1974 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1974 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Footscray Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Fitzroy Reserves were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1974 VFLR Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Reserves Princes Park Keith McKenzie
Collingwood Reserves Victoria Park Ron Richards
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill Don Gross
Fitzroy Reserves Junction Oval
Footscray Reserves Western Oval
Geelong Reserves Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Reserves Princes Park
Melbourne Reserves MCG Roy Simmonds
North Melbourne Reserves Arden Street Oval
Richmond Reserves MCG Col Saddington
South Melbourne Reserves Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Reserves Moorabbin Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Fitzroy Reserves
Runners-Up: Footscray Reserves
Minor Premiers: Footscray Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Footscray Reserves 1st 15 -0- 7 60 118.3% 2,238 1,892 320 318 266 296
Geelong Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 7 60 117.0% 2,397 2,049 354 273 290 309
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 115.7% 2,194 1,897 311 328 266 301
Richmond Reserves 4th 14 -0- 8 56 116.9% 2,221 1,900 313 343 266 304
Carlton Reserves 5th 14 -0- 8 56 115.4% 2,140 1,854 303 322 261 288
Essendon Reserves 6th 14 -0- 8 56 114.5% 2,305 2,013 332 313 290 273
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 11 -0- 11 44 97.6% 2,104 2,155 299 310 307 313
Collingwood Reserves 8th 10 -0- 12 40 93.1% 2,040 2,192 289 306 323 254
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 9 -0- 13 36 100.7% 2,062 2,048 295 292 295 278
St Kilda Reserves 10th 9 -0- 13 36 96.2% 1,981 2,060 278 313 292 308
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 19 12 72.0% 1,887 2,620 272 255 375 370
Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 19 12 66.0% 1,729 2,618 244 265 379 344

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Fitzroy Reserves 1st Premiers
Footscray Reserves 2nd Runners-Up
Geelong Reserves 3rd Defeated by Footscray Reserves (Preliminary Final)
Carlton Reserves 4th Defeated by Geelong Reserves (Semi Final)
Richmond Reserves 5th Defeated by Carlton Reserves (Elimination Final)
Essendon Reserves 6th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn Reserves 7th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood Reserves 8th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne Reserves 9th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda Reserves 10th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne Reserves 11th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne Reserves 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/04/1974 Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 134 - 54
SAT 06/04/1974 Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R) Victoria Park 61 - 121
SAT 06/04/1974 Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) Western Oval 134 - 112
SAT 06/04/1974 Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 74 - 71
SAT 06/04/1974 South Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 67 - 77
SAT 06/04/1974 St Kilda (R) v Fitzroy (R) Moorabbin Oval 71 - 73

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 1 -0- 0 4 248.1% 134 54
Essendon Reserves 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 198.4% 121 61
Footscray Reserves 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 119.6% 134 112
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 1 -0- 0 4 114.9% 77 67
Richmond Reserves 5th 1 -0- 0 4 104.2% 74 71
Fitzroy Reserves 6th 1 -0- 0 4 102.8% 73 71
St Kilda Reserves 7th 0 -0- 1 0 97.3% 71 73
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 0 -0- 1 0 95.9% 71 74
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 0 -0- 1 0 87.0% 67 77
Geelong Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 83.6% 112 134
Collingwood Reserves 11th 0 -0- 1 0 50.4% 61 121
Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 1 0 40.3% 54 134

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/04/1974 Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R) Junction Oval 70 - 60
SAT 13/04/1974 Geelong (R) v Carlton (R) Kardinia Park 87 - 90
SAT 13/04/1974 Hawthorn (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 64 - 56
MON 15/04/1974 Essendon (R) v South Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 107 - 97
MON 15/04/1974 Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 73 - 92
MON 15/04/1974 North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Arden Street Oval 61 - 87

