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.
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".
Many were even more surprised at Greig winning his second Brownlow than they had been at him winning his first (in 1973). In 1973 Barry Davis had won North Melbourne's best and fairest award, and in 1974 John Rantall won North Melbourne's best and fairest award. Greig had not even been the "runner-up" in North Melbourne's best and fairest in either 1973 or 1974.
Melbourne took the seniors "wooden spoon" in 1974.
Collingwood 17.14 (116) defeated Essendon 9.14 (68) in the Grand Final of the under 19s premiership, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 September.
Fitzroy 26.13 (169) defeated Footscray 16.12 (108) in the Grand Final of the reserves premiership, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 September.[1]
Richmond 18.20 (128) defeated North Melbourne 13.9 (87) in the Grand Final of the seniors premiership, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 September.
Notable events
North Melbourne would become the first team to trial coloured shorts (club colour royal blue), due to the impending introduction of colour television in Australia. All teams (except Collingwood, Richmond and St. Kilda where black was a club colour) would follow suit from the beginning of 1975 after colour television was introduced.
In the Round 7 match between Essendon and Richmond at Windy Hill, Richmond's Mal Brown clashed with Essendon's Graeme Jenkin as the teams moved towards the locker rooms at the half-time siren; after Essendon runner Laurie Ashley went out of his way to confront and abuse Brown, Brown struck Ashley, starting a 15-minute brawl that involved players, team officials, trainers, fans, and police. Richmond's Brian Roberts was left with a broken nose, while Essendon trainer Jim Bradley and a fan were both knocked unconscious and had to be carried from the arena on stretchers. Four players and three officials were charged as a result of the investigation:
Laurie Ashley (Essendon runner): suspended for 6 matches after being held to be responsible for starting the brawl.
Mal Brown (Richmond player): suspended for one match for striking Laurie Ashley.
Jim Bradley (Essendon fitness adviser): suspended for 6 matches for charging and striking Mal Brown.
Steve Parsons (Richmond player): suspended for 4 matches for striking Jim Bradley.
Ron Andrews (Essendon player): suspended for 6 matches for striking Brian Roberts.
Graeme Richmond (Richmond team manager): suspended until 31 December 1974 (17 matches) and fined $2,000 by the VFL Board of Directors for conduct unbecoming or prejudicial to the interests of the League. On 18 September, the VFL demanded that Richmond pay the fine or face indefinite suspension, but the VFL dropped the fine on appeal.
John Cassin (Essendon player): cleared after the tribunal found that he was only trying to assist in breaking up the brawl.
As a result of a police investigation, assault charges were laid against Steve Parsons and Graeme Richmond; both Parsons and Richmond were cleared of these charges on 11 September.
In the Round 21 match between Richmond and South Melbourne, there is a record 51 aggregate behinds and 91 aggregate scoring shots.
^"Fitzroy did coach proud". The Age. Melbourne. 30 September 1974. p. 22.
