1974 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Richmond were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Richmond were the premiers, with Royce Hart as the premiership captain and Tom Hafey as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1974 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park John Nicholls
Collingwood Victoria Park Neil Mann Ron Richards
Essendon Windy Hill Des Tuddenham
Fitzroy Junction Oval Graham Donaldson Graham Campbell
Footscray Western Oval Bob Rose
Geelong Kardinia Park Graham Farmer
Hawthorn Princes Park John Kennedy
Melbourne MCG Bob Skilton
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Ron Barassi
Richmond MCG Tom Hafey
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Graeme John
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Allan Jeans Eric Guy

Season Results

Premiers: Richmond
Runners-Up: North Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Richmond

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Richmond 1st 17 -0- 5 68 129.3% 2,558 1,979 365 368 276 323
North Melbourne 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 138.8% 2,398 1,728 351 292 244 264
Hawthorn 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 125.4% 2,168 1,729 304 344 241 283
Collingwood 4th 15 -0- 7 60 104.6% 2,131 2,037 305 301 293 279
Footscray 5th 13 -1- 8 54 108.8% 1,899 1,746 269 285 241 300
Geelong 6th 11 -0- 11 44 93.4% 1,858 1,989 269 244 284 285
Carlton 7th 10 -1- 11 42 105.8% 2,053 1,941 292 301 280 261
Essendon 8th 10 -0- 12 40 97.6% 2,110 2,162 299 316 311 296
South Melbourne 9th 9 -1- 12 38 83.7% 1,947 2,327 274 303 335 317
St Kilda 10th 7 -0- 15 28 88.7% 1,790 2,018 251 284 285 308
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 17 18 71.3% 1,770 2,481 250 270 357 339
Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 19 12 77.1% 1,840 2,385 259 286 341 339

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Richmond 1st Premiers
North Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Hawthorn 3rd Defeated by North Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Collingwood 4th Defeated by Hawthorn (Semi Final)
Footscray 5th Defeated by Collingwood (Elimination Final)
Geelong 6th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 7th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 8th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 9th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 10th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 11th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/04/1974 2:00 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 97 - 48 16,724
SAT 06/04/1974 2:00 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 117 - 100 30,493
SAT 06/04/1974 2:00 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 110 - 65 15,204
SAT 06/04/1974 2:00 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 88 - 104 38,734
SAT 06/04/1974 2:00 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 100 - 80 9,997
SAT 06/04/1974 2:00 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 83 - 43 17,286

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 1 -0- 0 4 202.1% 97 48
St Kilda 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 193.0% 83 43
Footscray 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 169.2% 110 65
South Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 0 4 125.0% 100 80
Hawthorn 5th 1 -0- 0 4 118.2% 104 88
Collingwood 6th 1 -0- 0 4 117.0% 117 100
Essendon 7th 0 -0- 1 0 85.5% 100 117
Richmond 8th 0 -0- 1 0 84.6% 88 104
North Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 80.0% 80 100
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 1 0 59.1% 65 110
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 1 0 51.8% 43 83
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 49.5% 48 97

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/04/1974 2:00 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Junction Oval 67 - 116 17,040
SAT 13/04/1974 2:00 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 97 - 88 21,543
SAT 13/04/1974 2:00 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 48 - 71 30,216
MON 15/04/1974 2:00 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 150 - 78 25,347
MON 15/04/1974 2:00 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 86 - 100 36,708
MON 15/04/1974 2:00 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 132 - 75 21,355

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 2 -0- 0 8 141.9% 183 129
Collingwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 127.0% 188 148
Essendon 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 128.2% 250 195
Carlton 4th 1 -0- 1 4 127.6% 185 145
North Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 1 4 121.1% 212 175
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 1 4 119.3% 204 171
Hawthorn 7th 1 -0- 1 4 95.6% 152 159
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 1 4 93.9% 185 197
Geelong 9th 1 -0- 1 4 81.8% 162 198
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 1 4 77.4% 178 230
Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 2 0 68.0% 134 197
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 2 0 55.3% 110 199