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 2 -0- 0 8 158.9% 224 141
Essendon Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 144.3% 228 158
Footscray Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 127.7% 221 173
Fitzroy Reserves 4th 2 -0- 0 8 109.2% 143 131
St Kilda Reserves 5th 1 -0- 1 4 111.6% 163 146
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 1 -0- 1 4 103.8% 135 130
Richmond Reserves 7th 1 -0- 1 4 95.0% 134 141
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 1 -0- 1 4 89.6% 138 154
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 0 -0- 2 0 89.1% 164 184
Geelong Reserves 10th 0 -0- 2 0 88.8% 199 224
Collingwood Reserves 11th 0 -0- 2 0 63.2% 117 185
Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 0 56.2% 127 226

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1974 Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 57 - 100
SAT 20/04/1974 Collingwood (R) v Footscray (R) Victoria Park 70 - 124
SAT 20/04/1974 Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 96 - 58
SAT 20/04/1974 Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 101 - 166
SAT 20/04/1974 North Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Arden Street Oval 62 - 96
SAT 20/04/1974 South Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Lakeside Oval 94 - 116

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 3 -0- 0 12 150.0% 324 216
Footscray Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 142.0% 345 243
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 123.8% 239 193
Richmond Reserves 4th 2 -0- 1 8 118.2% 234 198
Carlton Reserves 5th 2 -0- 1 8 116.6% 281 241
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 2 -0- 1 8 112.1% 251 224
Geelong Reserves 7th 1 -0- 2 4 112.3% 365 325
St Kilda Reserves 8th 1 -0- 2 4 91.3% 221 242
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 1 -0- 2 4 80.0% 200 250
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 0 -0- 3 0 86.0% 258 300
Collingwood Reserves 11th 0 -0- 3 0 60.5% 187 309
Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 3 0 58.2% 228 392

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/04/1974 Fitzroy (R) v Collingwood (R) Junction Oval 117 - 66
SAT 27/04/1974 Footscray (R) v South Melbourne (R) Western Oval 120 - 43
SAT 27/04/1974 Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) Kardinia Park 77 - 49
SAT 27/04/1974 Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 98 - 71
SAT 27/04/1974 North Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 56 - 83
SAT 27/04/1974 Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 100 - 60

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Reserves 1st 4 -0- 0 16 162.6% 465 286
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 137.5% 356 259
Richmond Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 129.5% 334 258
Essendon Reserves 4th 3 -0- 1 12 125.8% 395 314
Carlton Reserves 5th 3 -0- 1 12 122.6% 364 297
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 3 -0- 1 12 118.3% 349 295
Geelong Reserves 7th 2 -0- 2 8 118.2% 442 374
St Kilda Reserves 8th 1 -0- 3 4 84.6% 270 319
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 1 -0- 3 4 76.9% 256 333
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 0 -0- 4 0 71.7% 301 420
Collingwood Reserves 11th 0 -0- 4 0 59.4% 253 426
Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 4 0 58.5% 288 492

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1974 Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R) Victoria Park 53 - 101
SAT 04/05/1974 Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) Windy Hill 109 - 113
SAT 04/05/1974 Hawthorn (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 81 - 125
SAT 04/05/1974 Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 41 - 160
SAT 04/05/1974 South Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Lakeside Oval 96 - 128
SAT 04/05/1974 St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R) Moorabbin Oval 78 - 93

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Reserves 1st 5 -0- 0 20 160.8% 590 367
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 136.3% 484 355
Carlton Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 132.9% 465 350
Richmond Reserves 4th 4 -0- 1 16 127.1% 427 336
Essendon Reserves 5th 3 -0- 2 12 118.0% 504 427
Geelong Reserves 6th 3 -0- 2 12 114.9% 555 483
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 3 -0- 2 12 102.4% 430 420
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 2 -0- 3 8 111.2% 416 374
St Kilda Reserves 9th 1 -0- 4 4 84.5% 348 412
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 0 -0- 5 0 72.4% 397 548
Collingwood Reserves 11th 0 -0- 5 0 58.1% 306 527
Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 5 0 50.5% 329 652

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1974 Carlton (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 150 - 107
SAT 11/05/1974 Collingwood (R) v Melbourne (R) VFL Park 94 - 74
SAT 11/05/1974 Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) Junction Oval 102 - 75
SAT 11/05/1974 Footscray (R) v Essendon (R) Western Oval 86 - 76
SAT 11/05/1974 North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Arden Street Oval 87 - 88
SAT 11/05/1974 Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 114 - 84

