1974 VFL Season Grand Final: Richmond v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 28 September 1974 between Richmond and North Melbourne in the grand final of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Royce Hart captained the hosts with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. Barry Davis captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Richmond (18.20.128) defeated North Melbourne (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Richmond v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 28 September 1974
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 113,839

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.20.128 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 8 10 . 11 12 . 17 18 . 20 18 . 20 (128)
North Melbourne 3 . 2 8 . 3 11 . 4 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin RICH by 6 RICH by 20 RICH by 19 RICH by 41 RICH by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Goal Umpires

J. Bell
R. Sankey

Boundary Umpires

B. Sutton
M. Williams

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 7 ? 0 1
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 0 11 9 2 2 ? 2 5
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 0 3 27 27 0 1 ? 2 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 1 ? 0 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 ? 3 1
43 Clayton, Cameron ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 ? 0 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 3 ? 0 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 1 18 5 13 1 ? 1 4
37 Green, Mike ? ? 2 0 12 8 4 6 ? 0 3
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 3 2 22 19 3 5 ? 4 2
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 1 ? 3 2
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 6 ? 0 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 1 16 14 2 1 ? 0 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 5 1 10 8 2 4 ? 0 5
15 Roberts, Brian ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 2 2 29 17 12 6 ? 6 2
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 4 24 17 7 5 ? 1 5
14 Thorpe, David ? ? 1 3 22 17 5 1 ? 4 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 5 ? 1 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 ? 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 20 284 220 64 59 0+ 29 42

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 5 ? 1 3
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 1 9 5 4 3 ? 2 0
11 Burns, John ? ? 1 0 18 15 3 1 ? 3 1
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 0 25 21 4 2 ? 5 3
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 2 ? 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 0 ? 2 1
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 ? 2 3
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 ? 3 3
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 3 ? 3 0
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 2 ? 4 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 0 21 14 7 3 ? 2 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 2 1 9 8 1 2 ? 1 1
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 ? 3 0
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 ? 1 1
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 1 ? 0 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 ? 2 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 1 ? 3 2
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 2 19 10 9 4 ? 3 1
1 Smith, Brad ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 6 ? 1 1
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 1 7 6 1 2 ? 1 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 9 266 202 64 45 0+ 42 29

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