1974 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1974 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round two of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Barry Lawrence captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Melbourne (11.20.86) were defeated by St Kilda (14.16.100).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Monday 15 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 36,708

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by St Kilda
Score: 11.20.86 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 6 7 . 12 10 . 16 11 . 20 11 . 20 (86)
St Kilda 1 . 4 2 . 8 9 . 12 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 34 MELB by 10 STKL by 14 STKL by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

St Kilda

Captain: Barry Lawrence
Coach: Allan Jeans

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Hedger

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 4 21 12 9 5 0 2 1
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 0 16 16 0 9 10 3 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 3 0
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 1 14 12 2 6 0 3 3
14 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 0 3 21 18 3 3 0 1 2
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 6 0 1 1
5 Clennett, John ? ? 1 1 14 10 4 8 3 2 6
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 0 1 3
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 7 0 2 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 8 0 3 2
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 6 12 2 2
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 3 6 5 1 1 0 0 0
39 Moore, Kevin ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 1 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 1 0 11 11 0 4 0 4 1
32 Payne, Dennis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Slade, Peter ? ? 1 2 24 22 2 4 0 4 3
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 2 2 16 16 0 6 0 4 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 3 20 16 4 5 0 3 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 20 277 229 48 82 25 39 34

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
44 Bell, Peter ? ? 3 1 17 13 4 2 0 1 0
11 Besanko, Neil ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 1 0 3 2
4 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 3
35 Callery, Paul ? ? 3 1 29 24 5 3 0 2 2
12 Colling, Gary ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 5 0 1 3
3 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 1 1 22 21 1 2 0 6 1
8 Elliott, Glenn ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 2 0 3 3
17 Galt, Rod ? ? 0 2 10 7 3 4 0 0 5
35 Greene, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 0 2 1
42 Judson, Wayne ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 3 0 2 1
5 Lawrence, Barry (c) ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 0 1 2
15 Moran, Jeff ? ? 0 0 15 15 0 1 0 3 2
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 1 20 2 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 5 0 2 1
20 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Reynolds, Russell ? ? 3 1 16 9 7 5 0 0 4
31 Sarau, Jeff ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 4 0 2 2
23 Theodore, Stephen ? ? 1 1 18 9 9 3 0 1 3
7 Trott, Stuart ? ? 0 1 26 23 3 2 0 3 3
27 Young, George ? ? 0 3 12 8 4 2 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 14 16 299 230 69 50 20 34 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