1974 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 3 August 1974 between Melbourne and South Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at VFL Park. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Melbourne (11.17.83) were defeated by South Melbourne (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 3 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 13,188

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by South Melbourne
Score: 11.17.83 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 5 . 10 8 . 11 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
South Melbourne 2 . 2 6 . 7 7 . 11 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin MELB by 4 SMLB by 3 MELB by 6 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 3 29 18 11 8 ? 2 3
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 15 9 6 4 ? 3 3
31 Barham, Billy ? ? 1 2 17 15 2 2 ? 1 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 5 ? 2 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 1 3 14 10 4 6 ? 2 3
42 Carroll, Ted ? ? 1 0 5 4 1 4 ? 0 1
17 Clark, Denis ? ? 0 2 22 13 9 4 ? 1 2
5 Clennett, John ? ? 0 1 6 6 0 3 ? 2 4
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 2 24 18 6 4 ? 6 1
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 2 ? 3 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 4 0 28 20 8 8 ? 4 0
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 1 ? 3 4
40 McMullin, Neil ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 ? 1 2
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 ? 0 1
26 Scott, Graham ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 4 ? 0 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 3 ? 2 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 3 ? 4 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 2 2 30 23 7 5 ? 3 3
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 2 0 2 0 ? 0 0
27 Wood, Greg ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 2 ? 1 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 11 17 307 222 85 72 0+ 40 41

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 2 1 24 15 9 10 ? 5 6
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 5 0 27 14 13 5 ? 2 2
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 ? 0 3
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 ? 3 5
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 4 ? 0 2
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 4 ? 2 0
14 Franklin, Tony ? ? 0 1 12 3 9 1 ? 2 1
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 1 1 29 26 3 0 ? 3 2
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 1 2 13 11 2 4 ? 4 2
47 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 2 21 17 4 4 ? 6 2
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 0 ? 1 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 2 ? 4 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 ? 1 1
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 ? 3 1
21 Pitura, John ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 1 ? 1 2
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 1 2 14 11 3 4 ? 1 1
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 ? 1 0
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 2 2 13 6 7 4 ? 0 4
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 14 8 6 2 ? 2 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 13 304 210 94 60 0+ 41 40

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