1974 VFL Round 16: Fitzroy v South Melbourne
This is the match report for the match played on 20 July 1974 between Fitzroy and South Melbourne during round 16 of the 1974 VFL season.
Fitzroy hosted South Melbourne at Junction Oval.
John Murphy captained the hosts with Laurie Richards as vice-captain.
Peter Bedford captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.
Fitzroy
J. Murphy (capt.), L. Richards (vice-capt.), G. Austen, R. Brain, R. Carter, D. Farnham, W. Irwin, A. Lukas, I. McCulloch, H. Merrigan, I. Miller, K. Murray, G. Robertson, D. Searl, R. Serafini, N. Taylor, A. Thompson, D. Wall, D. Whitford, G. Wilson
South Melbourne
P. Bedford (capt.), V. Aanensen, B. Beecroft, G. Brice, P. Brown, R. Cook, G. Dempster, T. Franklin, N. Goss, S. Gull, R. Hodges, S. Hoffman, G. Lambert, D. McLeish, G. Miller, R. Quade, M. Robertson, N. Stibbard, I. Thomson, B. Woodman
Fitzroy (10.13.73) were defeated by South Melbourne (19.19.133).
Goalkickers
Fitzroy: D. Wall (3), D. Searl (2), G. Austen, W. Irwin, L. Richards, R. Serafini, G. Wilson
South Melbourne: S. Gull (5), I. Thomson (5), N. Goss (4), P. Bedford (2), R. Cook, R. Hodges, R. Quade
As a result of this match, Fitzroy were then 11th on the ladder (down from 10th) and South Melbourne were then 10th on the ladder (up from 11th) by the end of the round.
Match Details
Season:
1974 VFL Season
Round:
Round 16
Teams:
Fitzroy
v
South Melbourne
Date:
Saturday 20 July 1974
Time:
2:00 PM
Venue:
Junction Oval
Attendance:
8,110
Match Results
Outcome:
Fitzroy
def. by
South Melbourne
Score:
10.13.73 - 19.19.133
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzroy | 3 | . | 1 | 7 | . | 4 | 8 | . | 9 | 10 | . | 13 | 10 | . | 13 | (73) |
| South Melbourne | 4 | . | 7 | 9 | . | 9 | 14 | . | 12 | 19 | . | 19 | 19 | . | 19 | (133) |
| Margin | SMLB by 12 | SMLB by 17 | SMLB by 39 | SMLB by 60 | SMLB by 60 | |||||||||||
| Duration | ||||||||||||||||
Honour Roll
Coaches:
Graham Donaldson
(Fitzroy),
Graeme John
(South Melbourne)
Captains:
John Murphy
(Fitzroy),
Peter Bedford
(South Melbourne)
Vice-Captains:
Laurie Richards
(Fitzroy),
unknown
(South Melbourne)
Match Umpires
Field Umpire:
M. Dye
Player Statistics
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Austen, Geoff | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ? | 0 | 4 |
| 41 | Brain, Ray | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 40 | Carter, Rod | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Farnham, Dean | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Irwin, Warwick | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | ? | 5 | 2 |
| 34 | Lukas, Andrew | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | McCulloch, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | ? | 5 | 5 |
| 36 | Merrigan, Harvey | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Miller, Ian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | ? | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | Murphy, John (c) | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ? | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Murray, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Richards, Laurie (vc) | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | ? | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | Robertson, Glenn | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 6 | ? | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Searl, Doug | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ? | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Serafini, Renato | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Taylor, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ? | 3 | 5 |
| 21 | Thompson, Alan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | ? | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Wall, David | ? | ? | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ? | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | Whitford, Don | ? | ? | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Wilson, Garry | ? | ? | 1 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 2 | ? | 7 | 4 |
| Rushed | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 10 | 13 | 267 | 206 | 61 | 54 | 0+ | 55 | 40 | |||
South Melbourne
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | FF | FA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Aanensen, Vic | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | ? | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Bedford, Peter (c) | ? | ? | 2 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 11 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Beecroft, Barry | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ? | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Brice, Gary | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | ? | 4 | 5 |
| 32 | Brown, Peter | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Cook, Russell | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 6 | ? | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Dempster, Graham | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Franklin, Tony | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 7 | ? | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | Goss, Norm | ? | ? | 4 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 5 | ? | 6 | 4 |
| 34 | Gull, Stewart | ? | ? | 5 | 3 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 8 | ? | 5 | 7 |
| 47 | Hodges, Russ | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 7 | ? | 5 | 6 |
| 26 | Hoffman, Steve | ? | ? | 0 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | Lambert, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 8 | ? | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | McLeish, David | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Miller, Greg | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ? | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Quade, Ricky | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | ? | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Robertson, Max | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ? | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Stibbard, Neville | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Thomson, Ian | ? | ? | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 7 | ? | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Woodman, Brian | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | ? | 2 | 6 |
| Rushed | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total (20 players) | 19 | 19 | 306 | 238 | 68 | 83 | 0+ | 40 | 55 | |||