Fitzroy
"Fitzroy's on-field achievements, particularly during the early years of the VFL, were considerable. During the first decade of VFL competition the Maroons won no fewer than four flags - more than any other club - and were runners up three times. Further premierships followed in 1913 and 1916, but after World War One the side tended to struggle. Paralleling this, the VFL began to take on more and more of the characteristics of a business: payment to players was officially recognised as taking place in 1909, and professionalism gradually became more and more overt ... "
- John Devaney examines the tragic tale of Fitzroy FC - worldbeaters at the start of the century; out of business by the end of it
1974 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Fitzroy's 1974 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1974-04-06 1 | A | Fitzroy | 1.2 | 2.3 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 43 | LOST | St. Kilda | 2.3 | 3.10 | 4.10 | 11.17 | 83 | -40 | MOO | 1974-04-06 Apr 6 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-04-13 2 | H | Fitzroy | 0.0 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 9.13 | 67 | LOST | Richmond | 8.9 | 9.12 | 14.23 | 15.26 | 116 | -49 | JUN | 1974-04-13 Apr 13 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-04-20 3 | A | Fitzroy | 2.1 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 7.11 | 53 | LOST | North Melbourne | 3.5 | 10.7 | 13.13 | 17.18 | 120 | -67 | ARD | 1974-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-04-25 4 | H | Fitzroy | 5.6 | 8.7 | 14.11 | 18.12 | 120 | WON | Collingwood | 2.1 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 17.9 | 111 | 9 | JUN | 1974-04-25 Apr 25 (Thu, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-05-04 5 | A | Fitzroy | 4.1 | 8.6 | 12.8 | 15.10 | 100 | DRAW | South Melbourne | 1.8 | 6.12 | 12.14 | 14.16 | 100 | 0 | LAK | 1974-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-05-11 6 | H | Fitzroy | 4.3 | 7.10 | 10.13 | 18.16 | 124 | WON | Hawthorn | 3.4 | 5.7 | 8.13 | 13.16 | 94 | 30 | JUN | 1974-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-05-18 7 | A | Fitzroy | 3.5 | 5.8 | 7.10 | 8.12 | 60 | LOST | Footscray | 0.5 | 2.10 | 6.12 | 12.15 | 87 | -27 | VFL | 1974-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-05-25 8 | H | Fitzroy | 3.1 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 16.11 | 107 | WON | Essendon | 4.5 | 7.8 | 11.13 | 14.15 | 99 | 8 | JUN | 1974-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-06-01 9 | H | Fitzroy | 2.2 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 7.10 | 52 | LOST | Carlton | 6.6 | 9.9 | 13.11 | 16.15 | 111 | -59 | VFL | 1974-06-01 Jun 1 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-06-08 10 | A | Fitzroy | 3.5 | 8.8 | 10.13 | 13.15 | 93 | LOST | Melbourne | 1.3 | 6.5 | 13.7 | 19.10 | 124 | -31 | MCG | 1974-06-08 Jun 8 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-06-17 11 | A | Fitzroy | 1.2 | 4.7 | 8.9 | 10.13 | 73 | LOST | Geelong | 3.8 | 7.10 | 8.13 | 10.15 | 75 | -2 | KAR | 1974-06-17 Jun 17 (Mon, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-06-22 12 | H | Fitzroy | 2.3 | 6.8 | 12.11 | 13.14 | 92 | WON | St. Kilda | 1.3 | 3.10 | 7.12 | 12.15 | 87 | 5 | JUN | 1974-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-06-29 13 | A | Fitzroy | 2.4 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 9.12 | 66 | LOST | Richmond | 5.3 | 15.8 | 22.16 | 29.21 | 195 | -129 | VFL | 1974-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-07-06 14 | A | Fitzroy | 2.3 | 7.6 | 13.12 | 19.13 | 127 | LOST | Collingwood | 4.6 | 13.10 | 19.10 | 24.14 | 158 | -31 | VIC | 1974-07-06 Jul 6 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-07-13 15 | H | Fitzroy | 1.2 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 