1974 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1974 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round five of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Melbourne (13.11.89) were defeated by North Melbourne (19.15.129).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 May 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 23,616

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 13.11.89 - 19.15.129

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 6 5 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
North Melbourne 4 . 3 11 . 8 15 . 12 19 . 15 19 . 15 (129)
Margin NMLB by 13 NMLB by 38 NMLB by 64 NMLB by 40 NMLB by 40
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

North Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Hedger

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 2 24 21 3 8 ? 3 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 ? 2 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 1 1 1 0 1 ? 0 2
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 0 18 14 4 5 ? 5 1
5 Clennett, John ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 8 ? 2 3
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 2 ? 3 2
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 1 23 17 6 8 ? 4 3
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 5 ? 1 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 ? 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 2 1 20 15 5 6 ? 2 1
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 4 1 16 14 2 12 ? 2 0
39 Moore, Kevin ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 4 ? 2 0
29 Murray, David ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 2 ? 0 1
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 ? 2 2
38 Slade, Peter ? ? 1 0 24 22 2 8 ? 0 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 ? 2 0
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 23 16 7 4 ? 3 1
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 1 1 2 2 0 1 ? 0 0
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 2 27 25 2 8 ? 0 0
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 ? 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 11 274 227 47 92 0+ 34 24

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 0 1 21 11 10 5 ? 2 2
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 1 5 21 14 7 6 ? 3 4
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 1 ? 2 3
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 2 3 27 23 4 2 ? 2 1
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 2 1 21 18 3 3 ? 1 0
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 ? 3 2
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 ? 1 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 0 0 25 20 5 5 ? 1 2
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 1 0 22 14 8 5 ? 1 4
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 ? 2 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 4 0 12 9 3 5 ? 0 4
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 ? 1 0
22 Nolan, Mick ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 2 ? 0 0
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 2 1 18 16 2 2 ? 3 2
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 0 ? 0 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 1 0 13 12 1 6 ? 1 4
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 0 12 12 0 2 ? 1 2
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 3 10 8 2 4 ? 1 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 15 295 233 62 60 0+ 25 37

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