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Reserves 1st 6 -0- 0 24 152.6% 676 443
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 0 24 136.3% 586 430
Carlton Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 134.6% 615 457
Richmond Reserves 4th 5 -0- 1 20 128.8% 541 420
Essendon Reserves 5th 3 -0- 3 12 113.1% 580 513
Geelong Reserves 6th 3 -0- 3 12 107.0% 639 597
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 3 -0- 3 12 96.7% 505 522
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 2 -0- 4 8 108.9% 503 462
St Kilda Reserves 9th 2 -0- 4 8 87.4% 436 499
Collingwood Reserves 10th 1 -0- 5 4 66.6% 400 601
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 0 -0- 6 0 72.2% 504 698
Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 6 0 54.0% 403 746

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1974 Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) Windy Hill 83 - 150
SAT 18/05/1974 Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 56 - 76
SAT 18/05/1974 Geelong (R) v North Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 97 - 68
SAT 18/05/1974 Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R) Princes Park 69 - 126
SAT 18/05/1974 South Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 77 - 137
SAT 18/05/1974 St Kilda (R) v Collingwood (R) Moorabbin Oval 89 - 74

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy Reserves 1st 7 -0- 0 28 136.2% 662 486
Footscray Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 141.0% 732 519
Carlton Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 1 24 140.9% 741 526
Richmond Reserves 4th 6 -0- 1 24 137.4% 691 503
Geelong Reserves 5th 4 -0- 3 16 110.7% 736 665
Essendon Reserves 6th 3 -0- 4 12 100.0% 663 663
St Kilda Reserves 7th 3 -0- 4 12 91.6% 525 573
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 3 -0- 4 12 88.6% 574 648
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 2 -0- 5 8 102.1% 571 559
Collingwood Reserves 10th 1 -0- 6 4 68.7% 474 690
Melbourne Reserves 11th 1 -0- 6 4 65.6% 540 823
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 7 0 69.6% 581 835

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1974 Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 90 - 79
SAT 25/05/1974 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Victoria Park 102 - 138
SAT 25/05/1974 Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R) Junction Oval 119 - 64
SAT 25/05/1974 Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 107 - 105
SAT 25/05/1974 North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Arden Street Oval 94 - 87
SAT 25/05/1974 South Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) VFL Park 61 - 103

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy Reserves 1st 8 -0- 0 32 142.0% 781 550
Carlton Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 137.4% 831 605
Footscray Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 133.2% 811 609
Richmond Reserves 4th 6 -0- 2 24 130.3% 778 597
Geelong Reserves 5th 5 -0- 3 20 114.0% 874 767
St Kilda Reserves 6th 4 -0- 4 16 99.1% 628 634
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 3 -0- 5 12 102.9% 665 646
Essendon Reserves 8th 3 -0- 5 12 93.0% 727 782
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 3 -0- 5 12 89.9% 679 755
Melbourne Reserves 10th 2 -0- 6 8 69.7% 647 928
Collingwood Reserves 11th 1 -0- 7 4 69.6% 576 828
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 8 0 68.4% 642 938

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1974 Fitzroy (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 68 - 99
SAT 01/06/1974 Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) Western Oval 128 - 87
SAT 01/06/1974 Geelong (R) v South Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 125 - 83
SAT 01/06/1974 Hawthorn (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 119 - 96
SAT 01/06/1974 North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Arden Street Oval 89 - 132
SAT 01/06/1974 Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 98 - 138

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 8 -0- 1 32 138.2% 930 673
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 130.8% 849 649
Footscray Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 134.9% 939 696
Richmond Reserves 4th 6 -0- 3 24 119.2% 876 735
Geelong Reserves 5th 6 -0- 3 24 117.5% 999 850
Essendon Reserves 6th 4 -0- 5 16 98.6% 859 871
St Kilda Reserves 7th 4 -0- 5 16 96.1% 724 753
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 4 -0- 5 16 93.8% 798 851
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 3 -0- 6 12 96.9% 754 778
Collingwood Reserves 10th 2 -0- 7 8 77.1% 714 926
Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 7 8 69.5% 734 1,056
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 9 0 68.2% 725 1,063

