1974 VFL Season: South Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results of South Melbourne for the 1974 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in ninth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1974 VFL Season
Team:
South Melbourne
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
9th (W-D-L: 9-1-12, P%: 83.7)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aanensen, Vic | #2 | 13 | 9 | R01-05, R14-19, R21-22 |
| Ball, Ray | #31 | 3 | 0 | R01-03 |
| Bedford, Peter | #11 | 19 | 34 | R01-08, R10-14, R16-18, R20-22 |
| Beecroft, Barry | #8 | 18 | 6 | R01-02, R05-06, R09-22 |
| Bell, Bob | #24 | 2 | 0 | R19-20 |
| Beus, Alf | #36 | 5 | 0 | R11-15 |
| Brice, Gary | #7 | 17 | 8 | R01-08, R13-14, R16-22 |
| Brown, Peter | #32 | 16 | 0 | R04-08, R10, R13-22 |
| Cook, Russell | #17 | 17 | 6 | R01-03, R09-22 |
| Dempster, Graham | #13 | 4 | 0 | R06-07, R09, R16 |
| Doyle, Robert | #28 | 16 | 11 | R01-13, R20-22 |
| Franklin, Tony | #14 | 16 | 2 | R03-12, R15-20 |
| Gleeson, Reg | #27 | 19 | 0 | R01-12, R14-15, R17-19, R21-22 |
| Goss, Norm | #12 | 22 | 37 | R01-22 |
| Grima, Robert | #24 | 5 | 10 | R01-03, R07-08 |
| Gull, Stewart | #34 | 21 | 25 | R01-02, R04-22 |
| Hodges, Russ | #47 | 18 | 9 | R05-22 |
| Hoffman, Steve | #26 | 20 | 23 | R03-22 |
| Lambert, Greg | #33 | 22 | 3 | R01-22 |
| McLeish, David | #29 | 22 | 2 | R01-22 |
| Miller, Greg | #5 | 17 | 0 | R04-09, R12-22 |
| Norris, Michael | #6 | 5 | 2 | R03-04, R13-15 |
| Pitura, John | #21 | 6 | 14 | R17-22 |
| Prentice, Jim | #19 | 6 | 3 | R01-04, R11-12 |
| Quade, Ricky | #16 | 18 | 18 | R04-05, R07-22 |
| Robertson, Max | #23 | 22 | 0 | R01-22 |
| Stibbard, Neville | #25 | 11 | 14 | R01-02, R07-13, R15-16 |
| Stibbard, Robert | #9 | 6 | 1 | R01-03, R06, R09-10 |
| Thomson, Ian | #20 | 22 | 24 | R01-22 |
| Wilson, Graeme | #4 | 10 | 13 | R01-06, R08-11 |
| Woodman, Brian | #10 | 22 | 0 | R01-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John, Graeme | 22 | 9 | -1- | 12 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/04/1974 | Round 1 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 20 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 15/04/1974 | Round 2 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 72 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 20/04/1974 | Round 3 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 69 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 27/04/1974 | Round 4 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 45 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 04/05/1974 | Round 5 | Fitzroy | HOME | DRAW | drawn | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 11/05/1974 | Round 6 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 54 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 18/05/1974 | Round 7 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 18 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 25/05/1974 | Round 8 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 13 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 01/06/1974 | Round 9 | Geelong | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 1 | Graeme John | unknown |
| 08/06/1974 | Round 10 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 80 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 15/06/1974 | Round 11 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 31 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 22/06/1974 | Round 12 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 106 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 29/06/1974 | Round 13 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 14 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 06/07/1974 | Round 14 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 50 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 13/07/1974 | Round 15 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 79 | Graeme John | unknown |
| 20/07/1974 | Round 16 | Fitzroy | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 60 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 27/07/1974 | Round 17 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 21 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 03/08/1974 | Round 18 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 14 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 10/08/1974 | Round 19 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 26 | Graeme John | unknown |
| 17/08/1974 | Round 20 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 1 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 24/08/1974 | Round 21 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 33 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
| 31/08/1974 | Round 22 | Collingwood | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 7 | Graeme John | Peter Bedford |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.