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1974 2:00 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 81 - 119 32,688
SAT 20/04/1974 2:00 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 112 - 99 23,233
SAT 20/04/1974 2:00 PM Essendon v St Kilda VFL Park 110 - 105 35,064
SAT 20/04/1974 2:00 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 106 - 110 21,041
SAT 20/04/1974 2:00 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 120 - 53 10,332
SAT 20/04/1974 2:00 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 66 - 135 11,828

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 3 -0- 0 12 121.5% 300 247
North Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 145.6% 332 228
Richmond 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 128.2% 323 252
Hawthorn 4th 2 -0- 1 8 127.6% 287 225
St Kilda 5th 2 -0- 1 8 120.5% 288 239
Essendon 6th 2 -0- 1 8 120.0% 360 300
Geelong 7th 2 -0- 1 8 89.5% 272 304
Carlton 8th 1 -0- 2 4 100.8% 266 264
Footscray 9th 1 -0- 2 4 91.9% 284 309
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 2 4 66.8% 244 365
Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 78.2% 240 307
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 3 0 51.1% 163 319

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/04/1974 2:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 120 - 111 24,471
THU 25/04/1974 2:00 PM North Melbourne v Carlton VFL Park 123 - 51 54,173
SAT 27/04/1974 2:00 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 96 - 51 12,491
SAT 27/04/1974 2:00 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 45 - 61 18,556
SAT 27/04/1974 2:00 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 69 - 43 17,598
SAT 27/04/1974 2:00 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 94 - 69 28,080

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 1 12 163.1% 455 279
Hawthorn 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 132.8% 356 268
Richmond 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 129.9% 417 321
St Kilda 4th 3 -0- 1 12 122.9% 349 284
Collingwood 5th 3 -0- 1 12 112.0% 411 367
Essendon 6th 2 -0- 2 8 109.2% 403 369
Footscray 7th 2 -0- 2 8 105.6% 380 360
Geelong 8th 2 -0- 2 8 86.8% 317 365
Carlton 9th 1 -0- 3 4 81.9% 317 387
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 3 4 65.8% 283 430
South Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 3 4 64.0% 295 461
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 77.1% 309 401

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1974 2:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 92 - 74 32,961
SAT 04/05/1974 2:00 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 98 - 74 19,123
SAT 04/05/1974 2:00 PM Hawthorn v Footscray VFL Park 62 - 85 20,275
SAT 04/05/1974 2:00 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 89 - 129 23,616
SAT 04/05/1974 2:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 100 - 100 10,240
SAT 04/05/1974 2:00 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 90 - 110 29,784

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 1 16 158.7% 584 368
Richmond 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 128.2% 527 411
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 114.1% 503 441
Hawthorn 4th 3 -0- 2 12 118.4% 418 353
Essendon 5th 3 -0- 2 12 113.1% 501 443
St Kilda 6th 3 -0- 2 12 111.4% 439 394
Footscray 7th 3 -0- 2 12 110.2% 465 422
Geelong 8th 2 -0- 3 8 84.4% 391 463
Fitzroy 9th 1 -1- 3 6 72.3% 383 530
South Melbourne 10th 1 -1- 3 6 70.4% 395 561
Carlton 11th 1 -0- 4 4 81.6% 391 479
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 75.1% 398 530

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1974 2:00 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 135 - 81 17,828
SAT 11/05/1974 2:00 PM Collingwood v Melbourne VFL Park 89 - 79 25,157
SAT 11/05/1974 2:00 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 124 - 94 10,588
SAT 11/05/1974 2:00 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 114 - 64 26,309
SAT 11/05/1974 2:00 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 152 - 59 17,545
SAT 11/05/1974 2:00 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 113 - 123 31,483

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 1 20 172.4% 736 427
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 113.8% 592 520
Richmond 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 119.9% 640 534
Footscray 4th 4 -0- 2 16 119.1% 579 486
Hawthorn 5th 3 -0- 3 12 107.3% 512 477
Essendon 6th 3 -0- 3 12 101.4% 565 557
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 3 12 91.2% 498 546
Geelong 8th 3 -0- 3 12 89.2% 514 576
Fitzroy 9th 2 -1- 3 10 81.3% 507 624
Carlton 10th 2 -0- 4 8 93.9% 526 560
South Melbourne 11th 1 -1- 4 6 68.4% 476 696
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 77.1% 477 619