Bibliography
Hogan, P., The Tigers of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN0-646-18748-1
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN0-9591740-2-8
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN0-670-90809-6
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN0-670-86814-0
External links
1974 Season – AFL Tables
"Memories are made of this: 27. The Windy Hill Brawl, 1974" (Sunday Age, 15 September 2002)
January 10, 2023
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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 1974 VFL premiership seasonTeams12PremiersRichmond9th premiershipMinor premiersRichmond7th minor premiershipBrownlow MedallistKeith Greig North Melbourne Coleman MedallistDoug Wade North Melbourne AttendanceMatches played138Total attendance3 243 600 23 504 per match Highest113 839 19731975 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 Contents 1 Premiership season 1 1 Round 1 1 2 Round 2 1 3 Round 3 1 4 Round 4 1 5 Round 5 1 6 Round 6 1 7 Round 7 1 8 Round 8 1 9 Round 9 1 10 Round 10 1 11 Round 11 1 12 Round 12 1 13 Round 13 1 14 Round 14 1 15 Round 15 1 16 Round 16 1 17 Round 17 1 18 Round 18 1 19 Round 19 1 20 Round 20 1 21 Round 21 1 22 Round 22 2 Ladder 3 Finals 3 1 Elimination final 3 2 Qualifying final 3 3 Semi finals 3 4 Preliminary final 4 Grand final 5 Awards 6 Notable events 7 References 8 Bibliography 9 External linksPremiership season EditIn 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 Round 1 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFootscray 16 14 110 Geelong 9 11 65 Western Oval 15 204 6 April 1974Collingwood 17 15 117 Essendon 15 10 100 Victoria Park 30 493 6 April 1974Carlton 14 13 97 Melbourne 6 12 48 Princes Park 16 562 6 April 1974South Melbourne 15 10 100 North Melbourne 11 14 80 Lake Oval 10 744 6 April 1974Richmond 12 16 88 Hawthorn 15 14 104 MCG 38 735 6 April 1974St Kilda 11 17 83 Fitzroy 6 7 43 Moorabbin Oval 17 286 6 April 1974Round 2 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFitzroy 9 13 67 Richmond 15 26 116 Junction Oval 17 040 13 April 1974Hawthorn 6 12 48 Collingwood 10 11 71 Princes Park 28 689 13 April 1974Geelong 15 7 97 Carlton 12 16 88 Kardinia Park 21 043 13 April 1974Melbourne 11 20 86 St Kilda 14 16 100 MCG 36 708 15 April 1974Essendon 21 24 150 South Melbourne 10 18 78 Windy Hill 25 348 15 April 1974North Melbourne 20 12 132 Footscray 11 9 75 Arden Street Oval 21 358 15 April 1974Round 3 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateCollingwood 16 16 112 Footscray 14 15 99 Victoria Park 23 233 20 April 1974Carlton 11 15 81 Richmond 18 11 119 Princes Park 33 050 20 April 1974South Melbourne 8 18 66 Hawthorn 20 15 135 Lake Oval 12 157 20 April 1974Melbourne 16 10 106 Geelong 16 14 110 MCG 21 041 20 April 1974North Melbourne 17 18 120 Fitzroy 7 11 53 Arden Street Oval 21 358 20 April 1974Essendon 16 14 110 St Kilda 15 15 105 VFL Park 35 064 20 April 1974Round 4 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFitzroy 18 12 120 Collingwood 17 9 111 Junction Oval 28 471 25 April 1974North Melbourne 19 9 123 Carlton 6 15 51 VFL Park 54 086 25 April 1974Geelong 6 9 45 St Kilda 8 13 61 Kardinia Park 18 550 27 April 1974Footscray 15 6 96 South Melbourne 7 9 51 Western Oval 12 491 27 April 1974Richmond 13 16 94 Melbourne 9 15 69 MCG 28 080 27 April 1974Hawthorn 9 15 69 Essendon 5 13 43 Princes Park 17 590 27 April 1974Round 5 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateMelbourne 13 11 89 North Melbourne 19 15 129 MCG 23 616 4 May 1974Essendon 12 26 98 Geelong 10 14 74 Windy Hill 19 123 4 May 1974St Kilda 13 