1974 VFL Season Round 20: Carlton v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1974 between Carlton and Fitzroy during round twenty of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Fitzroy at Princes Park. Peter Jones captained the hosts with Geoff Southby as vice-captain. John Murphy captained the visitors with Laurie Richards as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by John Nicholls and the visitors were coached by Graham Campbell.

Carlton (17.14.116) defeated Fitzroy (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Carlton v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 17 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 13,635

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Fitzroy
Score: 17.14.116 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 3 9 . 6 12 . 12 17 . 14 17 . 14 (116)
Fitzroy 0 . 0 4 . 6 5 . 10 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin CARL by 15 CARL by 30 CARL by 44 CARL by 41 CARL by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Peter Jones
Vice-Captain: Geoff Southby
Coach: John Nicholls

Fitzroy

Captain: John Murphy
Vice-Captain: Laurie Richards
Coach: Graham Campbell (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Dye

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Armstrong, Barry ? ? 2 0 31 29 2 5 ? 4 2
14 Ashman, Rod ? ? 5 4 26 21 5 7 ? 3 3
21 Austin, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 ? 0 3
23 Davis, Craig ? ? 2 1 10 10 0 3 ? 2 0
27 Dickson, David ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 6 ? 1 2
11 Doull, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 ? 0 3
31 Hall, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 3 ? 0 0
28 Jones, Peter (c) ? ? 1 1 17 9 8 11 ? 2 1
8 Keogh, Trevor ? ? 0 0 19 17 2 5 ? 3 3
10 Mangels, Alan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 0 2
43 McKay, David ? ? 2 3 12 10 2 7 ? 2 5
19 O'Connell, John ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 3 ? 0 0
15 Pinnell, Phillip ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 ? 1 4
37 Robertson, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 2
13 Ruscuklic, Alex ? ? 1 2 18 14 4 8 ? 5 2
41 Smith, Tony ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 1 ? 1 4
20 Southby, Geoff (vc) ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 6 ? 1 2
9 Towns, Greg ? ? 1 0 12 8 4 3 ? 2 3
30 Waite, Vin ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 4 ? 2 3
18 Walsh, Brian ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 1 ? 3 4
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 14 270 217 53 86 0+ 32 48

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 3 0 10 9 1 5 ? 1 0
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 ? 1 2
20 Christou, Jim ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 ? 0 0
17 Duckworth, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 1 ? 0 2
48 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 0 ? 3 1
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 0 ? 0 3
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 ? 1 0
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 1 20 11 9 8 ? 3 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 1 14 9 5 2 ? 6 2
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 6 ? 0 0
3 Miller, Ian ? ? 0 1 26 19 7 5 ? 4 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 1 2 37 24 13 6 ? 10 2
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 20 16 4 6 ? 4 3
30 Noonan, Gerry ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 0 ? 0 0
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 1 9 5 4 0 ? 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 0 2 17 9 8 3 ? 1 1
8 Richards, Laurie (vc) ? ? 4 2 19 12 7 11 ? 1 2
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 3 ? 2 4
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 0 3 23 15 8 1 ? 9 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 10 15 293 208 85 63 0+ 48 32

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