1974 VFL Season Round 1: St Kilda v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 6 April 1974 between St Kilda and Fitzroy during round one of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Fitzroy at Moorabbin Oval. John Murphy captained the visitors with Laurie Richards as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

St Kilda (11.17.83) defeated Fitzroy (6.7.43).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: St Kilda v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 6 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Moorabbin Oval
Attendance: 17,286

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Fitzroy
Score: 11.17.83 - 6.7.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 2 . 3 3 . 10 4 . 10 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Fitzroy 1 . 2 2 . 3 5 . 6 6 . 7 6 . 7 (43)
Margin STKL by 7 STKL by 13 FITZ by 2 STKL by 40 STKL by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Allan Jeans

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Laurie Richards
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
44 Bell, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 1
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 1 ? 0 0
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 1 4 17 13 4 5 ? 2 1
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 3 ? 4 5
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 3 ? 1 4
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 1 2 27 23 4 2 ? 6 5
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 2 ? 3 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 1 6 30 25 5 6 ? 6 4
16 Ellis, David ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 ? 0 0
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 1 1 12 9 3 2 ? 2 2
35 Greene, Russell ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 5 ? 2 5
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 ? 2 1
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 0 ? 5 4
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 1 13 12 1 5 ? 0 2
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 4 ? 1 0
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 1 ? 2 3
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 5 ? 2 2
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 4 ? 4 3
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 1 0 23 22 1 3 ? 5 3
27 Young, George ? ? 3 0 16 14 2 3 ? 0 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 11 17 306 242 64 57 0+ 47 50

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 ? 1 3
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
32 Farnham, Dean ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 ? 2 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 2 2 25 15 10 1 ? 2 3
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 1 0 16 13 3 2 ? 1 1
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 1 1
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 5 ? 2 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 2 14 12 2 3 ? 5 6
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 ? 1 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 ? 1 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 0 32 29 3 2 ? 10 8
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 2 ? 5 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 1 ? 4 0
8 Richards, Laurie (vc) ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 8 ? 2 3
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 ? 0 0
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 3 ? 3 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 3 ? 2 5
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 ? 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 ? 2 0
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 3 28 20 8 2 ? 5 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 6 7 274 210 64 42 0+ 50 47

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