12 90 Richmond 15 20 110 Moorabbin Oval 30 673 4 May 1974South Melbourne 14 16 100 Fitzroy 15 10 100 Lake Oval 10 316 4 May 1974Collingwood 13 14 92 Carlton 10 14 74 Victoria Park 33 452 4 May 1974Hawthorn 8 14 62 Footscray 11 19 85 VFL Park 20 281 4 May 1974Round 6 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateNorth Melbourne 22 20 152 St Kilda 9 5 59 Arden Street Oval 17 545 11 May 1974Fitzroy 18 16 124 Hawthorn 13 16 94 Junction Oval 10 583 11 May 1974Carlton 19 21 135 South Melbourne 12 9 81 Princes Park 19 902 11 May 1974Richmond 17 11 113 Geelong 18 15 123 MCG 31 483 11 May 1974Footscray 17 12 114 Essendon 8 16 64 Western Oval 26 309 11 May 1974Collingwood 13 11 89 Melbourne 12 7 79 VFL Park 25 161 11 May 1974Round 7 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateGeelong 9 5 59 North Melbourne 13 12 90 Kardinia Park 24 685 18 May 1974Essendon 15 15 105 Richmond 16 19 115 Windy Hill 24 376 18 May 1974South Melbourne 13 16 94 Melbourne 11 10 76 Lake Oval 10 239 18 May 1974St Kilda 12 10 82 Collingwood 11 22 88 Moorabbin Oval 27 876 18 May 1974Hawthorn 13 22 100 Carlton 8 12 60 Princes Park 21 202 18 May 1974Footscray 12 15 87 Fitzroy 8 12 60 VFL Park 19 450 18 May 1974Round 8 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateNorth Melbourne 9 16 70 Richmond 13 17 95 Arden Street Oval 22 841 25 May 1974Collingwood 11 14 80 Geelong 18 13 121 Victoria Park 22 858 25 May 1974Carlton 9 12 66 Footscray 9 12 66 Princes Park 20 830 25 May 1974Melbourne 6 15 51 Hawthorn 13 21 99 MCG 18 029 25 May 1974Fitzroy 16 11 107 Essendon 14 15 99 Junction Oval 15 516 25 May 1974South Melbourne 8 9 57 St Kilda 10 10 70 VFL Park 16 516 25 May 1974Round 9 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 18 15 123 St Kilda 10 16 76 Princes Park 12 630 1 June 1974Geelong 16 12 108 South Melbourne 17 7 109 Kardinia Park 15 664 1 June 1974Footscray 13 16 94 Melbourne 8 8 56 Western Oval 15 415 1 June 1974North Melbourne 11 15 81 Essendon 16 15 111 Arden Street Oval 20 027 1 June 1974Richmond 9 20 74 Collingwood 21 17 143 MCG 66 829 1 June 1974Fitzroy 7 10 52 Carlton 16 15 111 VFL Park 19 906 1 June 1974Round 10 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateCollingwood 12 10 82 North Melbourne 8 15 63 Victoria Park 25 892 8 June 1974South Melbourne 9 13 67 Richmond 23 9 147 Lake Oval 12 054 8 June 1974St Kilda 9 9 63 Footscray 11 10 76 Moorabbin Oval 17 667 8 June 1974Melbourne 19 10 124 Fitzroy 13 15 93 MCG 12 414 8 June 1974Essendon 9 14 68 Carlton 16 7 103 Windy Hill 24 436 8 June 1974Hawthorn 14 13 97 Geelong 10 6 66 VFL Park 18 562 8 June 1974Round 11 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateCarlton 20 13 133 St Kilda 13 10 88 Princes Park 26 030 15 June 1974South Melbourne 10 13 73 Collingwood 15 14 104 Lake Oval 16 908 15 June 1974Melbourne 10 10 70 Essendon 15 15 105 VFL Park 21 396 15 June 1974North Melbourne 14 11 95 Hawthorn 9 21 75 Arden Street Oval 17 368 17 June 1974Richmond 19 19 133 Footscray 15 11 101 MCG 68 446 17 June 1974Geelong 10 15 75 Fitzroy 10 13 73 Kardinia Park 18 396 17 June 1974Round 12 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateNorth Melbourne 28 17 185 South Melbourne 12 7 79 Arden Street Oval 9 016 22 June 1974Hawthorn 19 17 131 Richmond 15 18 108 Princes Park 15 710 22 June 1974Fitzroy 13 14 92 St Kilda 12 15 87 Junction Oval 12 519 22 June 1974Essendon 13 12 90 Collingwood 19 9 123 Windy Hill 25 867 22 June 1974Melbourne 11 13 79 Carlton 15 18 108 MCG 23 336 22 June 1974Geelong 13 14 92 Footscray 8 10 58 VFL Park 16 320 22 June 1974Round 13 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFootscray 