1974 VFL Season Round 2: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 13 April 1974 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round two of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Laurie Richards as vice-captain. Royce Hart captained the visitors with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Fitzroy (9.13.67) were defeated by Richmond (15.26.116).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Saturday 13 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 17,040

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 9.13.67 - 15.26.116

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 0 . 0 2 . 7 4 . 9 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Richmond 8 . 9 9 . 12 14 . 23 15 . 26 15 . 26 (116)
Margin RICH by 57 RICH by 47 RICH by 74 RICH by 49 RICH by 49
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 ? 2 4
39 Cruse, Colin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 ? 1 3
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 1 0 13 11 2 4 ? 1 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 ? 1 1
32 Farnham, Dean ? ? 1 2 15 8 7 4 ? 2 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 0 ? 4 2
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 9 ? 1 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 2 15 12 3 3 ? 3 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 ? 2 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 1 ? 2 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 0 22 20 2 3 ? 5 3
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 0 ? 3 0
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 0 ? 1 5
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 22 20 2 2 ? 5 0
8 Richards, Laurie (vc) ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 6 ? 1 1
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 1 3 13 12 1 7 ? 1 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 2 5 4 1 2 ? 0 0
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 ? 1 1
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 1 ? 1 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 4 1 26 20 6 4 ? 3 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 13 273 215 58 49 0+ 40 29

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 2 8 33 29 4 1 ? 4 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 1 ? 0 5
18 Brown, Mal ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 2 ? 4 7
27 Carter, Noel ? ? 1 1 20 16 4 4 ? 2 3
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 3 ? 2 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 0 1
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 0 ? 4 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 0 16 9 7 6 ? 2 1
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 3 1 8 8 0 1 ? 1 3
5 Hunt, Rex ? ? 0 1 5 5 0 1 ? 0 2
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 0 ? 1 1
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 4 ? 1 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 2 ? 0 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 0 4 21 16 5 5 ? 0 1
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 ? 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 1 26 19 7 5 ? 3 2
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 0 ? 0 2
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 3 3 18 14 4 3 ? 2 3
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 1 2 16 16 0 0 ? 1 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 1 1 27 16 11 2 ? 3 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 26 288 218 70 42 0+ 30 40

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