1974 VFL Round 5: South Melbourne v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1974 between South Melbourne and Fitzroy during round 5 of the 1974 VFL season.
South Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Lakeside Oval.
Peter Bedford captained the hosts.
John Murphy captained the visitors with Laurie Richards as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Graeme John and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.
South Melbourne
P. Bedford (capt.), V. Aanensen, B. Beecroft, G. Brice, P. Brown, R. Doyle, T. Franklin, R. Gleeson, N. Goss, S. Gull, R. Hodges, S. Hoffman, G. Lambert, D. McLeish, G. Miller, R. Quade, M. Robertson, I. Thomson, G. Wilson, B. Woodman
Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), L. Richards (vice-capt.), G. Booth, J. Duckworth, D. Farnham, W. Irwin, T. Lloyd, H. Merrigan, I. Miller, S. Molloy, K. Murray, G. Noonan, B. Padley, D. Searl, A. Sinclair, C. Smith, N. Taylor, A. Thompson, D. Wall, G. Wilson
South Melbourne (14.16.100) drew with Fitzroy (15.10.100).
Goalkickers
South Melbourne: P. Bedford (4), N. Goss (4), B. Beecroft (3), R. Doyle, S. Gull, G. Wilson
Fitzroy: J. Murphy (4), W. Irwin (3), L. Richards (2), D. Searl (2), T. Lloyd, I. Miller, A. Thompson, G. Wilson
As a result of this match, South Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) and Fitzroy were then 9th on the ladder (up from 10th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1974 VFL Season
Round:
Round 5
Teams:
South Melbourne
v
Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 4 May 1974
Time:
2:00 PM
Venue:
Lakeside Oval
Attendance:
10,240
Match Results
Outcome:
South Melbourne
drew with
Fitzroy
Score:
14.16.100 - 15.10.100
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Melbourne | 1 | . | 8 | 6 | . | 12 | 12 | . | 14 | 14 | . | 16 | 14 | . | 16 | (100) |
| Fitzroy | 4 | . | 1 | 8 | . | 6 | 12 | . | 8 | 15 | . | 10 | 15 | . | 10 | (100) |
| Margin | FITZ by 11 | FITZ by 6 | SMLB by 6 | level | drawn | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Graeme John
(South Melbourne),
Graham Donaldson
(Fitzroy)
Captains:
Peter Bedford
(South Melbourne),
John Murphy
(Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains:
unknown
(South Melbourne),
Laurie Richards
(Fitzroy)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
I. Robinson
Player Statistics
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Aanensen, Vic | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Bedford, Peter (c) | ? | ? | 4 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 8 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Beecroft, Barry | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Brice, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | Brown, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Doyle, Robert | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Franklin, Tony | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | Gleeson, Reg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Goss, Norm | ? | ? | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 5 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 34 | Gull, Stewart | ? | ? | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 9 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | Hodges, Russ | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Hoffman, Steve | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Lambert, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 6 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | McLeish, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Miller, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Quade, Ricky | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Robertson, Max | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 6 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Thomson, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | ? | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Wilson, Graeme | ? | ? | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Woodman, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 14 | 16 | 294 | 225 | 69 | 69 | 0+ | 22 | 19 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Booth, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ? | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Duckworth, John | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Farnham, Dean | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Irwin, Warwick | ? | ? | 3 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Lloyd, Trevor | ? | ? | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 3 | ? | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Merrigan, Harvey | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Miller, Ian | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 10 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Molloy, Shane | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Murphy, John (c) | ? | ? | 4 | 1 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2 | ? | 4 | 1 |
| 1 | Murray, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Noonan, Gerry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 5 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Padley, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Richards, Laurie (vc) | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 11 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Searl, Doug | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Sinclair, Allan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Smith, Chris | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Taylor, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Thompson, Alan | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | ? | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Wall, David | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | Wilson, Garry | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | ? | 1 | 0 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 15 | 10 | 299 | 227 | 72 | 72 | 0+ | 19 | 22 | |||