1974 VFL Season Round 14: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1974 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Wayne Richardson captained the hosts with Len Thompson as vice-captain. In the absence of John Murphy, vice-captain Laurie Richards captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Neil Mann and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Collingwood (24.14.158) defeated Fitzroy (19.13.127).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 6 July 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 17,356

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 24.14.158 - 19.13.127

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 6 13 . 10 19 . 10 24 . 14 24 . 14 (158)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 7 . 6 13 . 12 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Margin COLL by 15 COLL by 40 COLL by 34 COLL by 31 COLL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Laurie Richards (acting)
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
16 Atkinson, Alan ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 1
20 Clifford, Stephen ? ? 0 1 10 8 2 1 ? 1 1
37 Coles, Henry ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 4 ? 3 2
10 Cooper, Ian ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 ? 1 3
19 Cranage, Paul ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 ? 1 5
12 Dunne, Ross ? ? 3 2 20 20 0 6 ? 0 3
34 Gott, Doug ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 ? 3 0
15 Heard, Bob ? ? 1 1 8 7 1 5 ? 2 2
31 Manassa, Phil ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 2 ? 2 2
6 McKenna, Peter ? ? 6 1 10 7 3 3 ? 2 2
8 Oborne, Rod ? ? 2 0 10 9 1 2 ? 2 1
25 Picken, Bill ? ? 3 0 18 16 2 10 ? 2 2
3 Price, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 5 ? 1 1
18 Richardson, Max ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 2 ? 5 1
1 Richardson, Wayne (c) ? ? 1 1 29 24 5 8 ? 3 3
23 Shaw, Ray ? ? 0 2 10 10 0 3 ? 1 2
7 Shephard, Graeme ? ? 2 2 25 18 7 7 ? 4 4
2 Thompson, Len (vc) ? ? 4 1 20 12 8 6 ? 1 2
5 Wearmouth, Ronnie ? ? 0 0 18 11 7 2 ? 2 0
14 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 ? 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 24 14 281 222 59 75 0+ 37 38

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 6 ? 3 1
41 Brain, Ray ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 0 ? 1 2
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
32 Farnham, Dean ? ? 0 1 7 3 4 3 ? 1 2
37 Hayes, Kerrin ? ? 1 1 18 15 3 5 ? 2 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 0 ? 0 2
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 1 0 7 4 3 0 ? 2 2
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 ? 2 1
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 ? 1 2
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 1 19 14 5 6 ? 3 1
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 ? 1 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 2 0 22 21 1 9 ? 5 3
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 3 ? 2 3
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 1 1
8 Richards, Laurie (ac) ? ? 0 1 24 20 4 11 ? 3 4
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 3 3 16 14 2 5 ? 1 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 2 0 9 9 0 2 ? 1 4
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 1 0 14 14 0 1 ? 2 2
9 Wall, David ? ? 4 3 12 11 1 4 ? 3 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 3 2 34 30 4 8 ? 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 19 13 259 216 43 74 0+ 38 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