1974 VFL Season Round 4: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 25 April 1974 between Fitzroy and Collingwood during round four of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Laurie Richards as vice-captain. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Neil Mann.

Fitzroy (18.12.120) defeated Collingwood (17.9.111).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Thursday 25 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 24,471

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Collingwood
Score: 18.12.120 - 17.9.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 5 . 6 8 . 7 14 . 11 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Collingwood 2 . 1 7 . 5 11 . 8 17 . 9 17 . 9 (111)
Margin FITZ by 23 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 21 FITZ by 9 FITZ by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Neil Mann

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Hedger

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Booth, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 1
39 Cruse, Colin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 3
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 4 0 3 2
32 Farnham, Dean ? ? 0 0 14 5 9 8 19 3 4
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 2 19 17 2 0 0 3 6
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 1 2 9 7 2 2 1 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 1 1 24 19 5 5 1 3 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 1 0 3 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 3 2 31 26 5 3 1 2 2
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 0 1 1
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 1 5
8 Richards, Laurie (vc) ? ? 4 1 21 16 5 9 1 4 1
12 Sault, Ray ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 1 2
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 3 3 7 7 0 2 0 0 2
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 0 1 1
9 Wall, David ? ? 3 1 12 12 0 5 0 2 3
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 0 30 21 9 5 1 5 4
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 18 12 272 215 57 56 25 38 42

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Bisset, George ? ? 1 2 21 17 4 3 0 2 1
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 2 0 1 2
37 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 0 12 10 2 3 0 4 1
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 2 2
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 0 1 3
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 7 0 2 3
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 2 0 8 8 0 5 3 1 1
9 Dunstan, Graeme ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 2 0 1 3
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 4 0 5 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 0 5 3 2 0 5 3 1
40 Holmes, Allan ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 2
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 2
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 3 1 7 7 0 5 1 2 2
3 Price, Barry ? ? 1 1 27 22 5 4 1 3 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 7 0 2 3
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 3 0 25 22 3 6 0 4 1
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 2 1 16 9 7 5 11 3 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 0 3 2
14 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 9 239 203 36 64 21 43 38

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