1974 VFL Season Round 2: Essendon v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1974 between Essendon and South Melbourne during round two of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted South Melbourne at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Essendon (21.24.150) defeated South Melbourne (10.18.78).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Essendon v South Melbourne
Date: Monday 15 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 25,347

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. South Melbourne
Score: 21.24.150 - 10.18.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 8 14 . 14 18 . 18 21 . 24 21 . 24 (150)
South Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 4 6 . 13 10 . 18 10 . 18 (78)
Margin ESSE by 37 ESSE by 76 ESSE by 77 ESSE by 72 ESSE by 72
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan
Coach: Des Tuddenham

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 0 1 15 13 2 4 0 1 3
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 0 6
3 Beaumont, Steve ? ? 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
9 Cassin, John ? ? 3 2 19 16 3 4 0 1 6
19 Close, Robin ? ? 2 3 16 15 1 5 0 1 2
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 2 5 18 14 4 2 0 2 1
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 3 0 3 4
23 Hickmott, Peter ? ? 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 1 3
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 1 1 18 14 4 3 14 3 3
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 5 0 2 0
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 3 19 15 4 6 6 4 1
2 Newton, Rob ? ? 1 0 13 13 0 8 0 1 2
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 6 7 17 16 1 8 0 3 2
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 16 0 3 0 5 0
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 4 0 2
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 2 0
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 1 0 2 1
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 1 1 15 13 2 3 0 0 5
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 5 0 23 23 0 5 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 21 24 277 242 35 71 24 33 45

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 1 2 11 9 2 8 10 0 5
31 Ball, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 6 1
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 1 4 22 17 5 9 0 3 2
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 1 9 7 2 1 1 5 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 2 17 14 3 0 1 1 4
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 1 2 2
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 8 4 4
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 0
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 0 0 27 27 0 6 0 4 0
24 Grima, Robert ? ? 3 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 0 1 10 10 0 3 1 3 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 1 1 15 12 3 4 0 2 0
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 1 0 2 1
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 1 2 12 10 2 3 0 1 1
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 0 4 4
25 Stibbard, Neville ? ? 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
9 Stibbard, Robert ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 1 0 0 1
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 2 3
4 Wilson, Graeme ? ? 1 3 22 15 7 4 0 2 0
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 0 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 18 265 215 50 57 22 45 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