1974 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Richmond 9th premiership |
Minor premiers | Richmond 7th minor premiership |
Brownlow Medallist | Keith Greig (North Melbourne) |
Coleman Medallist | Doug Wade (North Melbourne) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 138 |
Total attendance | 3,243,600 (23,504 per match) |
Highest | 113,839 |
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The 1974 VFL season was the 78th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 6 April until 28 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.
The premiership was won by the Richmond Football Club for the ninth time and second time consecutively, after it defeated North Melbourne by 41 points in the 1974 VFL Grand Final.
In 1974, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 22 rounds; matches 12 to 22 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 11.
Once the 22 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1974 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "McIntyre final five system".
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 16.14 (110) | Geelong | 9.11 (65) | Western Oval | 15,204 | 6 April 1974 |
Collingwood | 17.15 (117) | Essendon | 15.10 (100) | Victoria Park | 30,493 | 6 April 1974 |
Carlton | 14.13 (97) | Melbourne | 6.12 (48) | Princes Park | 16,562 | 6 April 1974 |
South Melbourne | 15.10 (100) | North Melbourne | 11.14 (80) | Lake Oval | 10,744 | 6 April 1974 |
Richmond | 12.16 (88) | Hawthorn | 15.14 (104) | MCG | 38,735 | 6 April 1974 |
St Kilda | 11.17 (83) | Fitzroy | 6.7 (43) | Moorabbin Oval | 17,286 | 6 April 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Fitzroy | 9.13 (67) | Richmond | 15.26 (116) | Junction Oval | 17,040 | 13 April 1974 |
Hawthorn | 6.12 (48) | Collingwood | 10.11 (71) | Princes Park | 28,689 | 13 April 1974 |
Geelong | 15.7 (97) | Carlton | 12.16 (88) | Kardinia Park | 21,043 | 13 April 1974 |
Melbourne | 11.20 (86) | St Kilda | 14.16 (100) | MCG | 36,708 | 15 April 1974 |
Essendon | 21.24 (150) | South Melbourne | 10.18 (78) | Windy Hill | 25,348 | 15 April 1974 |
North Melbourne | 20.12 (132) | Footscray | 11.9 (75) | Arden Street Oval | 21,358 | 15 April 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Collingwood | 16.16 (112) | Footscray | 14.15 (99) | Victoria Park | 23,233 | 20 April 1974 |
Carlton | 11.15 (81) | Richmond | 18.11 (119) | Princes Park | 33,050 | 20 April 1974 |
South Melbourne | 8.18 (66) | Hawthorn | 20.15 (135) | Lake Oval | 12,157 | 20 April 1974 |
Melbourne | 16.10 (106) | Geelong | 16.14 (110) | MCG | 21,041 | 20 April 1974 |
North Melbourne | 17.18 (120) | Fitzroy | 7.11 (53) | Arden Street Oval | 21,358 | 20 April 1974 |
Essendon | 16.14 (110) | St Kilda | 15.15 (105) | VFL Park | 35,064 | 20 April 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Fitzroy | 18.12 (120) | Collingwood | 17.9 (111) | Junction Oval | 28,471 | 25 April 1974 |
North Melbourne | 19.9 (123) | Carlton | 6.15 (51) | VFL Park | 54,086 | 25 April 1974 |
Geelong | 6.9 (45) | St Kilda | 8.13 (61) | Kardinia Park | 18,550 | 27 April 1974 |
Footscray | 15.6 (96) | South Melbourne | 7.9 (51) | Western Oval | 12,491 | 27 April 1974 |
Richmond | 13.16 (94) | Melbourne | 9.15 (69) | MCG | 28,080 | 27 April 1974 |
Hawthorn | 9.15 (69) | Essendon | 5.13 (43) | Princes Park | 17,590 | 27 April 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 13.11 (89) | North Melbourne | 19.15 (129) | MCG | 23,616 | 4 May 1974 |
Essendon | 12.26 (98) | Geelong | 10.14 (74) | Windy Hill | 19,123 | 4 May 1974 |
St Kilda | 13.12 (90) | Richmond | 15.20 (110) | Moorabbin Oval | 30,673 | 4 May 1974 |
South Melbourne | 14.16 (100) | Fitzroy | 15.10 (100) | Lake Oval | 10,316 | 4 May 1974 |
Collingwood | 13.14 (92) | Carlton | 10.14 (74) | Victoria Park | 33,452 | 4 May 1974 |