55 | LOST | North Melbourne | 5.2 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 10.8 | 68 | -13 | VFL | 1974-07-13 Jul 13 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-07-20 16 | H | Fitzroy | 3.1 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 10.13 | 73 | LOST | South Melbourne | 4.7 | 9.9 | 14.12 | 19.19 | 133 | -60 | JUN | 1974-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-07-27 17 | A | Fitzroy | 3.5 | 3.5 | 6.6 | 8.10 | 58 | LOST | Hawthorn | 2.7 | 7.12 | 10.20 | 13.28 | 106 | -48 | PRI | 1974-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-08-03 18 | H | Fitzroy | 1.6 | 3.9 | 8.14 | 9.16 | 70 | LOST | Footscray | 1.4 | 3.6 | 9.6 | 14.9 | 93 | -23 | JUN | 1974-08-03 Aug 3 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-08-10 19 | A | Fitzroy | 3.4 | 6.4 | 7.8 | 8.13 | 61 | LOST | Essendon | 8.2 | 16.6 | 20.12 | 24.15 | 159 | -98 | WIN | 1974-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-08-17 20 | A | Fitzroy | 0.0 | 4.6 | 5.10 | 10.15 | 75 | LOST | Carlton | 2.3 | 9.6 | 12.12 | 17.14 | 116 | -41 | PRI | 1974-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-08-24 21 | H | Fitzroy | 2.4 | 4.7 | 10.15 | 14.16 | 100 | LOST | Melbourne | 3.2 | 6.6 | 13.8 | 20.13 | 133 | -33 | JUN | 1974-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974-08-31 22 | H | Fitzroy | 2.3 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 15.11 | 101 | LOST | Geelong | 3.5 | 5.7 | 12.7 | 17.11 | 113 | -12 | JUN | 1974-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 2:00) | Scores |
1974 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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25 | Austen, Geoff | 19 | 125 | 6.6 | 44 | 2.3 | 169 | 8.9 | 75 | 3.9 | 3 | 3.0 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 0.7 | 1 | 85 | ||
24 | Booth, Greg | 7 | 59 | 8.4 | 7 | 1.0 | 66 | 9.4 | 12 | 1.7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
41 | Brain, Ray | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 8 | 1.6 | 49 | 9.8 | 7 | 1.4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
40 | Carter, Rod | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 14 | 1.8 | 66 | 8.3 | 13 | 1.6 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
20 | Christou, Jim | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 15 | 3.0 | 57 | 11.4 | 5 | 1.0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 12 | ||||
39 | Cruse, Colin | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 3.0 | 14 | 7.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2 | Dare, Norm | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 14 | 2.8 | 51 | 10.2 | 13 | 2.6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 7 | ||||
17 | Duckworth, John | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 5 | 0.5 | 45 | 4.1 | 16 | 1.5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0.2 | 5 | 17 | ||||
32 | Farnham, Dean | 15 | 67 | 4.5 | 82 | 5.5 | 149 | 9.9 | 52 | 3.5 | 19 | 19.0 | 28 | 30 | 4 | 0.3 | 8 | 32 | ||
16 | Formosa, John | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 9 | 4.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
23 | Harrington, Dan | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 9 | 3.0 | 35 | 11.7 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
37 | Hayes, Kerrin | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 24 | 4.8 | 75 | 15.0 | 12 | 2.4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 20 | ||||
7 | Irwin, Warwick | 20 | 305 | 15.3 | 127 | 6.4 | 432 | 21.6 | 53 | 2.7 | 46 | 37 | 25 | 1.3 | 29 | 179 | ||||
48 | Linton, Wayne | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 13 | 2.6 | 78 | 15.6 | 12 | 2.4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 8 | ||||
28 | Lloyd, Trevor | 12 | 100 | 8.3 | 21 | 1.8 | 121 | 10.1 | 17 | 1.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0.3 | 6 | 30 | ||