11 14 80 North Melbourne 19 10 124 Western Oval 20 937 29 June 1974Collingwood 13 18 96 Hawthorn 13 12 90 Victoria Park 26 028 29 June 1974Carlton 20 19 139 Geelong 10 6 66 Princes Park 23 490 29 June 1974St Kilda 11 13 79 Melbourne 13 10 88 Moorabbin Oval 13 804 29 June 1974South Melbourne 11 16 82 Essendon 14 12 96 Lake Oval 10 494 29 June 1974Richmond 29 21 195 Fitzroy 9 12 66 VFL Park 16 455 29 June 1974Round 14 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateMelbourne 11 24 90 Richmond 23 15 153 MCG 21 146 6 July 1974Essendon 11 9 75 Hawthorn 23 17 155 Windy Hill 16 493 6 July 1974Collingwood 24 14 158 Fitzroy 19 13 127 Victoria Park 17 913 6 July 1974Carlton 10 12 72 North Melbourne 18 13 121 Princes Park 27 600 6 July 1974South Melbourne 19 27 141 Footscray 12 19 91 Lake Oval 9 739 6 July 1974St Kilda 12 20 92 Geelong 11 12 78 VFL Park 13 926 6 July 1974Round 15 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 16 14 110 South Melbourne 4 7 31 Princes Park 7 075 13 July 1974Geelong 12 11 83 Melbourne 9 9 63 Kardinia Park 10 873 13 July 1974St Kilda 16 13 109 Essendon 10 8 68 Moorabbin Oval 14 244 13 July 1974Footscray 6 10 46 Collingwood 7 12 54 Western Oval 18 515 13 July 1974Richmond 15 15 105 Carlton 11 9 75 MCG 36 417 13 July 1974Fitzroy 8 7 55 North Melbourne 10 8 68 VFL Park 7 615 13 July 1974Round 16 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateRichmond 15 24 114 St Kilda 11 13 79 MCG 28 045 20 July 1974Footscray 8 12 60 Hawthorn 12 9 81 Western Oval 15 299 20 July 1974Fitzroy 10 13 73 South Melbourne 19 19 133 Junction Oval 8 110 20 July 1974North Melbourne 19 14 128 Melbourne 9 10 64 Arden Street Oval 9 094 20 July 1974Geelong 11 11 77 Essendon 14 9 93 Kardinia Park 15 897 20 July 1974Carlton 18 10 118 Collingwood 13 4 82 VFL Park 47 558 20 July 1974Round 17 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateEssendon 9 10 64 Footscray 13 15 93 Windy Hill 16 250 27 July 1974St Kilda 10 13 73 North Melbourne 11 16 82 Moorabbin Oval 15 954 27 July 1974Hawthorn 13 28 106 Fitzroy 8 10 58 Princes Park 6 198 27 July 1974Melbourne 15 21 111 Collingwood 17 13 115 MCG 22 893 27 July 1974South Melbourne 14 17 101 Carlton 11 14 80 Lake Oval 14 114 27 July 1974Geelong 8 9 57 Richmond 13 15 93 VFL Park 15 578 27 July 1974Round 18 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFitzroy 9 16 70 Footscray 14 9 93 Junction Oval 9 552 3 August 1974Collingwood 13 10 88 St Kilda 13 16 94 Victoria Park 21 433 3 August 1974Carlton 14 12 96 Hawthorn 18 12 120 Princes Park 23 180 3 August 1974North Melbourne 15 9 99 Geelong 15 15 105 Arden Street Oval 10 638 3 August 1974Richmond 20 15 135 Essendon 12 16 88 MCG 34 011 3 August 1974Melbourne 11 17 83 South Melbourne 14 13 97 VFL Park 13 188 3 August 1974Round 19 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateSt Kilda 9 13 67 South Melbourne 13 15 93 Moorabbin Oval 17 833 10 August 1974Hawthorn 17 20 122 Melbourne 14 13 97 Princes Park 8 476 10 August 1974Essendon 24 15 159 Fitzroy 8 13 61 Windy Hill 10 753 10 August 1974Geelong 8 8 56 Collingwood 10 19 79 Kardinia Park 22 826 10 August 1974Footscray 10 8 68 Carlton 4 20 44 Western Oval 28 151 10 August 1974Richmond 15 12 102 North Melbourne 11 11 77 VFL Park 40 399 10 August 1974Round 20 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateEssendon 14 14 98 North Melbourne 16 12 108 Windy Hill 19 229 17 August 1974Collingwood 10 20 80 Richmond 16 11 107 Victoria Park 36 729 17 August 1974Carlton 17 14 116 Fitzroy 10 15 75 Princes Park 13 400 17 August 1974South Melbourne 13 7 85 Geelong 12 14 86 Lake