1974 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1974 between Melbourne and Richmond during round fourteen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Gary Hardeman captained the hosts. Royce Hart captained the visitors with Kevin Bartlett as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Melbourne (11.24.90) were defeated by Richmond (23.15.153).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 6 July 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 21,146

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 11.24.90 - 23.15.153

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 4 . 13 7 . 17 11 . 24 11 . 24 (90)
Richmond 3 . 4 9 . 10 19 . 12 23 . 15 23 . 15 (153)
Margin RICH by 4 RICH by 27 RICH by 67 RICH by 63 RICH by 63
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Gary Hardeman
Coach: Bob Skilton

Richmond

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 1 16 14 2 5 ? 3 4
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 14 14 0 4 ? 0 1
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 4 20 16 4 5 ? 6 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 1 1 14 13 1 2 ? 1 1
5 Clennett, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 3 ? 0 2
24 Delmenico, Wayne ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 ? 3 0
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 3 0 18 15 3 6 ? 4 4
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 ? 0 0
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 ? 1 3
43 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 4 ? 3 1
33 Hardeman, Gary (c) ? ? 0 5 31 25 6 8 ? 4 3
51 Keays, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 ? 1 2
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 1 15 15 0 5 ? 4 4
26 Scott, Graham ? ? 1 2 6 6 0 1 ? 0 0
38 Slade, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 7 4 2 ? 1 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 ? 0 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 2 ? 6 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 1 4 29 24 5 5 ? 2 0
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 2 2 6 4 2 3 ? 1 0
27 Wood, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 3 ? 1 4
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 24 272 224 48 66 0+ 41 33

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 3 1 13 7 6 2 ? 3 3
29 Bartlett, Kevin (vc) ? ? 1 1 32 30 2 1 ? 4 4
50 Betts, Gerald ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 ? 1 2
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 3 ? 1 1
18 Brown, Mal ? ? 2 2 12 5 7 1 ? 1 2
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 ? 0 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 4 ? 1 0
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 1 17 9 8 4 ? 1 2
11 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 0
37 Green, Mike ? ? 1 0 18 11 7 6 ? 5 3
4 Hart, Royce (c) ? ? 1 3 12 9 3 4 ? 2 3
19 Hewitt, Glynn ? ? 4 1 21 13 8 5 ? 3 1
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 0 ? 1 3
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 6 3 20 17 3 5 ? 1 3
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 ? 2 1
9 McKellar, Craig ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 1 2 27 16 11 5 ? 1 3
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 0 20 12 8 3 ? 1 3
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 2 0 28 19 9 4 ? 2 0
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 ? 3 6
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 23 15 305 212 93 63 0+ 33 41

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