1974 VFL Season Elimination Final: Collingwood v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 7 September 1974 between Collingwood and Footscray in the elimination final of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Footscray at VFL Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Collingwood (19.10.124) defeated Footscray (6.19.55).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Elimination Final
Teams: Collingwood v Footscray
Date: Saturday 7 September 1974
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 57,912

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Footscray
Score: 19.10.124 - 6.19.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 6 10 . 6 13 . 9 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
Footscray 3 . 1 4 . 11 6 . 11 6 . 19 6 . 19 (55)
Margin COLL by 17 COLL by 31 COLL by 40 COLL by 69 COLL by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Neil Mann

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 1 0 16 10 6 3 ? 2 2
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 0 1 26 17 9 7 ? 3 1
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 6 ? 3 1
28 Delahunty, Mike ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 ? 0 1
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 10 ? 1 0
9 Dunstan, Graeme ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 1 0 18 13 5 4 ? 2 0
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 7 ? 0 2
38 Hyde, Robert ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 8 ? 2 1
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 1 ? 0 2
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 7 1 13 11 2 6 ? 3 2
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 5 ? 0 3
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 1 1 16 13 3 3 ? 2 2
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 2 ? 1 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 ? 0 2
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 2 1 28 25 3 7 ? 4 3
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 2 1 26 26 0 7 ? 4 3
7 Shephard, Graeme ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 8 ? 0 1
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 0 0 14 6 8 4 ? 1 1
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 2 1 28 13 15 4 ? 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 19 10 340 255 85 98 0+ 30 31

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 ? 3 2
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 ? 3 0
22 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 2 12 5 7 1 ? 0 1
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 2 ? 1 1
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 1 2 18 14 4 11 ? 1 3
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 2 28 24 4 4 ? 4 2
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 ? 0 2
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 3 18 14 4 4 ? 2 2
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 0 ? 0 1
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 1 0 9 9 0 2 ? 1 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 ? 3 4
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 5 ? 0 1
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 3 16 13 3 8 ? 2 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 ? 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 1 18 14 4 5 ? 3 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 ? 1 1
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 ? 1 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 1 3 11 10 1 7 ? 2 0
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 25 12 13 3 ? 1 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 2 15 10 5 4 ? 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 6 19 293 217 76 75 0+ 31 33

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s