1974 VFL Season Round 15: Fitzroy v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 July 1974 between Fitzroy and North Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted North Melbourne at VFL Park. In the absence of John Murphy, vice-captain Laurie Richards captained the hosts. Barry Davis captained the visitors with David Dench as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Ron Barassi.

Fitzroy (8.7.55) were defeated by North Melbourne (10.8.68).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fitzroy v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 July 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 7,615

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by North Melbourne
Score: 8.7.55 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 2 2 . 4 6 . 6 8 . 7 8 . 7 (55)
North Melbourne 5 . 2 7 . 5 8 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin NMLB by 24 NMLB by 31 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Laurie Richards (acting)
Coach: Graham Donaldson

North Melbourne

Captain: Barry Davis
Vice-Captain: David Dench
Coach: Ron Barassi

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 ? 6 2
41 Brain, Ray ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 3 ? 4 1
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 ? 3 2
32 Farnham, Dean ? ? 1 1 6 2 4 2 ? 0 3
37 Hayes, Kerrin ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 ? 1 3
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 3 ? 1 1
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 1 12 6 6 3 ? 3 3
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 2 ? 1 1
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 ? 4 2
8 Richards, Laurie (ac) ? ? 0 1 31 22 9 8 ? 4 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 5 ? 3 1
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 ? 2 4
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 2 ? 3 0
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 3 1 22 16 6 5 ? 2 1
31 Sinclair, Allan ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 2 ? 2 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 8 ? 2 1
9 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 ? 2 1
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 2 1 17 14 3 1 ? 5 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 2 40 31 9 9 ? 5 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 7 305 239 66 62 0+ 53 29

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
29 Baker, Phil ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 3
15 Blight, Malcolm ? ? 1 0 15 13 2 5 ? 2 3
6 Briedis, Arnold ? ? 0 0 5 1 4 3 ? 0 2
11 Burns, John ? ? 0 0 26 20 6 5 ? 2 3
40 Chisnall, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 ? 1 4
13 Cowton, Gary ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 4 ? 1 5
32 Davis, Barry (c) ? ? 2 2 27 26 1 8 ? 2 2
23 Dench, David (vc) ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 2 ? 0 1
28 Farrant, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 7 ? 1 1
18 Feltham, Paul ? ? 1 1 27 23 4 6 ? 2 1
10 Goodingham, Barry ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 7 ? 1 4
38 Gumbleton, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 1 ? 3 0
4 Kekovich, Sam ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 0 ? 1 2
16 Michalczyk, Dick ? ? 0 0 17 15 2 7 ? 2 3
12 Montgomery, Ken ? ? 0 0 27 19 8 6 ? 1 0
42 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 1 ? 2 4
8 Peterson, Robert ? ? 0 0 27 25 2 1 ? 2 7
20 Schimmelbusch, Wayne ? ? 0 1 25 22 3 5 ? 3 2
1 Smith, Brad ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 1 ? 2 5
2 Wade, Doug ? ? 5 1 10 7 3 5 ? 1 1
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 10 8 323 251 72 74 0+ 29 53

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