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1974 Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 67 - 104
SAT 08/06/1974 Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) Windy Hill 67 - 59
SAT 08/06/1974 Hawthorn (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 108 - 83
SAT 08/06/1974 Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 68 - 144
SAT 08/06/1974 South Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Lakeside Oval 57 - 116
SAT 08/06/1974 St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R) Moorabbin Oval 110 - 78

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy Reserves 1st 9 -0- 1 36 138.5% 993 717
Carlton Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 133.6% 989 740
Footscray Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 126.2% 1,017 806
Richmond Reserves 4th 7 -0- 3 28 125.3% 992 792
Geelong Reserves 5th 6 -0- 4 24 112.9% 1,082 958
St Kilda Reserves 6th 5 -0- 5 20 100.4% 834 831
Essendon Reserves 7th 5 -0- 5 20 99.6% 926 930
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 5 -0- 5 20 97.0% 906 934
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -0- 6 16 101.5% 858 845
Collingwood Reserves 10th 2 -0- 8 8 75.8% 781 1,030
Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 8 8 66.8% 802 1,200
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 10 0 66.3% 782 1,179

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1974 Carlton (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 111 - 101
SAT 15/06/1974 Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 85 - 118
SAT 15/06/1974 South Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Lakeside Oval 104 - 122
MON 17/06/1974 Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R) Kardinia Park 114 - 76
MON 17/06/1974 North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Arden Street Oval 85 - 134
MON 17/06/1974 Richmond (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 132 - 96

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 9 -0- 2 36 130.8% 1,100 841
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 128.6% 1,069 831
Richmond Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 126.6% 1,124 888
Footscray Reserves 4th 7 -0- 4 28 118.7% 1,113 938
Geelong Reserves 5th 7 -0- 4 28 115.7% 1,196 1,034
Essendon Reserves 6th 6 -0- 5 24 102.9% 1,044 1,015
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 6 -0- 5 24 102.1% 1,040 1,019
St Kilda Reserves 8th 5 -0- 6 20 99.3% 935 942
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -0- 7 16 96.3% 943 979
Collingwood Reserves 10th 3 -0- 8 12 79.6% 903 1,134
Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 9 8 67.3% 887 1,318
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 11 0 68.1% 886 1,301

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1974 Essendon (R) v Collingwood (R) Windy Hill 74 - 99
SAT 22/06/1974 Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R) Junction Oval 122 - 104
SAT 22/06/1974 Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) VFL Park 108 - 79
SAT 22/06/1974 Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 100 - 85
SAT 22/06/1974 Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 78 - 103
SAT 22/06/1974 North Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 104 - 85

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 10 -0- 2 40 130.9% 1,203 919
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 127.4% 1,191 935
Richmond Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 122.4% 1,209 988
Geelong Reserves 4th 8 -0- 4 32 117.2% 1,304 1,113
Footscray Reserves 5th 7 -0- 5 28 114.0% 1,192 1,046
Hawthorn Reserves 6th 7 -0- 5 28 103.3% 1,140 1,104
Essendon Reserves 7th 6 -0- 6 24 100.4% 1,118 1,114
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 5 -0- 7 20 98.4% 1,047 1,064
St Kilda Reserves 9th 5 -0- 7 20 97.7% 1,039 1,064
Collingwood Reserves 10th 4 -0- 8 16 82.9% 1,002 1,208
Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 10 8 67.9% 965 1,421
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 12 0 69.1% 971 1,405

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1974 Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 93 - 102
SAT 29/06/1974 Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) Victoria Park 108 - 80
SAT 29/06/1974 Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R) Western Oval 106 - 86
SAT 29/06/1974 Richmond (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 110 - 90
SAT 29/06/1974 South Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Lakeside Oval 69 - 178
SAT 29/06/1974 St Kilda (R) v Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 110 - 54