Hawthorn | 8.14 (62) | Footscray | 11.19 (85) | VFL Park | 20,281 | 4 May 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 22.20 (152) | St Kilda | 9.5 (59) | Arden Street Oval | 17,545 | 11 May 1974 |
Fitzroy | 18.16 (124) | Hawthorn | 13.16 (94) | Junction Oval | 10,583 | 11 May 1974 |
Carlton | 19.21 (135) | South Melbourne | 12.9 (81) | Princes Park | 19,902 | 11 May 1974 |
Richmond | 17.11 (113) | Geelong | 18.15 (123) | MCG | 31,483 | 11 May 1974 |
Footscray | 17.12 (114) | Essendon | 8.16 (64) | Western Oval | 26,309 | 11 May 1974 |
Collingwood | 13.11 (89) | Melbourne | 12.7 (79) | VFL Park | 25,161 | 11 May 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 9.5 (59) | North Melbourne | 13.12 (90) | Kardinia Park | 24,685 | 18 May 1974 |
Essendon | 15.15 (105) | Richmond | 16.19 (115) | Windy Hill | 24,376 | 18 May 1974 |
South Melbourne | 13.16 (94) | Melbourne | 11.10 (76) | Lake Oval | 10,239 | 18 May 1974 |
St Kilda | 12.10 (82) | Collingwood | 11.22 (88) | Moorabbin Oval | 27,876 | 18 May 1974 |
Hawthorn | 13.22 (100) | Carlton | 8.12 (60) | Princes Park | 21,202 | 18 May 1974 |
Footscray | 12.15 (87) | Fitzroy | 8.12 (60) | VFL Park | 19,450 | 18 May 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 9.16 (70) | Richmond | 13.17 (95) | Arden Street Oval | 22,841 | 25 May 1974 |
Collingwood | 11.14 (80) | Geelong | 18.13 (121) | Victoria Park | 22,858 | 25 May 1974 |
Carlton | 9.12 (66) | Footscray | 9.12 (66) | Princes Park | 20,830 | 25 May 1974 |
Melbourne | 6.15 (51) | Hawthorn | 13.21 (99) | MCG | 18,029 | 25 May 1974 |
Fitzroy | 16.11 (107) | Essendon | 14.15 (99) | Junction Oval | 15,516 | 25 May 1974 |
South Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | St Kilda | 10.10 (70) | VFL Park | 16,516 | 25 May 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 18.15 (123) | St Kilda | 10.16 (76) | Princes Park | 12,630 | 1 June 1974 |
Geelong | 16.12 (108) | South Melbourne | 17.7 (109) | Kardinia Park | 15,664 | 1 June 1974 |
Footscray | 13.16 (94) | Melbourne | 8.8 (56) | Western Oval | 15,415 | 1 June 1974 |
North Melbourne | 11.15 (81) | Essendon | 16.15 (111) | Arden Street Oval | 20,027 | 1 June 1974 |
Richmond | 9.20 (74) | Collingwood | 21.17 (143) | MCG | 66,829 | 1 June 1974 |
Fitzroy | 7.10 (52) | Carlton | 16.15 (111) | VFL Park | 19,906 | 1 June 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Collingwood | 12.10 (82) | North Melbourne | 8.15 (63) | Victoria Park | 25,892 | 8 June 1974 |
South Melbourne | 9.13 (67) | Richmond | 23.9 (147) | Lake Oval | 12,054 | 8 June 1974 |
St Kilda | 9.9 (63) | Footscray | 11.10 (76) | Moorabbin Oval | 17,667 | 8 June 1974 |
Melbourne | 19.10 (124) | Fitzroy | 13.15 (93) | MCG | 12,414 | 8 June 1974 |
Essendon | 9.14 (68) | Carlton | 16.7 (103) | Windy Hill | 24,436 | 8 June 1974 |
Hawthorn | 14.13 (97) | Geelong | 10.6 (66) | VFL Park | 18,562 | 8 June 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Carlton | 20.13 (133) | St Kilda | 13.10 (88) | Princes Park | 26,030 | 15 June 1974 |
South Melbourne | 10.13 (73) | Collingwood | 15.14 (104) | Lake Oval | 16,908 | 15 June 1974 |
Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | Essendon | 15.15 (105) | VFL Park | 21,396 | 15 June 1974 |
North Melbourne | 14.11 (95) | Hawthorn | 9.21 (75) | Arden Street Oval | 17,368 | 17 June 1974 |
Richmond | 19.19 (133) | Footscray | 15.11 (101) | MCG | 68,446 | 17 June 1974 |
Geelong | 10.15 (75) | Fitzroy | 10.13 (73) | Kardinia Park | 18,396 | 17 June 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 28.17 (185) | South Melbourne | 12.7 (79) | Arden Street Oval | 9,016 | 22 June 1974 |
Hawthorn | 19.17 (131) | Richmond | 15.18 (108) | Princes Park | 15,710 | 22 June 1974 |
Fitzroy | 13.14 (92) | St Kilda | 12.15 (87) | Junction Oval | 12,519 | 22 June 1974 |
Essendon | 13.12 (90) | Collingwood | 19.9 (123) | Windy Hill | 25,867 | 22 June 1974 |
Melbourne | 11.13 (79) | Carlton | 15.18 (108) | MCG | 23,336 | 22 June 1974 |
