1974 VFL Season Round 6: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 11 May 1974 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round six of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at VFL Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Collingwood (13.11.89) defeated Melbourne (12.7.79).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 11 May 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 25,157

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 13.11.89 - 12.7.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 4 7 . 8 9 . 10 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Melbourne 5 . 1 8 . 3 11 . 3 12 . 7 12 . 7 (79)
Margin MELB by 3 MELB by 1 MELB by 5 COLL by 10 COLL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 ? 1 0
4 Bisset, George ? ? 1 1 23 19 4 4 ? 5 1
32 Browne, Michael ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 ? 0 1
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 4 ? 0 3
26 Dean, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 2 ? 1 0
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 0 2 10 10 0 7 ? 0 6
9 Dunstan, Graeme ? ? 3 0 15 11 4 6 ? 1 2
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 5 ? 4 1
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 0 2 12 8 4 9 ? 1 1
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 3 ? 1 0
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 1 0 8 6 2 4 ? 0 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 2 1 10 9 1 5 ? 0 2
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 4 ? 4 1
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 3 0 32 29 3 7 ? 3 2
24 Salmon, Daryl ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 1 ? 2 0
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 4 ? 4 4
7 Shephard, Graeme ? ? 1 0 34 26 8 11 ? 4 2
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 1 2 17 13 4 2 ? 5 3
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 3 ? 2 2
14 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 7 ? 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 11 314 246 68 90 0+ 39 32

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 0 33 26 7 8 ? 2 1
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 ? 2 0
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 5 ? 1 3
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 0 30 21 9 5 ? 3 1
5 Clennett, John ? ? 0 1 18 17 1 12 ? 3 0
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 6 6 0 3 ? 0 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 1 ? 3 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 5 ? 2 1
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane ? ? 1 0 7 5 2 0 ? 1 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 1 0 16 8 8 4 ? 2 4
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 3 ? 0 3
39 Moore, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 ? 0 2
29 Murray, David ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 ? 1 1
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 4 ? 2 6
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 8 ? 2 1
38 Slade, Peter ? ? 1 0 33 28 5 5 ? 3 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 6 ? 3 3
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 5 0 8 7 1 5 ? 0 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 2 26 24 2 4 ? 2 3
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 7 294 228 66 82 0+ 32 39

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