Oval 12 176 17 August 1974Melbourne 10 15 75 Footscray 23 21 159 MCG 17 951 17 August 1974St Kilda 11 9 75 Hawthorn 16 12 108 VFL Park 21 561 17 August 1974Round 21 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateRichmond 23 24 162 South Melbourne 17 27 129 MCG 32 651 24 August 1974Geelong 15 12 102 Hawthorn 9 8 62 Kardinia Park 17 844 24 August 1974Footscray 7 19 61 St Kilda 7 15 57 Western Oval 17 675 24 August 1974Fitzroy 14 16 100 Melbourne 20 13 133 Junction Oval 7 803 24 August 1974North Melbourne 25 15 165 Collingwood 10 14 74 Arden Street Oval 25 757 24 August 1974Carlton 12 11 83 Essendon 12 17 89 VFL Park 27 321 24 August 1974Round 22 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 10 17 77 North Melbourne 16 10 106 Princes Park 28 110 31 August 1974Footscray 13 9 87 Richmond 11 14 80 Western Oval 25 190 31 August 1974Fitzroy 15 11 101 Geelong 17 11 113 Junction Oval 8 812 31 August 1974Essendon 20 17 137 Melbourne 15 13 103 Windy Hill 13 561 31 August 1974St Kilda 15 11 101 Carlton 19 9 123 Moorabbin Oval 16 458 31 August 1974Collingwood 13 15 93 South Melbourne 15 10 100 VFL Park 33 786 31 August 1974Ladder Edit1974 VFL ladder Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts1 Richmond P 22 17 5 0 2558 1979 129 3 68 Finals2 North Melbourne 22 16 6 0 2398 1728 138 8 643 Hawthorn 22 15 7 0 2168 1729 125 4 604 Collingwood 22 15 7 0 2131 2037 104 6 605 Footscray 22 13 8 1 1899 1746 108 8 546 Geelong 22 11 11 0 1858 1989 93 4 447 Carlton 22 10 11 1 2053 1941 105 8 428 Essendon 22 10 12 0 2110 2162 97 6 409 South Melbourne 22 9 12 1 1947 2327 83 7 3810 St Kilda 22 7 15 0 1790 2018 88 7 2811 Fitzroy 22 4 17 1 1770 2481 71 3 1812 Melbourne 22 3 19 0 1840 2385 77 1 12Source VFL ladderRules for classification 1 points 2 percentage 3 number of points for P PremiersFinals EditElimination final Edit Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd DateCollingwood 19 10 124 Footscray 6 19 55 VFL Park 57 912 7 SeptemberQualifying final Edit Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 8 17 65 North Melbourne 15 13 103 MCG 77 519 7 SeptemberSemi finals Edit Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 21 12 138 Collingwood 13 10 88 MCG 84 846 14 SeptemberRichmond 10 13 73 North Melbourne 6 16 52 VFL Park 57 569 14 SeptemberPreliminary final Edit Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 7 9 51 North Melbourne 8 8 56 MCG 88 262 21 SeptemberGrand final EditMain article 1974 VFL Grand Final Richmond defeated North Melbourne 18 20 128 to 13 9 87 in front of a crowd of 113 839 people For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football Awards EditThe 1974 VFL seniors Premiership team was Richmond The 1974 VFL reserves Premiership team was Fitzroy The 1974 VFL under 19s Premiership team was Collingwood The VFL s leading goalkicker was Doug Wade of North Melbourne who kicked 103 goals including 12 goals in the finals The winner of the 1974 Brownlow Medal was Keith Greig of North Melbourne with 27 votes Many were even more surprised at Greig winning his second Brownlow than they had been at him winning his first in 1973 In 1973 Barry Davis had won North Melbourne s best and fairest award and in 1974 John Rantall won North Melbourne s best and fairest award Greig had not even been the runner up in North Melbourne s best and fairest in either 1973 or 1974 Melbourne took the seniors wooden spoon in 1974 Collingwood 17 14 116 defeated Essendon 9 14 68 in the Grand Final of the under 19s premiership held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 September Fitzroy 26 13 169 defeated Footscray 16 12 