Geelong | 13.14 (92) | Footscray | 8.10 (58) | VFL Park | 16,320 | 22 June 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 11.14 (80) | North Melbourne | 19.10 (124) | Western Oval | 20,937 | 29 June 1974 |
Collingwood | 13.18 (96) | Hawthorn | 13.12 (90) | Victoria Park | 26,028 | 29 June 1974 |
Carlton | 20.19 (139) | Geelong | 10.6 (66) | Princes Park | 23,490 | 29 June 1974 |
St Kilda | 11.13 (79) | Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | Moorabbin Oval | 13,804 | 29 June 1974 |
South Melbourne | 11.16 (82) | Essendon | 14.12 (96) | Lake Oval | 10,494 | 29 June 1974 |
Richmond | 29.21 (195) | Fitzroy | 9.12 (66) | VFL Park | 16,455 | 29 June 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 11.24 (90) | Richmond | 23.15 (153) | MCG | 21,146 | 6 July 1974 |
Essendon | 11.9 (75) | Hawthorn | 23.17 (155) | Windy Hill | 16,493 | 6 July 1974 |
Collingwood | 24.14 (158) | Fitzroy | 19.13 (127) | Victoria Park | 17,913 | 6 July 1974 |
Carlton | 10.12 (72) | North Melbourne | 18.13 (121) | Princes Park | 27,600 | 6 July 1974 |
South Melbourne | 19.27 (141) | Footscray | 12.19 (91) | Lake Oval | 9,739 | 6 July 1974 |
St Kilda | 12.20 (92) | Geelong | 11.12 (78) | VFL Park | 13,926 | 6 July 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 16.14 (110) | South Melbourne | 4.7 (31) | Princes Park | 7,075 | 13 July 1974 |
Geelong | 12.11 (83) | Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | Kardinia Park | 10,873 | 13 July 1974 |
St Kilda | 16.13 (109) | Essendon | 10.8 (68) | Moorabbin Oval | 14,244 | 13 July 1974 |
Footscray | 6.10 (46) | Collingwood | 7.12 (54) | Western Oval | 18,515 | 13 July 1974 |
Richmond | 15.15 (105) | Carlton | 11.9 (75) | MCG | 36,417 | 13 July 1974 |
Fitzroy | 8.7 (55) | North Melbourne | 10.8 (68) | VFL Park | 7,615 | 13 July 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 15.24 (114) | St Kilda | 11.13 (79) | MCG | 28,045 | 20 July 1974 |
Footscray | 8.12 (60) | Hawthorn | 12.9 (81) | Western Oval | 15,299 | 20 July 1974 |
Fitzroy | 10.13 (73) | South Melbourne | 19.19 (133) | Junction Oval | 8,110 | 20 July 1974 |
North Melbourne | 19.14 (128) | Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | Arden Street Oval | 9,094 | 20 July 1974 |
Geelong | 11.11 (77) | Essendon | 14.9 (93) | Kardinia Park | 15,897 | 20 July 1974 |
Carlton | 18.10 (118) | Collingwood | 13.4 (82) | VFL Park | 47,558 | 20 July 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 9.10 (64) | Footscray | 13.15 (93) | Windy Hill | 16,250 | 27 July 1974 |
St Kilda | 10.13 (73) | North Melbourne | 11.16 (82) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,954 | 27 July 1974 |
Hawthorn | 13.28 (106) | Fitzroy | 8.10 (58) | Princes Park | 6,198 | 27 July 1974 |
Melbourne | 15.21 (111) | Collingwood | 17.13 (115) | MCG | 22,893 | 27 July 1974 |
South Melbourne | 14.17 (101) | Carlton | 11.14 (80) | Lake Oval | 14,114 | 27 July 1974 |
Geelong | 8.9 (57) | Richmond | 13.15 (93) | VFL Park | 15,578 | 27 July 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Fitzroy | 9.16 (70) | Footscray | 14.9 (93) | Junction Oval | 9,552 | 3 August 1974 |
Collingwood | 13.10 (88) | St Kilda | 13.16 (94) | Victoria Park | 21,433 | 3 August 1974 |
Carlton | 14.12 (96) | Hawthorn | 18.12 (120) | Princes Park | 23,180 | 3 August 1974 |
North Melbourne | 15.9 (99) | Geelong | 15.15 (105) | Arden Street Oval | 10,638 | 3 August 1974 |
Richmond | 20.15 (135) | Essendon | 12.16 (88) | MCG | 34,011 | 3 August 1974 |
Melbourne | 11.17 (83) | South Melbourne | 14.13 (97) | VFL Park | 13,188 | 3 August 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
St Kilda | 9.13 (67) | South Melbourne | 13.15 (93) | Moorabbin Oval | 17,833 | 10 August 1974 |
Hawthorn | 17.20 (122) | Melbourne | 14.13 (97) | Princes Park | 8,476 | 10 August 1974 |
Essendon | 24.15 (159) | Fitzroy | 8.13 (61) | Windy Hill | 10,753 | 10 August 1974 |
