1974 VFL Season 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 five of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (14.16.100) drew with Fitzroy (15.10.100).

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

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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