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1974 2:00 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 105 - 115 24,376
SAT 18/05/1974 2:00 PM Footscray v Fitzroy VFL Park 87 - 60 19,450
SAT 18/05/1974 2:00 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 59 - 90 24,685
SAT 18/05/1974 2:00 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Princes Park 100 - 60 21,266
SAT 18/05/1974 2:00 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 94 - 76 11,204
SAT 18/05/1974 2:00 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 82 - 88 27,976

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 1 24 170.0% 826 486
Collingwood 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 113.0% 680 602
Footscray 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 122.0% 666 546
Richmond 4th 5 -0- 2 20 118.2% 755 639
Hawthorn 5th 4 -0- 3 16 114.0% 612 537
Essendon 6th 3 -0- 4 12 99.7% 670 672
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 4 12 91.5% 580 634
Geelong 8th 3 -0- 4 12 86.0% 573 666
Fitzroy 9th 2 -1- 4 10 79.7% 567 711
South Melbourne 10th 2 -1- 4 10 73.8% 570 772
Carlton 11th 2 -0- 5 8 88.8% 586 660
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 7 0 77.6% 553 713

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1974 2:00 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 66 - 66 21,003
SAT 25/05/1974 2:00 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 80 - 121 22,858
SAT 25/05/1974 2:00 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 107 - 99 15,045
SAT 25/05/1974 2:00 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 51 - 99 18,030
SAT 25/05/1974 2:00 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 70 - 95 22,841
SAT 25/05/1974 2:00 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda VFL Park 57 - 70 16,516

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 2 24 154.2% 896 581
Richmond 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 119.9% 850 709
Collingwood 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 105.1% 760 723
Footscray 4th 5 -1- 2 22 119.6% 732 612
Hawthorn 5th 5 -0- 3 20 120.9% 711 588
St Kilda 6th 4 -0- 4 16 94.1% 650 691
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 4 16 93.0% 694 746
Fitzroy 8th 3 -1- 4 14 83.2% 674 810
Essendon 9th 3 -0- 5 12 98.7% 769 779
Carlton 10th 2 -1- 5 10 89.8% 652 726
South Melbourne 11th 2 -1- 5 10 74.5% 627 842
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 8 0 74.4% 604 812

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1974 2:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton VFL Park 52 - 111 19,922
SAT 01/06/1974 2:00 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 94 - 56 15,115
SAT 01/06/1974 2:00 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 108 - 109 15,984
SAT 01/06/1974 2:00 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Princes Park 123 - 76 12,631
SAT 01/06/1974 2:00 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 81 - 111 20,027
SAT 01/06/1974 2:00 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 74 - 143 66,829

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 7 -0- 2 28 113.3% 903 797
Footscray 2nd 6 -1- 2 26 123.7% 826 668
North Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 141.2% 977 692
Hawthorn 4th 6 -0- 3 24 125.6% 834 664
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 3 24 108.5% 924 852
Essendon 6th 4 -0- 5 16 102.3% 880 860
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 5 16 93.8% 802 855
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 5 16 89.2% 726 814
Carlton 9th 3 -1- 5 14 98.1% 763 778
Fitzroy 10th 3 -1- 5 14 78.8% 726 921
South Melbourne 11th 3 -1- 5 14 77.5% 736 950
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 9 0 72.8% 660 906

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1974 2:00 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 82 - 63 25,892
SAT 08/06/1974 2:00 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 68 - 103 24,466
SAT 08/06/1974 2:00 PM Hawthorn v Geelong VFL Park 97 - 66 18,562
SAT 08/06/1974 2:00 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 124 - 93 12,414
SAT 08/06/1974 2:00 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 67 - 147 12,622
SAT 08/06/1974 2:00 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 63 - 76 17,674

