1974 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1974 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round eight of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Laurie Richards as vice-captain. In the absence of Des Tuddenham, vice-captain Alan Noonan captained the visitors with Geoff Pryor as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Des Tuddenham.

Fitzroy (16.11.107) defeated Essendon (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 25 May 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 15,045

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 16.11.107 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 3 . 1 6 . 4 9 . 7 16 . 11 16 . 11 (107)
Essendon 4 . 5 7 . 8 11 . 13 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin ESSE by 10 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 18 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Essendon

Captain: Alan Noonan (acting)
Vice-Captain: Geoff Pryor (acting)
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 2 0 9 7 2 3 ? 1 3
24 Booth, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 0 ? 3 3
41 Brain, Ray ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 1 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
23 Harrington, Dan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 ? 2 2
37 Hayes, Kerrin ? ? 1 0 14 10 4 0 ? 1 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 0 25 17 8 2 ? 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 22 11 11 7 ? 0 1
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 ? 1 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 0 29 23 6 8 ? 5 5
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 3 ? 2 1
30 Noonan, Gerry ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 5 ? 1 2
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 2 ? 4 3
8 Richards, Laurie (vc) ? ? 3 1 19 11 8 4 ? 4 2
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 21 19 2 3 ? 4 3
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 2 9 6 3 4 ? 0 1
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 1 1 16 12 4 5 ? 3 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 3 0 21 19 2 4 ? 4 2
9 Wall, David ? ? 2 4 12 8 4 3 ? 3 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 1 2 37 24 13 6 ? 6 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 11 318 227 91 65 0+ 47 40

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Amos, Robert ? ? 3 1 15 13 2 3 ? 5 3
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 1 ? 2 7
9 Cassin, John ? ? 2 4 21 16 5 4 ? 1 3
43 Crow, Max ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 28 23 5 4 ? 6 5
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 1 17 16 1 4 ? 2 4
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 3 ? 2 4
37 Lowe, Garry ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 ? 1 0
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 4 ? 4 2
10 Noonan, Alan (ac) ? ? 2 2 12 8 4 5 ? 1 0
5 Parkes, Gary ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 ? 2 3
16 Perry, Greg ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 ? 3 0
31 Pryor, Geoff (avc) ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 5 ? 1 1
6 Roberts, Ken ? ? 1 1 24 20 4 2 ? 7 4
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 ? 1 0
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 3 1 15 14 1 6 ? 1 3
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 0 2 28 24 4 3 ? 0 3
20 Wright, Ross ? ? 0 1 6 5 1 0 ? 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 15 257 218 39 50 0+ 39 42

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