Geelong | 8.8 (56) | Collingwood | 10.19 (79) | Kardinia Park | 22,826 | 10 August 1974 |
Footscray | 10.8 (68) | Carlton | 4.20 (44) | Western Oval | 28,151 | 10 August 1974 |
Richmond | 15.12 (102) | North Melbourne | 11.11 (77) | VFL Park | 40,399 | 10 August 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 14.14 (98) | North Melbourne | 16.12 (108) | Windy Hill | 19,229 | 17 August 1974 |
Collingwood | 10.20 (80) | Richmond | 16.11 (107) | Victoria Park | 36,729 | 17 August 1974 |
Carlton | 17.14 (116) | Fitzroy | 10.15 (75) | Princes Park | 13,400 | 17 August 1974 |
South Melbourne | 13.7 (85) | Geelong | 12.14 (86) | Lake Oval | 12,176 | 17 August 1974 |
Melbourne | 10.15 (75) | Footscray | 23.21 (159) | MCG | 17,951 | 17 August 1974 |
St Kilda | 11.9 (75) | Hawthorn | 16.12 (108) | VFL Park | 21,561 | 17 August 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 23.24 (162) | South Melbourne | 17.27 (129) | MCG | 32,651 | 24 August 1974 |
Geelong | 15.12 (102) | Hawthorn | 9.8 (62) | Kardinia Park | 17,844 | 24 August 1974 |
Footscray | 7.19 (61) | St Kilda | 7.15 (57) | Western Oval | 17,675 | 24 August 1974 |
Fitzroy | 14.16 (100) | Melbourne | 20.13 (133) | Junction Oval | 7,803 | 24 August 1974 |
North Melbourne | 25.15 (165) | Collingwood | 10.14 (74) | Arden Street Oval | 25,757 | 24 August 1974 |
Carlton | 12.11 (83) | Essendon | 12.17 (89) | VFL Park | 27,321 | 24 August 1974 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 10.17 (77) | North Melbourne | 16.10 (106) | Princes Park | 28,110 | 31 August 1974 |
Footscray | 13.9 (87) | Richmond | 11.14 (80) | Western Oval | 25,190 | 31 August 1974 |
Fitzroy | 15.11 (101) | Geelong | 17.11 (113) | Junction Oval | 8,812 | 31 August 1974 |
Essendon | 20.17 (137) | Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | Windy Hill | 13,561 | 31 August 1974 |
St Kilda | 15.11 (101) | Carlton | 19.9 (123) | Moorabbin Oval | 16,458 | 31 August 1974 |
Collingwood | 13.15 (93) | South Melbourne | 15.10 (100) | VFL Park | 33,786 | 31 August 1974 |
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Richmond (P) | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2558 | 1979 | 129.3 | 68 |
2 | North Melbourne | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2398 | 1728 | 138.8 | 64 |
3 | Hawthorn | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2168 | 1729 | 125.4 | 60 |
4 | Collingwood | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2131 | 2037 | 104.6 | 60 |
5 | Footscray | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1899 | 1746 | 108.8 | 54 |
6 | Geelong | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1858 | 1989 | 93.4 | 44 |
7 | Carlton | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2053 | 1941 | 105.8 | 42 |
8 | Essendon | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2110 | 2162 | 97.6 | 40 |
9 | South Melbourne | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1947 | 2327 | 83.7 | 38 |
10 | St Kilda | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1790 | 2018 | 88.7 | 28 |
11 | Fitzroy | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1770 | 2481 | 71.3 | 18 |
12 | Melbourne | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1840 | 2385 | 77.1 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 92.9
Source: AFL Tables
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Collingwood | 19.10 (124) | Footscray | 6.19 (55) | VFL Park | 57,912 | 7 September |
Hawthorn | 8.17 (65) | North Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | MCG | 77,519 | 7 September |
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 21.12 (138) | Collingwood | 13.10 (88) | MCG | 84,846 | 14 September |
Richmond | 10.13 (73) | North Melbourne | 6.16 (52) | VFL Park | 57,569 | 14 September |
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 7.9 (51) | North Melbourne | 8.8 (56) | MCG | 88,262 | 21 September |