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 10 -0- 3 40 126.9% 1,296 1,021
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 122.6% 1,281 1,045
Richmond Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 122.4% 1,319 1,078
Geelong Reserves 4th 9 -0- 4 36 116.6% 1,406 1,206
Footscray Reserves 5th 8 -0- 5 32 114.7% 1,298 1,132
Essendon Reserves 6th 7 -0- 6 28 109.6% 1,296 1,183
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 7 -0- 6 28 100.7% 1,220 1,212
St Kilda Reserves 8th 6 -0- 7 24 102.8% 1,149 1,118
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 5 -0- 8 20 96.8% 1,133 1,170
Collingwood Reserves 10th 5 -0- 8 20 86.2% 1,110 1,288
Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 11 8 66.6% 1,019 1,531
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 13 0 65.7% 1,040 1,583

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1974 Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 112 - 99
SAT 06/07/1974 Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) Victoria Park 103 - 100
SAT 06/07/1974 Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) Windy Hill 165 - 108
SAT 06/07/1974 Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 68 - 150
SAT 06/07/1974 South Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Lakeside Oval 96 - 125
SAT 06/07/1974 St Kilda (R) v Geelong (R) VFL Park 72 - 143

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Reserves 1st 11 -0- 3 44 125.7% 1,408 1,120
Richmond Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 128.2% 1,469 1,146
Geelong Reserves 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 121.2% 1,549 1,278
Fitzroy Reserves 4th 10 -0- 4 40 120.3% 1,381 1,148
Footscray Reserves 5th 9 -0- 5 36 115.9% 1,423 1,228
Essendon Reserves 6th 8 -0- 6 32 113.2% 1,461 1,291
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 7 -0- 7 28 96.4% 1,328 1,377
St Kilda Reserves 8th 6 -0- 8 24 96.8% 1,221 1,261
Collingwood Reserves 9th 6 -0- 8 24 87.4% 1,213 1,388
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 5 -0- 9 20 96.1% 1,232 1,282
Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 12 8 64.7% 1,087 1,681
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 14 0 66.5% 1,136 1,708

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1974 Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 123 - 80
SAT 13/07/1974 Footscray (R) v Collingwood (R) Western Oval 87 - 117
SAT 13/07/1974 Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 132 - 76
SAT 13/07/1974 Hawthorn (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 125 - 81
SAT 13/07/1974 Richmond (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 88 - 69
SAT 13/07/1974 St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R) Moorabbin Oval 97 - 82

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 11 -0- 4 44 128.1% 1,557 1,215
Geelong Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 124.2% 1,681 1,354
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 122.5% 1,504 1,228
Carlton Reserves 4th 11 -0- 4 44 122.3% 1,477 1,208
Footscray Reserves 5th 9 -0- 6 36 112.3% 1,510 1,345
Essendon Reserves 6th 8 -0- 7 32 111.2% 1,543 1,388
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 8 -0- 7 32 99.7% 1,453 1,458
St Kilda Reserves 8th 7 -0- 8 28 98.1% 1,318 1,343
Collingwood Reserves 9th 7 -0- 8 28 90.2% 1,330 1,475
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 5 -0- 10 20 93.4% 1,312 1,405
Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 13 8 64.1% 1,163 1,813
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 15 0 66.4% 1,217 1,833

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1974 Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R) VFL Park 59 - 71
SAT 20/07/1974 Fitzroy (R) v South Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 94 - 75
SAT 20/07/1974 Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Western Oval 108 - 49
SAT 20/07/1974 Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) Kardinia Park 93 - 84
SAT 20/07/1974 North Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 95 - 79
SAT 20/07/1974 Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 79 - 102

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 12 -0- 4 48 123.4% 1,774 1,438
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 122.6% 1,598 1,303
Richmond Reserves 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 124.2% 1,636 1,317
Carlton Reserves 4th 11 -0- 5 44 120.1% 1,536 1,279
Footscray Reserves 5th 10 -0- 6 40 116.1% 1,618 1,394
Essendon Reserves 6th 8 -0- 8 32 109.9% 1,627 1,481
St Kilda Reserves 7th 8 -0- 8 32 99.9% 1,420 1,422
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 8 -0- 8 32 95.9% 1,502 1,566
Collingwood Reserves 9th 8 -0- 8 32 91.3% 1,401 1,534
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 6 -0- 10 24 94.8% 1,407 1,484
Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 14 8 65.1% 1,242 1,908
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 16 0 67.0% 1,292 1,927

