1974 VFL Season Round 19: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 10 August 1974 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round nineteen of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Alan Noonan as vice-captain. John Murphy captained the visitors with Laurie Richards as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Des Tuddenham and the visitors were coached by Graham Donaldson.

Essendon (24.15.159) defeated Fitzroy (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 10 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 10,753

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 24.15.159 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 8 . 2 16 . 6 20 . 12 24 . 15 24 . 15 (159)
Fitzroy 3 . 4 6 . 4 7 . 8 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin ESSE by 28 ESSE by 62 ESSE by 82 ESSE by 98 ESSE by 98
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Des Tuddenham
Vice-Captain: Alan Noonan
Coach: Des Tuddenham

Fitzroy

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Chapman

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Andrews, Ron ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 ? 1 5
9 Cassin, John ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 ? 2 1
30 Ellen, Russell ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 1 ? 2 3
1 Fields, Neville ? ? 1 1 19 15 4 4 ? 2 4
51 Fitzpatrick, Gary ? ? 3 1 17 15 2 1 ? 3 2
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 1 1 21 17 4 3 ? 4 1
38 Foulds, Garry ? ? 2 2 17 16 1 7 ? 3 1
18 Grinter, Barry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 ? 2 1
41 Hartigan, Dean ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 ? 1 0
14 Jenkin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 0 0
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 4 2 14 12 2 4 ? 2 3
34 Moloney, Laurie ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 ? 0 1
25 Moss, Graham ? ? 1 1 23 11 12 13 ? 2 1
10 Noonan, Alan (vc) ? ? 6 6 20 16 4 11 ? 0 3
31 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 ? 2 1
12 Schultz, Graeme ? ? 1 0 25 19 6 8 ? 2 1
35 Smith, Ray ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 3 ? 2 2
8 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 4 0 20 15 5 9 ? 2 4
39 Wellington, Pat ? ? 0 0 24 20 4 6 ? 3 1
33 Wilson, Andy ? ? 1 0 23 23 0 6 ? 0 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 24 15 315 245 70 91 0+ 35 38

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 2 ? 0 2
32 Farnham, Dean ? ? 1 1 11 4 7 4 ? 1 0
48 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 ? 1 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 ? 2 0
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 ? 3 0
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 8 ? 2 7
19 McMahon, David ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 4 ? 4 1
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 1 1 24 21 3 4 ? 6 2
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 1 22 14 8 3 ? 5 1
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 ? 2 1
30 Noonan, Gerry ? ? 1 2 7 4 3 1 ? 0 0
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 1 ? 1 1
8 Richards, Laurie (vc) ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 6 ? 1 2
26 Robertson, Glenn ? ? 1 0 10 5 5 1 ? 1 4
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 7 ? 0 1
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 3 ? 0 2
9 Wall, David ? ? 0 3 10 8 2 1 ? 2 2
45 Weatherley, Graeme ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 2 ? 1 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 2 27 16 11 0 ? 6 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 8 13 259 187 72 57 0+ 38 34

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