1974 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 27 July 1974 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round seventeen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Wayne Richardson captained the visitors with Len Thompson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Neil Mann.

Melbourne (15.21.111) were defeated by Collingwood (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 27 July 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 22,893

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 15.21.111 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Melbourne	3	.	9	8	.	16	12	.	16	15	.	21	15	.	21	(111)
Collingwood	5	.	2	7	.	7	12	.	7	17	.	13	17	.	13	(115)
Margin	COLL by 5			MELB by 15			MELB by 9			COLL by 4			COLL by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Collingwood

Captain: Wayne Richardson
Vice-Captain: Len Thompson
Coach: Neil Mann

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Sutcliffe

Player Statistics

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
15	Alves, Stan (c)	?	?	0	1	23	16	7	6	?	1	1
1	Baker, Garry	?	?	1	1	12	9	3	5	?	2	5
31	Barham, Billy	?	?	3	0	16	15	1	0	?	5	2
19	Biffin, Ray	?	?	0	0	7	6	1	2	?	3	0
6	Brewer, Ross	?	?	3	3	22	16	6	4	?	3	1
42	Carroll, Ted	?	?	0	2	10	7	3	2	?	2	2
17	Clark, Denis	?	?	0	0	16	12	4	4	?	3	4
10	Ditterich, Carl	?	?	0	0	16	11	5	1	?	2	5
28	Dullard, Anthony	?	?	0	0	14	13	1	10	?	3	0
2	Flower, Robert	?	?	1	1	13	10	3	5	?	0	2
43	Giampaolo, Frank	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	0	?	2	0
33	Hardeman, Gary	?	?	4	1	27	20	7	3	?	1	3
8	Keenan, Peter	?	?	0	1	7	5	2	4	?	0	2
40	McMullin, Neil	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	1	?	1	0
26	Scott, Graham	?	?	0	0	17	15	2	6	?	2	0
35	Smith, Steven	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	2	?	1	1
4	Sullivan, Tony	?	?	0	0	21	18	3	2	?	4	1
11	Wells, Greg	?	?	2	5	32	26	6	5	?	2	1
30	Williamson, Peter	?	?	0	0	0	0	0	0	?	0	0
27	Wood, Greg	?	?	1	1	11	8	3	0	?	1	1
Rushed					5
Total (20 players)				15	21	288	225	63	62	0+	38	31

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	FF	FA
4	Bisset, George	?	?	1	1	23	21	2	4	?	2	4
20	Clifford, Stephen	?	?	0	1	3	3	0	2	?	0	0
10	Cooper, Ian	?	?	0	0	13	13	0	8	?	1	1
26	Dean, Robert	?	?	0	0	17	15	2	6	?	4	2
12	Dunne, Ross	?	?	1	3	17	12	5	5	?	1	1
9	Dunstan, Graeme	?	?	1	3	9	8	1	1	?	1	0
39	Gordon, Wayne	?	?	0	2	9	6	3	3	?	0	0
34	Gott, Doug	?	?	0	0	13	13	0	5	?	1	1
15	Heard, Bob	?	?	3	0	8	8	0	4	?	2	2
40	Holmes, Allan	?	?	0	0	8	8	0	4	?	2	1
38	Hyde, Robert	?	?	0	0	11	10	1	5	?	1	1
31	Manassa, Phil	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	5	?	1	3
25	Picken, Bill	?	?	6	0	14	13	1	11	?	1	4
3	Price, Barry	?	?	0	0	24	20	4	6	?	3	1
18	Richardson, Max	?	?	0	0	18	13	5	5	?	4	2
1	Richardson, Wayne (c)	?	?	4	1	24	23	1	7	?	3	8
23	Shaw, Ray	?	?	1	0	16	11	5	3	?	0	2
7	Shephard, Graeme	?	?	0	0	5	4	1	0	?	0	0
2	Thompson, Len (vc)	?	?	0	0	8	7	1	1	?	4	3
14	Williams, John	?	?	0	0	14	12	2	5	?	0	2
Rushed					2
Total (20 players)				17	13	265	229	36	90	0+	31	38

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

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Links

1974 VFL Season

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