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1974 Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) Windy Hill 101 - 73
SAT 27/07/1974 Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) VFL Park 100 - 80
SAT 27/07/1974 Hawthorn (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 81 - 87
SAT 27/07/1974 Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 99 - 118
SAT 27/07/1974 South Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Lakeside Oval 110 - 168
SAT 27/07/1974 St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 62 - 88

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 13 -0- 4 52 123.5% 1,874 1,518
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 121.7% 1,685 1,384
Carlton Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 122.7% 1,704 1,389
Richmond Reserves 4th 11 -0- 6 44 121.1% 1,716 1,417
Footscray Reserves 5th 10 -0- 7 40 113.1% 1,691 1,495
Essendon Reserves 6th 9 -0- 8 36 111.2% 1,728 1,554
Collingwood Reserves 7th 9 -0- 8 36 93.0% 1,519 1,633
St Kilda Reserves 8th 8 -0- 9 32 98.1% 1,482 1,510
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 8 -0- 9 32 95.8% 1,583 1,653
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 7 -0- 10 28 96.7% 1,495 1,546
Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 15 8 66.2% 1,341 2,026
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 0 -0- 17 0 66.9% 1,402 2,095

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1974 Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 68 - 95
SAT 03/08/1974 Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) Victoria Park 134 - 82
SAT 03/08/1974 Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R) Junction Oval 63 - 81
SAT 03/08/1974 Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) VFL Park 56 - 101
SAT 03/08/1974 North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Arden Street Oval 98 - 117
SAT 03/08/1974 Richmond (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 90 - 92

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 14 -0- 4 56 123.2% 1,991 1,616
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 119.3% 1,748 1,465
Carlton Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 119.4% 1,772 1,484
Richmond Reserves 4th 11 -0- 7 44 119.7% 1,806 1,509
Footscray Reserves 5th 11 -0- 7 44 113.7% 1,772 1,558
Essendon Reserves 6th 10 -0- 8 40 110.7% 1,820 1,644
Collingwood Reserves 7th 10 -0- 8 40 96.4% 1,653 1,715
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 9 -0- 9 36 97.5% 1,678 1,721
St Kilda Reserves 9th 8 -0- 10 32 95.1% 1,564 1,644
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 7 -0- 11 28 95.8% 1,593 1,663
Melbourne Reserves 11th 2 -0- 16 8 65.7% 1,397 2,127
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 17 4 69.9% 1,503 2,151

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1974 Essendon (R) v Fitzroy (R) Windy Hill 131 - 112
SAT 10/08/1974 Footscray (R) v Carlton (R) Western Oval 84 - 56
SAT 10/08/1974 Geelong (R) v Collingwood (R) Kardinia Park 104 - 103
SAT 10/08/1974 Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 97 - 107
SAT 10/08/1974 Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R) VFL Park 97 - 71
SAT 10/08/1974 St Kilda (R) v South Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 148 - 62

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 15 -0- 4 60 121.9% 2,095 1,719
Fitzroy Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 6 52 116.5% 1,860 1,596
Richmond Reserves 3rd 12 -0- 7 48 120.4% 1,903 1,580
Carlton Reserves 4th 12 -0- 7 48 116.6% 1,828 1,568
Footscray Reserves 5th 12 -0- 7 48 115.0% 1,856 1,614
Essendon Reserves 6th 11 -0- 8 44 111.1% 1,951 1,756
Collingwood Reserves 7th 10 -0- 9 40 96.5% 1,756 1,819
St Kilda Reserves 8th 9 -0- 10 36 100.4% 1,712 1,706
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 9 -0- 10 36 97.1% 1,775 1,828
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 7 -0- 12 28 94.5% 1,664 1,760
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 16 12 67.6% 1,504 2,224
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 1 -0- 18 4 68.1% 1,565 2,299