108 in the Grand Final of the reserves premiership held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 September 1 Richmond 18 20 128 defeated North Melbourne 13 9 87 in the Grand Final of the seniors premiership held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 September Notable events EditNorth Melbourne would become the first team to trial coloured shorts club colour royal blue due to the impending introduction of colour television in Australia All teams except Collingwood Richmond and St Kilda where black was a club colour would follow suit from the beginning of 1975 after colour television was introduced In the Round 7 match between Essendon and Richmond at Windy Hill Richmond s Mal Brown clashed with Essendon s Graeme Jenkin as the teams moved towards the locker rooms at the half time siren after Essendon runner Laurie Ashley went out of his way to confront and abuse Brown Brown struck Ashley starting a 15 minute brawl that involved players team officials trainers fans and police Richmond s Brian Roberts was left with a broken nose while Essendon trainer Jim Bradley and a fan were both knocked unconscious and had to be carried from the arena on stretchers Four players and three officials were charged as a result of the investigation Laurie Ashley Essendon runner suspended for 6 matches after being held to be responsible for starting the brawl Mal Brown Richmond player suspended for one match for striking Laurie Ashley Jim Bradley Essendon fitness adviser suspended for 6 matches for charging and striking Mal Brown Steve Parsons Richmond player suspended for 4 matches for striking Jim Bradley Ron Andrews Essendon player suspended for 6 matches for striking Brian Roberts Graeme Richmond Richmond team manager suspended until 31 December 1974 17 matches and fined 2 000 by the VFL Board of Directors for conduct unbecoming or prejudicial to the interests of the League On 18 September the VFL demanded that Richmond pay the fine or face indefinite suspension but the VFL dropped the fine on appeal John Cassin Essendon player cleared after the tribunal found that he was only trying to assist in breaking up the brawl As a result of a police investigation assault charges were laid against Steve Parsons and Graeme Richmond both Parsons and Richmond were cleared of these charges on 11 September In the Round 21 match between Richmond and South Melbourne there is a record 51 aggregate behinds and 91 aggregate scoring shots North Melbourne full forward Doug Wade kicked his 1 000th career goal in the qualifying final against Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 7 September He also kicked his 100th goal of the season in the Grand Final References Edit Fitzroy did coach proud The Age Melbourne 30 September 1974 p 22 Bibliography EditHogan P The Tigers of Old The Richmond Football Club Richmond 1996 ISBN 0 646 18748 1 Maplestone M Flying Higher History of the Essendon Football Club 1872 1996 Essendon Football Club Melbourne 1996 ISBN 0 9591740 2 8 Rogers S amp Brown A Every Game Ever Played VFL AFL Results 1897 1997 Sixth Edition Viking Books Ringwood 1998 ISBN 0 670 90809 6 Ross J ed 100 Years of Australian Football 1897 1996 The Complete Story of the AFL All the Big Stories All the Great Pictures All the Champions Every AFL Season Reported Viking Ringwood 1996 ISBN 0 670 86814 0External links Edit1974 Season AFL Tables Memories are made of this 27 The Windy Hill Brawl 1974 Sunday Age 15 September 2002 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1974 VFL season amp oldid 1129814471, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
