1974 VFL Round 3: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 20 April 1974 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round 3 of the 1974 VFL season.
North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval.
In the absence of Barry Davis, vice-captain David Dench captained the hosts with Barry Goodingham as vice-captain.
John Murphy captained the visitors with Laurie Richards as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.
North Melbourne
D. Dench (capt.), B. Goodingham (vice-capt.), A. Briedis, J. Burns, B. Cable, G. Cowton, G. Farrant, P. Feltham, K. Greig, F. Gumbleton, R. Henshaw, K. Montgomery, R. Muir, D. Pagan, R. Peterson, J. Rantall, P. Ryan, W. Schimmelbusch, P. Taylor, D. Wade
Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), L. Richards (vice-capt.), G. Booth, N. Dare, J. Duckworth, D. Farnham, W. Irwin, I. McCulloch, D. McMahon, H. Merrigan, I. Miller, S. Molloy, K. Murray, K. O'Keeffe, B. Padley, D. Searl, A. Sinclair, C. Smith, N. Taylor, G. Wilson
North Melbourne (17.18.120) defeated Fitzroy (7.11.53).
Goalkickers
North Melbourne: D. Wade (7), R. Peterson (5), B. Cable (2), P. Feltham (2), W. Schimmelbusch
Fitzroy: D. Searl (3), G. Wilson (2), W. Irwin, I. McCulloch
As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 5th) and Fitzroy remained 12th on the ladder by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1974 VFL Season
Round:
Round 3
Teams:
North Melbourne
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 20 April 1974
Time:
2:00 PM
Venue:
Arden Street Oval
Attendance:
10,332
Match Results
Outcome:
North Melbourne
def.
Fitzroy
Score:
17.18.120 - 7.11.53
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Melbourne | 3 | . | 5 | 10 | . | 7 | 13 | . | 13 | 17 | . | 18 | 17 | . | 18 | (120) |
| Fitzroy | 2 | . | 1 | 4 | . | 2 | 6 | . | 8 | 7 | . | 11 | 7 | . | 11 | (53) |
| Margin | NMLB by 10 | NMLB by 41 | NMLB by 47 | NMLB by 67 | NMLB by 67 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Ron Barassi
(North Melbourne),
Graham Donaldson
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
David Dench
(North Melbourne),
John Murphy
(Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains:
Barry Goodingham
(North Melbourne),
Laurie Richards
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
J. Chapman
Player Statistics
North Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Briedis, Arnold | ? | ? | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | ? | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Burns, John | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 1 | ? | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Cable, Barry | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Cowton, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Dench, David (ac) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Farrant, Garry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Feltham, Paul | ? | ? | 2 | 2 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 6 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Goodingham, Barry (avc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | ? | 2 | 4 |
| 27 | Greig, Keith | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 5 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 38 | Gumbleton, Frank | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Henshaw, Ross | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Montgomery, Ken | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 | ? | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Muir, Russell | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 2 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Pagan, Denis | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Peterson, Robert | ? | ? | 5 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | ? | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Rantall, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | ? | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | Ryan, Phil | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Schimmelbusch, Wayne | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 7 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 47 | Taylor, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Wade, Doug | ? | ? | 7 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 17 | 18 | 301 | 232 | 69 | 69 | 0+ | 31 | 35 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Booth, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Dare, Norm | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Duckworth, John | ? | ? | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | Farnham, Dean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Irwin, Warwick | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | McCulloch, Ian | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | McMahon, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Merrigan, Harvey | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Miller, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 5 | ? | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Molloy, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Murphy, John (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 4 | ? | 6 | 4 |
| 1 | Murray, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | O'Keeffe, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | ? | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Padley, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Richards, Laurie (vc) | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 6 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Searl, Doug | ? | ? | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 8 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Sinclair, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Smith, Chris | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Taylor, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | Wilson, Garry | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | ? | 7 | 3 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 7 | 11 | 290 | 222 | 68 | 60 | 0+ | 35 | 31 | |||