34 | Lukas, Andrew | 15 | 151 | 10.1 | 33 | 2.2 | 184 | 12.3 | 51 | 3.4 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
6 | McCulloch, Ian | 16 | 140 | 8.8 | 90 | 5.6 | 230 | 14.4 | 80 | 5.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 40 | 53 | 6 | 0.4 | 4 | 40 | ||
19 | McMahon, David | 12 | 115 | 9.6 | 42 | 3.5 | 157 | 13.1 | 43 | 3.6 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 0.3 | 16 | 40 | ||||
36 | Merrigan, Harvey | 21 | 205 | 9.8 | 55 | 2.6 | 260 | 12.4 | 75 | 3.6 | 44 | 16 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | ||||
3 | Miller, Ian | 16 | 290 | 18.1 | 62 | 3.9 | 352 | 22.0 | 75 | 4.7 | 1 | 1.0 | 43 | 20 | 6 | 0.4 | 6 | 42 | ||
22 | Molloy, Shane | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 44 | 6.3 | 121 | 17.3 | 14 | 2.0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
5 | Murphy, John | 16 | 345 | 21.6 | 86 | 5.4 | 431 | 26.9 | 68 | 4.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 84 | 51 | 23 | 1.4 | 20 | 158 | ||
1 | Murray, Kevin | 22 | 235 | 10.7 | 72 | 3.3 | 307 | 14.0 | 53 | 2.4 | 55 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
30 | Noonan, Gerry | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 39 | 4.9 | 97 | 12.1 | 14 | 1.8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0.6 | 3 | 33 | ||||
11 | O'Keeffe, Kevin | 10 | 130 | 13.0 | 37 | 3.7 | 167 | 16.7 | 21 | 2.1 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 0.2 | 3 | 15 | ||||
14 | Padley, Barry | 17 | 178 | 10.5 | 53 | 3.1 | 231 | 13.6 | 20 | 1.2 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 0.4 | 11 | 47 | ||||
8 | Richards, Laurie | 22 | 298 | 13.5 | 112 | 5.1 | 410 | 18.6 | 141 | 6.4 | 1 | 1.0 | 40 | 44 | 24 | 1.1 | 23 | 167 | ||
26 | Robertson, Glenn | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 37 | 6.2 | 110 | 18.3 | 20 | 3.3 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 13 | ||||
18 | Robertson, Leigh | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 15 | 2.5 | 70 | 11.7 | 14 | 2.3 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
13 | Ruscuklic, Alex | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
12 | Sault, Ray | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
4 | Searl, Doug | 14 | 113 | 8.1 | 35 | 2.5 | 148 | 10.6 | 55 | 3.9 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 1.7 | 25 | 169 | ||||
10 | Serafini, Renato | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 21 | 2.3 | 94 | 10.4 | 24 | 2.7 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0.7 | 9 | 45 | ||||
31 | Sinclair, Allan | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 8 | 1.0 | 53 | 6.6 | 22 | 2.8 | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 20 | ||
35 | Smith, Chris | 12 | 83 | 6.9 | 37 | 3.1 | 120 | 10.0 | 26 | 2.2 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
33 | Taylor, Neville | 17 | 209 | 12.3 | 46 | 2.7 | 255 | 15.0 | 32 | 1.9 | 34 | 36 | 7 | 0.4 | 2 | 44 | ||||
21 | Thompson, Alan | 12 | 199 | 16.6 | 50 | 4.2 | 249 | 20.8 | 33 | 2.8 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 0.3 | 3 | 27 | ||||
9 | Wall, David | 18 | 170 | 9.4 | 32 | 1.8 | 202 | 11.2 | 75 | 4.2 | 33 | 27 | 35 | 1.9 | 35 | 245 | ||||
45 | Weatherley, Graeme | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 16 | 8.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 14 | ||||
15 | Whitford, Don | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 14 | 2.0 | 62 | 8.9 | 5 | 0.7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0.6 | 4 | 28 | ||||
29 | Wilson, Garry | 21 | 423 | 20.1 | 164 | 7.8 | 587 | 28.0 | 82 | 3.9 | 1 | 1.0 | 104 | 52 | 29 | 1.4 | 33 | 207 | ||
Totals | 440 | 4763 | 10.8 | 1583 | 3.6 | 6346 | 14.4 | 1348 | 3.1 | 32 | 0.1 | 902 | 727 | 250 | 0.6 | 267 | 1767 |