1974 VFL Season Round 18: Fitzroy v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1974 between Fitzroy and Footscray during round eighteen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. In the absence of John Murphy, vice-captain Laurie Richards captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Donaldson and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Fitzroy (9.16.70) were defeated by Footscray (14.9.93).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Fitzroy v Footscray
Date: Saturday 3 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 9,552

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Footscray
Score: 9.16.70 - 14.9.93

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 6 3 . 9 8 . 14 9 . 16 9 . 16 (70)
Footscray 1 . 4 3 . 6 9 . 6 14 . 9 14 . 9 (93)
Margin FITZ by 2 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 2 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Laurie Richards (acting)
Coach: Graham Donaldson

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Henry

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 4 ? 0 1
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 0 2 7 4 3 0 ? 2 2
32 Farnham, Dean ? ? 0 2 18 9 9 5 ? 6 3
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 33 24 9 8 ? 5 0
48 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 4 ? 1 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 20 17 3 4 ? 2 2
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 5 ? 1 1
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 4 ? 3 6
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 2 ? 2 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 4 ? 2 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 2 ? 2 2
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 4 ? 1 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
8 Richards, Laurie (ac) ? ? 0 0 19 12 7 3 ? 2 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 1 0 21 12 9 3 ? 1 4
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 ? 0 0
4 Searl, Doug ? ? 2 2 13 11 2 2 ? 0 0
9 Wall, David ? ? 3 4 12 10 2 6 ? 2 2
45 Weatherley, Graeme ? ? 2 1 11 7 4 3 ? 2 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 3 ? 7 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 9 16 295 213 82 66 0+ 41 34

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 1 ? 0 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 1 ? 1 1
22 Collins, Dennis ? ? 3 2 19 15 4 3 ? 2 2
46 Cross, Mark ? ? 0 1 9 6 3 0 ? 2 5
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 2 ? 1 2
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 ? 3 3
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 0 ? 0 0
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 2 1 33 24 9 3 ? 2 5
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 4 ? 3 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 1 ? 0 1
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 ? 1 3
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 1 2 13 9 4 5 ? 2 1
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 6 ? 2 3
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 0 8 8 0 1 ? 2 2
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 8 ? 5 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 4 ? 1 3
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 7 ? 2 1
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 2 0 25 19 6 2 ? 3 3
31 Templeton, Kelvin ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 2 ? 0 1
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 4 0 11 8 3 5 ? 2 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 9 322 227 95 64 0+ 34 41

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