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 8 -0- 2 32 114.5% 985 860
Footscray 2nd 7 -1- 2 30 123.4% 902 731
Hawthorn 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 127.5% 931 730
Richmond 4th 7 -0- 3 28 116.5% 1,071 919
North Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 4 24 134.4% 1,040 774
Carlton 6th 4 -1- 5 18 102.4% 866 846
Essendon 7th 4 -0- 6 16 98.4% 948 963
Geelong 8th 4 -0- 6 16 91.2% 868 952
St Kilda 9th 4 -0- 6 16 88.7% 789 890
Fitzroy 10th 3 -1- 6 14 78.4% 819 1,045
South Melbourne 11th 3 -1- 6 14 73.2% 803 1,097
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 9 4 78.5% 784 999

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1974 2:00 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 133 - 88 28,964
SAT 15/06/1974 2:00 PM Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 70 - 105 21,396
SAT 15/06/1974 2:00 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 73 - 104 16,874
MON 17/06/1974 2:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 75 - 73 19,091
MON 17/06/1974 2:00 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 95 - 75 17,368
MON 17/06/1974 2:00 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 133 - 101 68,447

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 9 -0- 2 36 116.7% 1,089 933
Richmond 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 118.0% 1,204 1,020
Footscray 3rd 7 -1- 3 30 116.1% 1,003 864
North Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 4 28 133.7% 1,135 849
Hawthorn 5th 7 -0- 4 28 121.9% 1,006 825
Carlton 6th 5 -1- 5 22 107.0% 999 934
Essendon 7th 5 -0- 6 20 101.9% 1,053 1,033
Geelong 8th 5 -0- 6 20 92.0% 943 1,025
St Kilda 9th 4 -0- 7 16 85.7% 877 1,023
Fitzroy 10th 3 -1- 7 14 79.6% 892 1,120
South Melbourne 11th 3 -1- 7 14 72.9% 876 1,201
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 10 4 77.4% 854 1,104

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1974 2:00 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 90 - 123 25,867
SAT 22/06/1974 2:00 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Junction Oval 92 - 87 12,519
SAT 22/06/1974 2:00 PM Geelong v Footscray VFL Park 92 - 58 16,320
SAT 22/06/1974 2:00 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Princes Park 131 - 108 15,648
SAT 22/06/1974 2:00 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 79 - 108 23,336
SAT 22/06/1974 2:00 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 185 - 79 9,016

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 10 -0- 2 40 118.5% 1,212 1,023
North Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 142.2% 1,320 928
Hawthorn 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 121.9% 1,137 933
Richmond 4th 8 -0- 4 32 114.0% 1,312 1,151
Footscray 5th 7 -1- 4 30 111.0% 1,061 956
Carlton 6th 6 -1- 5 26 109.3% 1,107 1,013
Geelong 7th 6 -0- 6 24 95.6% 1,035 1,083
Essendon 8th 5 -0- 7 20 98.9% 1,143 1,156
Fitzroy 9th 4 -1- 7 18 81.5% 984 1,207
St Kilda 10th 4 -0- 8 16 86.5% 964 1,115
South Melbourne 11th 3 -1- 8 14 68.9% 955 1,386
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 11 4 77.0% 933 1,212

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1974 2:00 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 139 - 66 23,946
SAT 29/06/1974 2:00 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 96 - 90 26,028
SAT 29/06/1974 2:00 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 80 - 124 20,937
SAT 29/06/1974 2:00 PM Richmond v Fitzroy VFL Park 195 - 66 16,455
SAT 29/06/1974 2:00 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 82 - 96 10,493
SAT 29/06/1974 2:00 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 79 - 88 13,854

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 11 -0- 2 44 117.5% 1,308 1,113
North Melbourne 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 143.3% 1,444 1,008
Richmond 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 123.8% 1,507 1,217
Hawthorn 4th 8 -0- 5 32 119.2% 1,227 1,029
Carlton 5th 7 -1- 5 30 115.5% 1,246 1,079
Footscray 6th 7 -1- 5 30 105.6% 1,141 1,080
Essendon 7th 6 -0- 7 24 100.1% 1,239 1,238
Geelong 8th 6 -0- 7 24 90.1% 1,101 1,222
Fitzroy 9th 4 -1- 8 18 74.9% 1,050 1,402
St Kilda 10th 4 -0- 9 16 86.7% 1,043 1,203
South Melbourne 11th 3 -1- 9 14 70.0% 1,037 1,482
Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 11 8 79.1% 1,021 1,291

