1974 VFL Season Round 1: South Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 1974 between South Melbourne and North Melbourne during round one of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at Lakeside Oval. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with, in the absence of David Dench, deputy vice-captain Barry Goodingham as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graeme John and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

South Melbourne (15.10.100) defeated North Melbourne (11.14.80).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 9,997

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. North Melbourne
Score: 15.10.100 - 11.14.80

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 1 . 3 7 . 3 11 . 7 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
North Melbourne 2 . 4 6 . 9 9 . 13 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Margin NMLB by 7 level SMLB by 6 SMLB by 20 SMLB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: Barry Goodingham (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 1 2 20 13 7 11 ? 5 0
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 1 ? 4 2
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 3 2 18 11 7 5 ? 3 2
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 ? 1 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 7 ? 0 3
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 4 ? 2 1
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 1 0 19 10 9 6 ? 1 3
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 19 15 4 4 ? 1 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 2 0 28 28 0 5 ? 2 4
24 Grima, Robert ? ? 5 0 9 8 1 7 ? 1 0
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 7 ? 2 4
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 21 16 5 3 ? 5 2
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 1 2 25 23 2 5 ? 2 1
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 3 ? 1 3
25 Stibbard, Neville ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
9 Stibbard, Robert ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 2 ? 2 1
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 8 ? 0 4
4 Wilson, Graeme ? ? 2 2 18 14 4 8 ? 3 1
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 0 ? 4 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 10 319 242 77 87 0+ 39 37

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 ? 0 1
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 ? 0 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 21 15 6 3 ? 1 6
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 2 21 15 6 3 ? 3 2
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 1 ? 3 3
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 1 26 22 4 6 ? 1 0
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 0 ? 2 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 ? 3 1
10 Goodingham, Barry (avc) ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 3 ? 1 1
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 ? 3 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 ? 2 3
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 1 ? 1 1
3 Muir, Russell ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 ? 1 2
21 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 0
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 1 ? 2 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 1 ? 2 4
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 6 ? 1 0
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 3 4 22 17 5 9 ? 7 0
1 Smith, Brad ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 2 ? 2 3
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 3 3 8 8 0 6 ? 2 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 14 272 204 68 60 0+ 37 39

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