1974 VFL Season Round 8: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 25 May 1974 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round eight of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at Arden Street Oval. Barry Davis captained the hosts with David Dench as vice-captain. Royce Hart captained the visitors with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ron Barassi and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

North Melbourne (9.16.70) were defeated by Richmond (13.17.95).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 25 May 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 22,841

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 9.16.70 - 13.17.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 3 5 . 9 6 . 12 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Richmond 5 . 7 7 . 9 11 . 15 13 . 17 13 . 17 (95)
Margin RICH by 28 RICH by 12 RICH by 33 RICH by 25 RICH by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

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

Richmond

Captain: Royce Hart
Vice-Captain: Kevin Bartlett
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 5 ? 4 1
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 3 24 19 5 3 ? 3 2
9 Cable, Barry ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 ? 1 0
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 2 1 15 10 5 5 ? 1 1
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 0 2 34 31 3 3 ? 2 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 3 ? 4 0
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 0 21 17 4 1 ? 1 3
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 ? 1 3
27 Greig, Keith ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 2 ? 0 0
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 3 ? 2 0
34 Henshaw, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 ? 3 1
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 3 0 18 14 4 3 ? 4 5
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 6 ? 0 1
17 Pagan, Denis ? ? 0 0 22 19 3 2 ? 1 4
5 Rantall, John ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 4 ? 2 2
19 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 2 4 3 1 3 ? 0 1
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 1 3 17 13 4 4 ? 0 2
1 Smith, Brad ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 1 ? 5 2
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 2 2 5 4 1 2 ? 2 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 9 16 290 211 79 59 0+ 36 31

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 ? 1 4
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 0 14 10 4 5 ? 1 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 3 32 30 2 2 ? 3 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 4 ? 0 2
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 8 ? 0 1
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 ? 2 2
37 Green, Mike ? ? 2 0 8 4 4 5 ? 5 1
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 3 2 21 17 4 8 ? 1 4
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 1 0 14 12 2 3 ? 1 0
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 ? 2 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 ? 0 0
31 McLean, Ricky ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 2 ? 2 1
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 2 2 16 13 3 2 ? 2 3
39 Parsons, Stephen ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 2 ? 1 3
13 Rae, Stephen ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 ? 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 0 3 26 22 4 2 ? 3 2
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 1 ? 4 2
2 Stewart, Ian ? ? 1 1 15 10 5 3 ? 0 2
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 3 ? 1 2
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 1 ? 2 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 13 17 268 211 57 62 0+ 31 34

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