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1974 Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 101 - 81
SAT 17/08/1974 Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) Victoria Park 86 - 103
SAT 17/08/1974 Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 98 - 97
SAT 17/08/1974 Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 64 - 117
SAT 17/08/1974 South Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Lakeside Oval 84 - 79
SAT 17/08/1974 St Kilda (R) v Hawthorn (R) VFL Park 55 - 91

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 15 -0- 5 60 120.6% 2,174 1,803
Richmond Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 7 52 120.4% 2,006 1,666
Footscray Reserves 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 117.6% 1,973 1,678
Carlton Reserves 4th 13 -0- 7 52 117.0% 1,929 1,649
Fitzroy Reserves 5th 13 -0- 7 52 114.4% 1,941 1,697
Essendon Reserves 6th 12 -0- 8 48 110.6% 2,049 1,853
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 10 -0- 10 40 99.1% 1,866 1,883
Collingwood Reserves 8th 10 -0- 10 40 95.8% 1,842 1,922
St Kilda Reserves 9th 9 -0- 11 36 98.3% 1,767 1,797
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 7 -0- 13 28 94.8% 1,761 1,858
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 17 12 67.0% 1,568 2,341
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 2 -0- 18 8 69.3% 1,649 2,378

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1974 Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) VFL Park 92 - 110
SAT 24/08/1974 Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) Junction Oval 131 - 93
SAT 24/08/1974 Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R) Western Oval 144 - 119
SAT 24/08/1974 Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) Kardinia Park 116 - 124
SAT 24/08/1974 North Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Arden Street Oval 145 - 76
SAT 24/08/1974 Richmond (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 120 - 113

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 15 -0- 6 60 118.8% 2,290 1,927
Richmond Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 7 56 119.5% 2,126 1,779
Footscray Reserves 3rd 14 -0- 7 56 117.8% 2,117 1,797
Fitzroy Reserves 4th 14 -0- 7 56 115.8% 2,072 1,790
Carlton Reserves 5th 13 -0- 8 52 114.9% 2,021 1,759
Essendon Reserves 6th 13 -0- 8 52 111.0% 2,159 1,945
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 11 -0- 10 44 99.5% 1,990 1,999
Collingwood Reserves 8th 10 -0- 11 40 92.8% 1,918 2,067
St Kilda Reserves 9th 9 -0- 12 36 97.2% 1,886 1,941
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 8 -0- 13 32 98.6% 1,906 1,934
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 18 12 67.2% 1,661 2,472
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 2 -0- 19 8 70.5% 1,762 2,498

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1974 Collingwood (R) v South Melbourne (R) VFL Park 122 - 125
SAT 31/08/1974 Essendon (R) v Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 146 - 68
SAT 31/08/1974 Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R) Junction Oval 122 - 107
SAT 31/08/1974 Footscray (R) v Richmond (R) Western Oval 121 - 95
SAT 31/08/1974 Hawthorn (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 114 - 156
SAT 31/08/1974 St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R) Moorabbin Oval 95 - 119

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Reserves 1st 15 -0- 7 60 118.3% 2,238 1,892
Geelong Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 7 60 117.0% 2,397 2,049
Fitzroy Reserves 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 115.7% 2,194 1,897
Richmond Reserves 4th 14 -0- 8 56 116.9% 2,221 1,900
Carlton Reserves 5th 14 -0- 8 56 115.4% 2,140 1,854
Essendon Reserves 6th 14 -0- 8 56 114.5% 2,305 2,013
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 11 -0- 11 44 97.6% 2,104 2,155
Collingwood Reserves 8th 10 -0- 12 40 93.1% 2,040 2,192
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 9 -0- 13 36 100.7% 2,062 2,048
St Kilda Reserves 10th 9 -0- 13 36 96.2% 1,981 2,060
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 19 12 72.0% 1,887 2,620
Melbourne Reserves 12th 3 -0- 19 12 66.0% 1,729 2,618

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1974 Richmond (R) v Carlton (R) VFL Park 97 - 116

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1974 Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 102 - 123

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1974 Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) VFL Park 43 - 72
SAT 14/09/1974 Geelong (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 89 - 85

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1974 Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 121 - 95

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1974 Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 169 - 108