1974 VFL Season Round 20: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 17 August 1974 between Melbourne and Footscray during round twenty of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Stan Alves captained the hosts. Laurie Sandilands captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Bob Rose.

Melbourne (10.15.75) were defeated by Footscray (23.21.159).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 17 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,951

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 10.15.75 - 23.21.159

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 1 3 . 6 7 . 11 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Footscray 6 . 7 11 . 10 15 . 18 23 . 21 23 . 21 (159)
Margin FOOT by 36 FOOT by 52 FOOT by 55 FOOT by 84 FOOT by 84
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Footscray

Captain: Laurie Sandilands
Coach: Bob Rose

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Lyons

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 1 3 22 16 6 6 ? 2 1
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 6 ? 5 3
31 Barham, Billy ? ? 1 0 23 19 4 4 ? 4 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 1 ? 2 0
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 2 2 16 11 5 8 ? 1 2
14 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 1 0 13 9 4 5 ? 3 4
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 5 ? 1 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 1 ? 0 3
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 1 1 13 8 5 3 ? 1 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 1 14 10 4 4 ? 3 0
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 ? 0 0
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 0
40 McMullin, Neil ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 0 ? 1 0
21 Molloy, Graham ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 6 ? 2 2
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 3 9 7 2 2 ? 0 3
34 Owens, Mal ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 3 ? 1 2
26 Scott, Graham ? ? 2 2 13 9 4 3 ? 0 1
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 2 ? 1 1
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 4 ? 1 3
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 ? 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 15 258 192 66 67 0+ 30 34

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 5 ? 0 0
6 Austin, Graeme ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 ? 0 0
10 Casey, Gordon ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 4 ? 0 0
22 Collins, Dennis ? ? 2 1 17 10 7 5 ? 3 2
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 ? 1 0
24 Dempsey, Gary ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 9 ? 3 3
17 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 2 2 36 31 5 10 ? 5 0
37 Gingell, Glenn ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 1
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 3 1 24 21 3 4 ? 3 6
23 Magee, Stuart ? ? 0 3 27 19 8 7 ? 2 2
19 Merrington, Gary ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 4 ? 1 1
39 Morrison, Ian ? ? 0 1 21 12 9 3 ? 2 1
1 Parke, Greg ? ? 4 2 24 22 2 13 ? 4 0
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 1 21 18 3 8 ? 2 1
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 4 2 21 15 6 5 ? 1 1
14 Round, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 4 ? 2 2
18 Salmon, Ian ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 ? 0 1
9 Sandilands, Laurie (c) ? ? 3 3 15 11 4 8 ? 1 3
3 Stoneham, Alan ? ? 0 2 27 18 9 5 ? 2 4
4 Welsh, Peter ? ? 5 1 17 10 7 5 ? 3 2
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 21 350 249 101 106 0+ 35 30

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