1974 VFL Season Round 22: Fitzroy v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 31 August 1974 between Fitzroy and Geelong during round twenty-two of the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Geelong at Junction Oval. John Murphy captained the hosts with Laurie Richards as vice-captain. Sam Newman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Graham Campbell and the visitors were coached by Graham Farmer.

Fitzroy (15.11.101) were defeated by Geelong (17.11.113).

Match Details

Season: 1974 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Fitzroy v Geelong
Date: Saturday 31 August 1974
Time: 2:00 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 8,812

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Geelong
Score: 15.11.101 - 17.11.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 2 . 3 7 . 6 10 . 9 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Geelong 3 . 5 5 . 7 12 . 7 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Margin GEEL by 8 FITZ by 11 GEEL by 10 GEEL by 12 GEEL by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

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

Geelong

Captain: Sam Newman
Coach: Graham Farmer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Smith

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Austen, Geoff ? ? 1 0 2 1 1 1 ? 0 0
24 Booth, Greg ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 ? 2 2
40 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 ? 1 0
32 Farnham, Dean ? ? 1 0 16 7 9 7 ? 3 1
7 Irwin, Warwick ? ? 3 1 20 15 5 3 ? 2 2
48 Linton, Wayne ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 1 ? 5 0
34 Lukas, Andrew ? ? 0 0 15 14 1 6 ? 1 1
6 McCulloch, Ian ? ? 1 0 16 7 9 2 ? 2 5
36 Merrigan, Harvey ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 ? 2 1
5 Murphy, John (c) ? ? 3 2 39 32 7 7 ? 4 3
1 Murray, Kevin ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 ? 2 2
11 O'Keeffe, Kevin ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 ? 2 2
14 Padley, Barry ? ? 1 3 22 16 6 1 ? 1 3
8 Richards, Laurie (vc) ? ? 2 1 21 16 5 8 ? 4 1
10 Serafini, Renato ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 ? 1 0
35 Smith, Chris ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 ? 1 2
33 Taylor, Neville ? ? 0 0 30 21 9 4 ? 1 2
9 Wall, David ? ? 1 1 9 8 1 6 ? 2 1
15 Whitford, Don ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 ? 1 2
29 Wilson, Garry ? ? 2 2 31 22 9 5 ? 3 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 11 299 216 83 60 0+ 40 33

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
5 Barkley, David ? ? 4 1 14 8 6 2 ? 1 1
16 Blake, Rod ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 3 ? 1 2
12 Browne, Mark ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 1 ? 2 1
7 Browne, Ricky ? ? 1 0 25 14 11 1 ? 6 5
14 Clarke, David ? ? 2 2 17 17 0 7 ? 2 2
2 Davidson, Garry ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 1 ? 0 3
21 Davis, Harvey ? ? 0 0 10 3 7 1 ? 1 1
36 Doyle, Peter ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 ? 2 2
26 Hawkins, Jack ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 ? 1 1
39 Higgins, Kevin ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 3 ? 0 3
6 Hunt, Rex ? ? 2 2 17 16 1 9 ? 1 2
33 Nankervis, Bruce ? ? 0 0 16 11 5 4 ? 4 0
40 Nankervis, Ian ? ? 2 2 31 25 6 5 ? 2 3
35 Neal, Robert ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 ? 1 2
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 1 1 8 5 3 3 ? 0 0
17 Newman, Sam (c) ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 6 ? 3 3
13 Sarah, Paul ? ? 3 3 24 20 4 3 ? 3 3
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 3 ? 1 0
4 Stevens, Phil ? ? 1 0 4 4 0 3 ? 0 1
10 Woolnough, Mike ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 6 ? 2 5
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 17 11 293 210 83 69 0+ 33 40

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