Australian Football

KEY FACTS

Official name
Melbourne Football Club

Known as
Melbourne

Nickname
Demons (formerly Red Legs, Fuchsias)

Formed
1858

Colours
Navy blue and red

Associated clubs
Casey; Melbourne WFC; Melbourne Reserves; Casey WFC

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2023

Affiliations (Historical)
Challenge Cup (CUP) 1865–1876; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

Home Ground
M.C.G.

AFL Premierships
2021 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1900, 1926, 1939-40-41, 1948, 1955-56-57, 1959-60, 1964 (12 total)

Senior Premierships
VFL Night Series: 1971, 1987, 1989 (3 total); McClelland Trophy 1955-6, 1958, 1990, 2021 (5 total)

Most Games
306 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

Most Goals
631 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

League Top Goalkickers
V.Coutie (39) 1904; H.Brereton (56) 1912; N.Smith (89) 1941; F.Fanning (67) 1944, (67) 1945 & (97) 1947; D.Neitz (82) 2002 (5 winners/7 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Ivor Warne-Smith 1926 & 1928; Don Cordner 1946; Brian Wilson 1982; Peter Moore 1984; Jim Stynes 1991; Shane Woewodin 2000 (6 medallists/7 medals)

Headquarters
Great Southern Stand (MCG), East Melbourne, VIC 3002

Postal Address
PO Box 254, East Melbourne, VIC 8002

Phone: (03) 9652 1111

Email
info@melbournefc.com.au

Website
melbournefc.com.au

Melbourne

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"The seeds of the Melbourne Football Club's greatest ever era began to be sown the following season, in 1952, when favourite son Norm Smith returned from Fitzroy to take over from Alan La Fontaine as senior coach ... and the 1953 season saw the debuts of several players who would go on to play significant roles in the club's impending period of greatness, notably Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon, Ian Ridley, Laurie Mithen and Colin Wilson ..."

Despite their recent lack of success, John Devaney writes that, as the foundation club, their place in the game's history is assured

1974 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Melbourne's 1974 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1974-04-06 1	A	Melbourne	3.3	5.5	5.7	6.12	48	LOST	Carlton	1.3	5.4	8.8	14.13	97	-49	PRI	1974-04-06 Apr 6 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-04-15 2	H	Melbourne	3.6	7.12	10.16	11.20	86	LOST	St. Kilda	1.4	2.8	9.12	14.16	100	-14	MCG	1974-04-15 Apr 15 (Mon, 2:00)	Scores
1974-04-20 3	H	Melbourne	3.2	7.5	9.7	16.10	106	LOST	Geelong	7.2	10.6	14.9	16.14	110	-4	MCG	1974-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-04-27 4	A	Melbourne	2.6	4.8	6.10	9.15	69	LOST	Richmond	3.5	7.9	10.12	13.16	94	-25	MCG	1974-04-27 Apr 27 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-05-04 5	H	Melbourne	2.2	5.6	5.8	13.11	89	LOST	North Melbourne	4.3	11.8	15.12	19.15	129	-40	MCG	1974-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-05-11 6	A	Melbourne	5.1	8.3	11.3	12.7	79	LOST	Collingwood	4.4	7.8	9.10	13.11	89	-10	VFL	1974-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-05-18 7	A	Melbourne	4.3	8.5	9.6	11.10	76	LOST	South Melbourne	4.9	7.12	11.14	13.16	94	-18	LAK	1974-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-05-25 8	H	Melbourne	2.4	4.7	5.9	6.15	51	LOST	Hawthorn	4.7	7.13	11.19	13.21	99	-48	MCG	1974-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-01 9	A	Melbourne	2.3	4.4	6.6	8.8	56	LOST	Footscray	5.3	8.11	12.13	13.16	94	-38	WES	1974-06-01 Jun 1 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-08 10	H	Melbourne	1.3	6.5	13.7	19.10	124	WON	Fitzroy	3.5	8.8	10.13	13.15	93	31	MCG	1974-06-08 Jun 8 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-15 11	H	Melbourne	3.3	5.4	9.5	10.10	70	LOST	Essendon	5.5	7.7	12.10	15.15	105	-35	VFL	1974-06-15 Jun 15 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-22 12	H	Melbourne	2.2	5.4	8.7	11.13	79	LOST	Carlton	4.5	9.10	12.15	15.18	108	-29	MCG	1974-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-29 13	A	Melbourne	0.2	5.4	9.6	13.10	88	WON	St. Kilda	4.3	4.4	7.10	11.13	79	9	MOO	1974-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-07-06 14	H	Melbourne	2.6	4.13	7.17	11.24	90	LOST	Richmond	3.4	9.10	19.12	23.15	153	-63	MCG	1974-07-06 Jul 6 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-07-13 15	A	Melbourne	4.2	6.5	6.7	9.9	63	LOST	Geelong	2.4	5.5	8.7	12.11	83	-20	KAR	1974-07-13 Jul 13 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-07-20 16	A	Melbourne	4.5	5.5	8.7	9.10	64	LOST	North Melbourne	1.0	7.3	11.5	19.14	128	-64	ARD	1974-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-07-27 17	H	Melbourne	3.9	8.16	12.16	15.21	111	LOST	Collingwood	5.2	7.7	12.7	17.13	115	-4	MCG	1974-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-03 18	H	Melbourne	2.6	5.10	8.11	11.17	83	LOST	South Melbourne	2.2	6.7	7.11	14.13	97	-14	VFL	1974-08-03 Aug 3 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-10 19	A	Melbourne	1.2	5.6	8.10	14.13	97	LOST	Hawthorn	3.6	7.11	14.17	17.20	122	-25	PRI	1974-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-17 20	H	Melbourne	1.1	3.6	7.11	10.15	75	LOST	Footscray	6.7	11.10	15.18	23.21	159	-84	MCG	1974-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-24 21	A	Melbourne	3.2	6.6	13.8	20.13	133	WON	Fitzroy	2.4	4.7	10.15	14.16	100	33	JUN	1974-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-31 22	A	Melbourne	5.2	5.6	10.12	15.13	103	LOST	Essendon	5.4	12.6	17.9	20.17	137	-34	WIN	1974-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores

