1974 VFL Season Round 9: Fitzroy v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 1 June 1974 between Fitzroy and Carlton during round nine of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Carlton at VFL Park. In the absence of John Murphy, vice-captain Laurie Richards captained the hosts. John Nicholls captained the visitors with Robert Walls as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by John Nicholls.

Fitzroy (7.10.52) were defeated by Carlton (16.15.111).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Fitzroy v Carlton
Date: Saturday 1 June 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 19,922

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Carlton
Score: 7.10.52 - 16.15.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 2 3 . 5 6 . 6 7 . 10 7 . 10 (52)
Carlton 6 . 6 9 . 9 13 . 11 16 . 15 16 . 15 (111)
Margin CARL by 28 CARL by 40 CARL by 47 CARL by 59 CARL by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Laurie Richards (acting)
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Carlton

Captain: John Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Robert Walls
Coach: John Nicholls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 ? 3 1
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 6 ? 2 3
23 Harrington, Dan ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 4 ? 3 0
37 Hayes, Kerrin ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 3 ? 4 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 1 1 23 19 4 5 ? 3 0
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 ? 1 0
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 3 ? 1 5
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 5 ? 5 2
22 Molloy, Shane ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 0 ? 1 1
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 ? 1 0
30 Noonan, Gerry ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 ? 2 2
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 2 0 17 14 3 2 ? 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 ? 1 3
8 Richards, Laurie (ac) ? ? 0 1 17 13 4 4 ? 1 2
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 2 ? 2 2
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 1 3 15 9 6 4 ? 1 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 ? 1 0
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 0 ? 1 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 1 ? 4 0
9 Wall, David ? ? 2 3 17 13 4 8 ? 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 7 10 278 205 73 60 0+ 39 27

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 1 2 26 25 1 5 ? 1 4
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 4 1 30 20 10 8 ? 1 5
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 20 19 1 5 ? 0 0
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 1 0 16 14 2 0 ? 4 1
23 Davis, Craig ? ? 0 2 27 22 5 9 ? 1 1
27 Dickson, David ? ? 1 0 25 15 10 8 ? 2 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 5 ? 1 4
33 Hurst, Paul ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 ? 0 1
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 3 17 13 4 3 ? 1 4
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 3 ? 0 2
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 1 0 32 28 4 12 ? 3 1
43 McKay, David ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 ? 1 0
2 Nicholls, John (c) ? ? 2 0 6 4 2 0 ? 1 2
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 ? 2 1
13 Pascoe, Eric ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 ? 2 1
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 ? 2 1
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 6 ? 3 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 3 6 5 1 5 ? 0 4
42 Walls, Robert (vc) ? ? 4 2 27 24 3 16 ? 1 3
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 1 0 5 5 0 2 ? 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 16 15 334 274 60 105 0+ 26 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