1974 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 27 April 1974 between Footscray and South Melbourne during round four of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted South Melbourne at Western Oval. Laurie Sandilands captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Footscray (15.6.96) defeated South Melbourne (7.9.51).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 27 April 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,491

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. South Melbourne
Score: 15.6.96 - 7.9.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 0 7 . 2 11 . 4 15 . 6 15 . 6 (96)
South Melbourne 2 . 6 2 . 7 5 . 7 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Margin SMLB by 6 FOOT by 25 FOOT by 33 FOOT by 45 FOOT by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 ? 4 1
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 ? 2 3
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 8 ? 2 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 1 2 30 24 6 6 ? 3 3
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 1 0 28 27 1 3 ? 5 4
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 1 2 23 20 3 8 ? 1 2
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 0 22 14 8 2 ? 2 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 4 ? 2 0
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 0 28 25 3 4 ? 5 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 ? 3 0
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 8 ? 1 2
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 21 20 1 8 ? 1 2
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 1 0 18 16 2 7 ? 1 2
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 3 0 15 11 4 1 ? 0 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 5 ? 2 4
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 ? 0 2
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 1 0 9 7 2 5 ? 2 4
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 4 1 12 11 1 3 ? 3 4
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 1 ? 5 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 6 324 268 56 83 0+ 44 44

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 0 1 2 1 1 1 ? 0 0
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 2 0 27 17 10 7 ? 3 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 1 18 16 2 5 ? 1 4
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 6 ? 4 1
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 0 4 0 4 0 ? 0 3
14 Franklin, Tony ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 ? 3 3
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 ? 2 2
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 1 1 31 24 7 11 ? 6 3
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 2 1 20 15 5 6 ? 2 3
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 0 1 28 21 7 8 ? 2 2
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 2 ? 1 5
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 30 23 7 3 ? 1 1
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 ? 3 1
6 Norris, Michael ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 ? 2 1
19 Prentice, Jim ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 ? 2 1
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 4 ? 0 2
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 ? 3 5
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 6 ? 2 2
4 Wilson, Graeme ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 2 ? 3 2
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 3 ? 4 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 7 9 365 268 97 74 0+ 44 44

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