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1974 2:00 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 72 - 121 27,817
SAT 06/07/1974 2:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 158 - 127 17,356
SAT 06/07/1974 2:00 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 75 - 155 16,493
SAT 06/07/1974 2:00 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 90 - 153 21,146
SAT 06/07/1974 2:00 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 141 - 91 9,819
SAT 06/07/1974 2:00 PM St Kilda v Geelong VFL Park 92 - 78 13,926

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 12 -0- 2 48 118.2% 1,466 1,240
North Melbourne 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 144.9% 1,565 1,080
Richmond 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 127.0% 1,660 1,307
Hawthorn 4th 9 -0- 5 36 125.2% 1,382 1,104
Carlton 5th 7 -1- 6 30 109.8% 1,318 1,200
Footscray 6th 7 -1- 6 30 100.9% 1,232 1,221
Essendon 7th 6 -0- 8 24 94.3% 1,314 1,393
Geelong 8th 6 -0- 8 24 89.7% 1,179 1,314
St Kilda 9th 5 -0- 9 20 88.6% 1,135 1,281
Fitzroy 10th 4 -1- 9 18 75.4% 1,177 1,560
South Melbourne 11th 4 -1- 9 18 74.9% 1,178 1,573
Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 12 8 76.9% 1,111 1,444

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1974 2:00 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne VFL Park 55 - 68 7,615
SAT 13/07/1974 2:00 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 46 - 54 18,515
SAT 13/07/1974 2:00 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 83 - 63 10,881
SAT 13/07/1974 2:00 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Princes Park 110 - 31 7,367
SAT 13/07/1974 2:00 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 105 - 75 36,416
SAT 13/07/1974 2:00 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 109 - 68 14,244

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 13 -0- 2 52 118.2% 1,520 1,286
North Melbourne 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 143.9% 1,633 1,135
Richmond 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 127.7% 1,765 1,382
Hawthorn 4th 10 -0- 5 40 131.5% 1,492 1,135
Carlton 5th 7 -1- 7 30 106.7% 1,393 1,305
Footscray 6th 7 -1- 7 30 100.2% 1,278 1,275
Geelong 7th 7 -0- 8 28 91.6% 1,262 1,377
St Kilda 8th 6 -0- 9 24 92.2% 1,244 1,349
Essendon 9th 6 -0- 9 24 92.0% 1,382 1,502
Fitzroy 10th 4 -1- 10 18 75.7% 1,232 1,628
South Melbourne 11th 4 -1- 10 18 71.8% 1,209 1,683
Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 13 8 76.9% 1,174 1,527

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1974 2:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood VFL Park 118 - 82 47,524
SAT 20/07/1974 2:00 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 73 - 133 8,110
SAT 20/07/1974 2:00 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 60 - 81 15,299
SAT 20/07/1974 2:00 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 77 - 93 15,897
SAT 20/07/1974 2:00 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 128 - 64 9,094
SAT 20/07/1974 2:00 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 114 - 79 28,045

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 13 -0- 3 52 114.1% 1,602 1,404
North Melbourne 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 146.9% 1,761 1,199
Richmond 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 128.6% 1,879 1,461
Hawthorn 4th 11 -0- 5 44 131.6% 1,573 1,195
Carlton 5th 8 -1- 7 34 108.9% 1,511 1,387
Footscray 6th 7 -1- 8 30 98.7% 1,338 1,356
Essendon 7th 7 -0- 9 28 93.4% 1,475 1,579
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 9 28 91.1% 1,339 1,470
St Kilda 9th 6 -0- 10 24 90.4% 1,323 1,463
South Melbourne 10th 5 -1- 10 22 76.4% 1,342 1,756
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 11 18 74.1% 1,305 1,761
Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 14 8 74.8% 1,238 1,655