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1974 Player Stats

#	Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
15	Alves, Stan	21	343	16.3	114	5.4	457	21.8	123	5.9			42	40	11	0.5	24	90
1	Baker, Garry	20	201	10.1	59	3.0	260	13.0	116	5.8	12	6.0	47	69	24	1.2	9	153
31	Barham, Billy	9	121	13.4	14	1.6	135	15.0	20	2.2			24	28	13	1.4	9	87
19	Biffin, Ray	19	178	9.4	34	1.8	212	11.2	54	2.8			38	25	1	0.1	2	8
6	Brewer, Ross	22	249	11.3	84	3.8	333	15.1	101	4.6			41	60	40	1.8	35	275
42	Carroll, Ted	2	11	5.5	4	2.0	15	7.5	6	3.0			2	3	1	0.5	2	8
14	Chamberlain, Neil	9	76	8.4	18	2.0	94	10.4	20	2.2			16	14	2	0.2	7	19
17	Clark, Denis	18	252	14.0	78	4.3	330	18.3	59	3.3			31	31	4	0.2	9	33
5	Clennett, John	14	114	8.1	33	2.4	147	10.5	71	5.1	10	5.0	20	34	6	0.4	6	42
12	Collins, Mike	9	61	6.8	11	1.2	72	8.0	14	1.6			7	10	3	0.3	2	20
24	Delmenico, Wayne	9	59	6.6	19	2.1	78	8.7	26	2.9			17	12	0	0.0	0	0
10	Ditterich, Carl	19	214	11.3	78	4.1	292	15.4	79	4.2	8	8.0	46	43	12	0.6	9	81
28	Dullard, Anthony	17	131	7.7	35	2.1	166	9.8	76	4.5			30	29	5	0.3	3	33
23	Fitzsimmons, Shane	5	31	6.2	7	1.4	38	7.6	14	2.8			4	10	4	0.8	5	29
2	Flower, Robert	18	196	10.9	68	3.8	264	14.7	67	3.7			29	27	22	1.2	14	146
43	Giampaolo, Frank	12	155	12.9	33	2.8	188	15.7	35	2.9			44	22	5	0.4	7	37
33	Hardeman, Gary	20	289	14.5	100	5.0	389	19.5	91	4.6	2	2.0	45	53	11	0.6	15	81
51	Keays, Peter	7	71	10.1	5	0.7	76	10.9	12	1.7			15	10	1	0.1	0	6
8	Keenan, Peter	15	119	7.9	36	2.4	155	10.3	76	5.1	12	12.0	19	27	8	0.5	8	56
9	Kerley, Stephen	10	63	6.3	5	0.5	68	6.8	25	2.5			6	13	0	0.0	5	5
50	McMullin, Neil	7	45	6.4	11	1.6	56	8.0	10	1.4			5	8	1	0.1	0	6
21	Molloy, Graham	3	21	7.0	18	6.0	39	13.0	9	3.0			5	5	0	0.0	0	0
39	Moore, Kevin	8	73	9.1	7	0.9	80	10.0	20	2.5			9	14	1	0.1	1	7
29	Murray, David	6	29	4.8	8	1.3	37	6.2	8	1.3			7	2	0	0.0	0	0
7	Osborne, Graham	7	54	7.7	10	1.4	64	9.1	17	2.4			5	16	2	0.3	7	19
34	Owens, Mal	12	99	8.3	15	1.3	114	9.5	35	2.9			15	22	3	0.3	1	19
22	Pagnoccolo, Charles	1	16	16.0	1	1.0	17	17.0	1	1.0			5	3	0	0.0	3	3
32	Payne, Dennis	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	0.0	0	0
54	Power, Mike	2	9	4.5	3	1.5	12	6.0	5	2.5			1	3	0	0.0	0	0
37	Reid, John	2	26	13.0	3	1.5	29	14.5	7	3.5			4	6	0	0.0	0	0
26	Scott, Graham	8	76	9.5	10	1.3	86	10.8	24	3.0			5	11	4	0.5	6	30
38	Slade, Peter	15	217	14.5	53	3.5	270	18.0	40	2.7	1	1.0	28	32	4	0.3	12	36
35	Smith, Steven	17	176	10.4	56	3.3	232	13.6	45	2.6			29	25	12	0.7	6	78
4	Sullivan, Tony	18	266	14.8	74	4.1	340	18.9	57	3.2			59	46	0	0.0	0	0
18	Tilbrook, Jim	11	93	8.5	7	0.6	100	9.1	30	2.7	3	3.0	13	19	15	1.4	12	102
11	Wells, Greg	22	474	21.5	91	4.1	565	25.7	97	4.4			72	40	26	1.2	30	186
30	Williamson, Peter	14	40	2.9	15	1.1	55	3.9	18	1.3			5	7	14	1.0	12	96
27	Wood, Greg	11	122	11.1	36	3.3	158	14.4	27	2.5			12	22	4	0.4	4	28
Totals		440	4770	10.8	1253	2.8	6023	13.7	1535	3.5	48	0.1	802	841	259	0.6	265	1819