1974 VFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 15 April 1974 between North Melbourne and Footscray during round two of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Footscray at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

North Melbourne (20.12.132) defeated Footscray (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Monday 15 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 21,355

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 20.12.132 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 5 . 3 6 . 9 12 . 10 20 . 12 20 . 12 (132)
Footscray 1 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 7 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin NMLB by 25 NMLB by 3 NMLB by 15 NMLB by 57 NMLB by 57
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 27 19 8 7 0 1 5
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 4 18 12 6 6 1 0 3
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 27 20 7 1 1 2 4
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 0 20 13 7 0 0 1 0
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 5 0 2 2
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 1 0 27 21 6 5 0 3 1
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 5 4
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 2 0 1 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 2 0 6 6 0 3 0 0 0
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 23 0 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 24 17 7 3 1 3 1
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 7 0 1 0
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 1 0 2 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 1
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 0 1 22 16 6 2 0 1 1
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 2 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 4 0 11 6 5 2 8 0 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 4 1 14 13 1 3 0 4 3
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 5 13 12 1 7 0 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 12 340 249 91 64 34 30 32

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 1 19 17 2 2 0 2 0
6 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 0
22 Collins, Dennis ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 0 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 8 16 4 2
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 20 20 0 5 0 6 2
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 1
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 2
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 0 3 1
5 O'Halloran, Max ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 2 0 3 1
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 12 10 2 4 0 0 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 6 0 3 0
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 8 0 2 0
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 4 2 10 9 1 0 0 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 7 0 1 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 2 1 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 3 1 10 10 0 5 0 1 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 2 3 16 14 2 4 2 2 2
38 Wilkins, Terry ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 9 224 207 17 66 20 32 18

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