1974 VFL Season Round 21: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 1974 between Richmond and South Melbourne during round twenty-one of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. In the absence of Royce Hart, vice-captain Kevin Bartlett captained the hosts with Francis Bourke as vice-captain. Peter Bedford captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Graeme John.

Richmond (23.24.162) defeated South Melbourne (17.27.129).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 24 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 32,651

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 23.24.162 - 17.27.129

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 10 . 1 15 . 7 21 . 14 23 . 24 23 . 24 (162)
South Melbourne 2 . 10 6 . 15 10 . 22 17 . 27 17 . 27 (129)
Margin RICH by 39 RICH by 46 RICH by 58 RICH by 33 RICH by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Kevin Bartlett (acting)
Vice-Captain: Francis Bourke (acting)
Coach: Tom Hafey

South Melbourne

Captain: Peter Bedford
Coach: Graeme John

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

I. Robinson

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 0 0 16 8 8 3 ? 3 1
21 Balme, Neil ? ? 2 2 17 10 7 3 ? 1 6
28 Barrot, Wes ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 ? 0 0
29 Bartlett, Kevin (ac) ? ? 1 7 31 29 2 5 ? 2 3
30 Bourke, Francis (avc) ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 ? 2 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 ? 2 1
33 Cloke, David ? ? 2 0 12 6 6 5 ? 2 2
1 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 3 1 17 8 9 2 ? 2 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 2 0 10 5 5 4 ? 2 3
40 Keane, Merv ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 ? 2 1
22 Lamb, Robert ? ? 3 1 8 5 3 2 ? 1 2
12 McGhie, Robbie ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 3 ? 1 2
38 Morris, Kevin ? ? 1 0 11 9 2 1 ? 1 2
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 3 1 9 7 2 2 ? 1 1
10 Sheedy, Kevin ? ? 3 3 22 14 8 6 ? 2 1
6 Sproule, Paul ? ? 2 0 17 10 7 1 ? 2 1
47 Taubert, Steven ? ? 0 0 1 0 1 0 ? 0 0
14 Thorpe, David ? ? 0 1 28 22 6 7 ? 3 6
7 Walsh, Wayne ? ? 1 2 15 10 5 4 ? 2 1
16 Wood, Bryan ? ? 0 3 27 18 9 2 ? 3 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 23 24 301 208 93 57 0+ 34 37

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
2 Aanensen, Vic ? ? 2 1 10 8 2 5 ? 1 1
11 Bedford, Peter (c) ? ? 1 2 19 11 8 2 ? 2 2
8 Beecroft, Barry ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 ? 3 2
7 Brice, Gary ? ? 1 2 20 17 3 4 ? 2 2
32 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 5 ? 1 0
17 Cook, Russell ? ? 1 1 14 11 3 6 ? 3 1
28 Doyle, Robert ? ? 0 1 5 3 2 2 ? 0 0
27 Gleeson, Reg ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 2 ? 3 1
12 Goss, Norm ? ? 2 1 33 31 2 8 ? 6 1
34 Gull, Stewart ? ? 4 0 16 9 7 5 ? 2 3
47 Hodges, Russ ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0
26 Hoffman, Steve ? ? 2 2 27 20 7 7 ? 1 0
33 Lambert, Greg ? ? 0 2 11 8 3 3 ? 2 2
29 McLeish, David ? ? 0 1 21 16 5 1 ? 3 5
5 Miller, Greg ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 2 ? 0 0
21 Pitura, John ? ? 3 3 22 16 6 4 ? 1 4
16 Quade, Ricky ? ? 1 2 28 24 4 6 ? 0 2
23 Robertson, Max ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 ? 1 2
20 Thomson, Ian ? ? 0 3 14 8 6 6 ? 2 3
10 Woodman, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 ? 4 2
Rushed 6
Total (20 players) 17 27 308 238 70 75 0+ 37 33

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