1974 VFL 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 18 of the 1974 VFL season. 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
S. Alves (capt.), G. Baker, B. Barham, R. Biffin, R. Brewer, T. Carroll, D. Clark, J. Clennett, C. Ditterich, A. Dullard, R. Flower, G. Hardeman, N. McMullin, G. Molloy, G. Scott, S. Smith, T. Sullivan, G. Wells, P. Williamson, G. Wood

South Melbourne
P. Bedford (capt.), V. Aanensen, B. Beecroft, G. Brice, P. Brown, R. Cook, T. Franklin, R. Gleeson, N. Goss, S. Gull, R. Hodges, S. Hoffman, G. Lambert, D. McLeish, G. Miller, J. Pitura, R. Quade, M. Robertson, I. Thomson, B. Woodman

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

Goalkickers
Melbourne: R. Flower (4), G. Wells (2), G. Baker, B. Barham, R. Brewer, T. Carroll, C. Ditterich
South Melbourne: P. Bedford (5), V. Aanensen (2), I. Thomson (2), N. Goss, S. Gull, S. Hoffman, J. Pitura, R. Quade

As a result of this match, Melbourne remained 12th on the ladder and South Melbourne were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Bob Skilton (Melbourne), Graeme John (South Melbourne)
Captains: Stan Alves (Melbourne), Peter Bedford (South Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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

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