1974 VFL Season Round 21: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1974 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Laurie Richards as vice-captain. Stan Alves captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Campbell and the visitors were coached by Bob Skilton.

Fitzroy (14.16.100) were defeated by Melbourne (20.13.133).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 7,803

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Melbourne
Score: 14.16.100 - 20.13.133

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 4 4 . 7 10 . 15 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Melbourne 3 . 2 6 . 6 13 . 8 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Margin MELB by 4 MELB by 11 MELB by 11 MELB by 33 MELB by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Melbourne

Captain: Stan Alves
Coach: Bob Skilton

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

N. Nash

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 2 0 10 8 2 5 ? 2 2
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 4 5 0 ? 1 3
32 Farnham, Dean ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 3 ? 1 2
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 4 1 15 7 8 1 ? 1 2
48 Linton, Wayne ? ? 1 0 22 20 2 4 ? 8 0
28 Lloyd, Trevor ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 7 ? 2 0
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 ? 3 4
19 McMahon, David ? ? 1 3 16 13 3 3 ? 2 3
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 6 ? 1 0
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 2 1 27 18 9 3 ? 2 4
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 16 12 4 3 ? 3 3
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 5 ? 4 4
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 3 21 17 4 0 ? 3 2
8 Richards, Laurie (vc) ? ? 1 4 17 12 5 4 ? 1 0
18 Robertson, Leigh ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 ? 0 0
21 Thompson, Alan ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 2 ? 2 1
9 Wall, David ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 ? 1 1
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 1 ? 3 1
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 3 26 17 9 5 ? 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 16 294 216 78 61 0+ 44 34

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
15 Alves, Stan (c) ? ? 0 1 16 13 3 4 ? 2 2
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 2 2 14 11 3 5 ? 2 3
31 Barham, Billy ? ? 3 3 20 18 2 3 ? 2 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 2 ? 1 3
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 3 1 11 9 2 1 ? 2 1
14 Chamberlain, Neil ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 0 ? 1 2
10 Ditterich, Carl ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 7 ? 2 2
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 4 ? 1 4
2 Flower, Robert ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 ? 0 0
43 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 2 3 25 18 7 4 ? 4 4
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 8 ? 2 4
8 Keenan, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 4 ? 3 1
9 Kerley, Stephen ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 ? 1 3
40 McMullin, Neil ? ? 1 0 12 10 2 4 ? 0 3
7 Osborne, Graham ? ? 1 1 6 5 1 1 ? 0 1
54 Power, Mike ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 ? 0 2
35 Smith, Steven ? ? 2 0 16 12 4 4 ? 3 2
4 Sullivan, Tony ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 4 ? 3 1
11 Wells, Greg ? ? 4 1 25 23 2 5 ? 5 3
30 Williamson, Peter ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 ? 0 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 20 13 259 210 49 66 0+ 34 44

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