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1974 2:00 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 64 - 93 16,250
SAT 27/07/1974 2:00 PM Geelong v Richmond VFL Park 57 - 93 15,578
SAT 27/07/1974 2:00 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 106 - 58 6,418
SAT 27/07/1974 2:00 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 111 - 115 22,893
SAT 27/07/1974 2:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 101 - 80 14,290
SAT 27/07/1974 2:00 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 73 - 82 15,954

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 14 -0- 3 56 113.3% 1,717 1,515
North Melbourne 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 144.9% 1,843 1,272
Richmond 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 129.9% 1,972 1,518
Hawthorn 4th 12 -0- 5 48 134.0% 1,679 1,253
Carlton 5th 8 -1- 8 34 106.9% 1,591 1,488
Footscray 6th 8 -1- 8 34 100.8% 1,431 1,420
Essendon 7th 7 -0- 10 28 92.0% 1,539 1,672
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 10 28 89.3% 1,396 1,563
South Melbourne 9th 6 -1- 10 26 78.6% 1,443 1,836
St Kilda 10th 6 -0- 11 24 90.4% 1,396 1,545
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 12 18 73.0% 1,363 1,867
Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 15 8 76.2% 1,349 1,770

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1974 2:00 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 96 - 120 23,365
SAT 03/08/1974 2:00 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 88 - 94 21,433
SAT 03/08/1974 2:00 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 70 - 93 9,552
SAT 03/08/1974 2:00 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne VFL Park 83 - 97 13,188
SAT 03/08/1974 2:00 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 99 - 105 10,638
SAT 03/08/1974 2:00 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 135 - 88 34,478

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 14 -0- 4 56 131.2% 2,107 1,606
Collingwood 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 112.2% 1,805 1,609
North Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 141.0% 1,942 1,377
Hawthorn 4th 13 -0- 5 52 133.4% 1,799 1,349
Footscray 5th 9 -1- 8 38 102.3% 1,524 1,490
Carlton 6th 8 -1- 9 34 104.9% 1,687 1,608
Geelong 7th 8 -0- 10 32 90.3% 1,501 1,662
South Melbourne 8th 7 -1- 10 30 80.3% 1,540 1,919
St Kilda 9th 7 -0- 11 28 91.2% 1,490 1,633
Essendon 10th 7 -0- 11 28 90.0% 1,627 1,807
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 13 18 73.1% 1,433 1,960
Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 16 8 76.7% 1,432 1,867

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1974 2:00 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 159 - 61 10,753
SAT 10/08/1974 2:00 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 68 - 44 28,151
SAT 10/08/1974 2:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 56 - 79 22,826
SAT 10/08/1974 2:00 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 122 - 97 8,754
SAT 10/08/1974 2:00 PM Richmond v North Melbourne VFL Park 102 - 77 40,394
SAT 10/08/1974 2:00 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 67 - 93 17,833

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 15 -0- 4 60 131.3% 2,209 1,683
Collingwood 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 113.2% 1,884 1,665
Hawthorn 3rd 14 -0- 5 56 132.8% 1,921 1,446
North Melbourne 4th 13 -0- 6 52 136.5% 2,019 1,479
Footscray 5th 10 -1- 8 42 103.8% 1,592 1,534
Carlton 6th 8 -1- 10 34 103.3% 1,731 1,676
South Melbourne 7th 8 -1- 10 34 82.2% 1,633 1,986
Essendon 8th 8 -0- 11 32 95.6% 1,786 1,868
Geelong 9th 8 -0- 11 32 89.4% 1,557 1,741
St Kilda 10th 7 -0- 12 28 90.2% 1,557 1,726
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 14 18 70.5% 1,494 2,119
Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 17 8 76.9% 1,529 1,989

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1974 2:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 116 - 75 13,635
SAT 17/08/1974 2:00 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 80 - 107 36,729
SAT 17/08/1974 2:00 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 98 - 108 19,229
SAT 17/08/1974 2:00 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 75 - 159 17,951
SAT 17/08/1974 2:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 85 - 86 12,176
SAT 17/08/1974 2:00 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn VFL Park 75 - 108 21,555

