1974 VFL Season 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 three of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (17.18.120) defeated Fitzroy (7.11.53).

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

North Melbourne

Captain: David Dench (acting)
Vice-Captain: Barry Goodingham (acting)
Coach: Ron Barassi

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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