1974 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 8 June 1974 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round ten of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. John Murphy captained the visitors with Laurie Richards as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Melbourne (19.10.124) defeated Fitzroy (13.15.93).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 8 June 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,414

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.10.124 - 13.15.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 6 . 5 13 . 7 19 . 10 19 . 10 (124)
Fitzroy 3 . 5 8 . 8 10 . 13 13 . 15 13 . 15 (93)
Margin FITZ by 14 FITZ by 15 MELB by 12 MELB by 31 MELB by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Quinn

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 2 ? 1 2
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 13 10 3 8 ? 0 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 ? 4 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 5 2 17 12 5 2 ? 0 5
12 Collins, Mike ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 ? 1 0
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 6 ? 4 0
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 6 ? 0 2
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 3 2 18 13 5 2 ? 3 2
43 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 ? 1 1
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 21 17 4 5 ? 2 2
51 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 ? 2 3
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 ? 4 2
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
38 Slade, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 1 ? 1 4
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 1 24 16 8 5 ? 2 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 27 18 9 2 ? 5 6
18 Tilbrook, Jim ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 5 ? 1 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 0 23 18 5 6 ? 4 0
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 5 2 8 7 1 3 ? 1 3
27 Wood, Greg ? ? 1 0 19 14 5 1 ? 2 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 10 298 224 74 62 0+ 38 47

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 1 11 5 6 6 ? 1 2
2 Dare, Norm ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
23 Harrington, Dan ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 ? 1 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 2 25 17 8 2 ? 3 1
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 2 ? 2 1
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 1 15 9 6 8 ? 1 3
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 7 ? 0 4
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 ? 6 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 2 24 23 1 1 ? 8 3
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 ? 3 0
8 Richards, Laurie (vc) ? ? 1 1 21 13 8 6 ? 1 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 ? 0 2
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 3 0 8 4 4 3 ? 1 2
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 2 4 17 13 4 1 ? 4 1
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 2 ? 0 3
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 1 22 19 3 3 ? 6 3
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 1 25 23 2 2 ? 4 1
9 Wall, David ? ? 3 2 12 12 0 6 ? 3 1
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 1 0 14 13 1 1 ? 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 0 ? 3 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 13 15 291 219 72 56 0+ 49 37

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