1974 VFL Season Round 14: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 6 July 1974 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round fourteen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Peter Bedford captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graeme John and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

South Melbourne (19.27.141) defeated Footscray (12.19.91).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 6 July 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 9,819

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 19.27.141 - 12.19.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 2 . 6 6 . 15 12 . 23 19 . 27 19 . 27 (141)
Footscray 6 . 4 7 . 9 8 . 13 12 . 19 12 . 19 (91)
Margin FOOT by 22 level SMLB by 34 SMLB by 50 SMLB by 50
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 0 1 12 2 10 2 ? 1 3
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 3 5 26 19 7 4 ? 3 0
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 3 1 9 9 0 6 ? 0 1
36 Beus, Alf ? ? 0 2 4 2 2 2 ? 1 1
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 2 1 21 17 4 7 ? 4 3
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 ? 1 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 1 21 15 6 11 ? 0 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 3 5 29 24 5 3 ? 2 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 5 ? 1 2
47 Hodges, Russ ? ? 1 2 15 10 5 3 ? 4 5
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 4 0 21 16 5 3 ? 1 3
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 1 ? 4 1
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 5 ? 1 2
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 ? 3 1
6 Norris, Michael ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 ? 0 0
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 2 3 27 19 8 5 ? 2 1
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 7 ? 0 1
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 5 28 18 10 12 ? 2 2
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 9 10 2 ? 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 19 27 331 233 98 89 0+ 31 29

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 6 ? 2 2
6 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 ? 0 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 ? 3 0
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 ? 0 4
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 11 ? 3 1
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 ? 0 0
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 2 8 7 1 3 ? 0 2
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 1 0 21 21 0 4 ? 1 3
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 3 24 23 1 3 ? 2 1
14 McMillan, Marty ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 ? 1 1
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 ? 2 0
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 5 2 14 12 2 6 ? 3 1
11 Rasmussen, Ivan ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 2 ? 0 0
24 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 7 ? 2 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 6 ? 0 4
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 6 ? 3 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 3 3 10 10 0 4 ? 0 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 1 ? 2 3
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 0 2 13 10 3 6 ? 3 5
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 1 ? 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 19 267 217 50 73 0+ 28 31

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