1974 VFL Season 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 sixteen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. 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 (10.13.73) were defeated by South Melbourne (19.19.133).

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

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Laurie Richards
Coach: Graham Donaldson

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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