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 16 -0- 4 64 131.4% 2,316 1,763
Hawthorn 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 133.4% 2,029 1,521
Collingwood 3rd 15 -0- 5 60 110.8% 1,964 1,772
North Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 6 56 134.9% 2,127 1,577
Footscray 5th 11 -1- 8 46 108.8% 1,751 1,609
Carlton 6th 9 -1- 10 38 105.5% 1,847 1,751
Geelong 7th 9 -0- 11 36 90.0% 1,643 1,826
South Melbourne 8th 8 -1- 11 34 82.9% 1,718 2,072
Essendon 9th 8 -0- 12 32 95.3% 1,884 1,976
St Kilda 10th 7 -0- 13 28 89.0% 1,632 1,834
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 15 18 70.2% 1,569 2,235
Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 18 8 74.7% 1,604 2,148

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1974 2:00 PM Carlton v Essendon VFL Park 83 - 89 27,321
SAT 24/08/1974 2:00 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Junction Oval 100 - 133 7,803
SAT 24/08/1974 2:00 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 61 - 57 17,675
SAT 24/08/1974 2:00 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 102 - 62 17,834
SAT 24/08/1974 2:00 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 165 - 74 25,808
SAT 24/08/1974 2:00 PM Richmond v South Melbourne MCG 162 - 129 32,651

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 17 -0- 4 68 131.0% 2,478 1,892
North Melbourne 2nd 15 -0- 6 60 138.8% 2,292 1,651
Hawthorn 3rd 15 -0- 6 60 128.8% 2,091 1,623
Collingwood 4th 15 -0- 6 60 105.2% 2,038 1,937
Footscray 5th 12 -1- 8 50 108.8% 1,812 1,666
Geelong 6th 10 -0- 11 40 92.4% 1,745 1,888
Carlton 7th 9 -1- 11 38 104.9% 1,930 1,840
Essendon 8th 9 -0- 12 36 95.8% 1,973 2,059
South Melbourne 9th 8 -1- 12 34 82.7% 1,847 2,234
St Kilda 10th 7 -0- 14 28 89.1% 1,689 1,895
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 16 18 70.5% 1,669 2,368
Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 18 12 77.3% 1,737 2,248

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1974 2:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne VFL Park 93 - 100 33,785
SAT 31/08/1974 2:00 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 137 - 103 13,561
SAT 31/08/1974 2:00 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Junction Oval 101 - 113 8,812
SAT 31/08/1974 2:00 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 87 - 80 25,190
SAT 31/08/1974 2:00 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 77 - 106 28,110
SAT 31/08/1974 2:00 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 101 - 123 16,458

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 17 -0- 5 68 129.3% 2,558 1,979
North Melbourne 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 138.8% 2,398 1,728
Hawthorn 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 125.4% 2,168 1,729
Collingwood 4th 15 -0- 7 60 104.6% 2,131 2,037
Footscray 5th 13 -1- 8 54 108.8% 1,899 1,746
Geelong 6th 11 -0- 11 44 93.4% 1,858 1,989
Carlton 7th 10 -1- 11 42 105.8% 2,053 1,941
Essendon 8th 10 -0- 12 40 97.6% 2,110 2,162
South Melbourne 9th 9 -1- 12 38 83.7% 1,947 2,327
St Kilda 10th 7 -0- 15 28 88.7% 1,790 2,018
Fitzroy 11th 4 -1- 17 18 71.3% 1,770 2,481
Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 19 12 77.1% 1,840 2,385

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1974 2:30 PM Collingwood v Footscray VFL Park 124 - 55 57,912

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1974 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 103 - 65 77,519

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1974 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood MCG 138 - 88 84,846
SAT 14/09/1974 2:30 PM Richmond v North Melbourne VFL Park 73 - 52 57,569

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1974 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 56 - 51 88,262

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1974 2:30 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 128 - 87 113,839