/08/1974 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 14 Graeme John Peter Bedford
10/08/1974 Round 19 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 26 Graeme John unknown
17/08/1974 Round 20 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 1 Graeme John Peter Bedford
24/08/1974 Round 21 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 33 Graeme John Peter Bedford
31/08/1974 Round 22 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 7 Graeme John Peter Bedford