1974 Championship of Australia

The 1974 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football tournament held in Adelaide between the 12 October and 14 October 1974.

The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL, the SANFL, the WAFL and a Tasmanian League side that contain players drawn from the premier clubs of the NTFA, NWFU and TANFL.

All matches were played in Adelaide, South Australia.

The final, played in front of 14,500, was won by Richmond by a margin of 78 points, giving Richmond its 3rd Championship of Australia Title.^{[1] [2]}

Participating teams

Team	League	Qualification method
Richmond	VFL	1974 VFL Premiers
Sturt	SANFL	1974 SANFL Premiers
East Fremantle	WAFL	1974 WAFL Premiers
Tasmanian League	TANFL, NTFA, NWFU	Representative Side from the premier clubs of the TANFL, the NTFA and the NWFU.

Venues

Adelaide
Football Park
Capacity: 67,000

Matches

	Semi Finals
12 October 1974	Richmond 34.29 (233)	def.	Tasmanian League 2.4 (16)	Football Park (crowd: 10,500)
12 October 1974	Sturt 16.18 (114)	def.	East Fremantle 16.9 (105)	Football Park (crowd: 10,500)

	Third Place Play-off
14 October 1974	East Fremantle 28.12 (180)	def.	Tasmanian League 10.6 (66)	Football Park (crowd: 14,500)

	Championship of Australia Final
14 October 1974	Richmond	def.	Sturt	Football Park (Crowd: 14,500)
	7.2 (44) 14.5 (89) 25.8 (158) 27.11 (173)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.4 (34) 7.9 (51) 8.12 (60) 13.17 (95)	Umpires: Ross Capes
B Richardson 5 N Balme 4 D Cloke, K Sheedy, D Thorpe 3 K Bartlett, W Walsh, R Hart, D Cumming 2 M Green 1		Goals	M Graham, R Klomp, K Whelan, M Greenslade 2 G Wild, R Oatey, R Davies, M Nunan, R Barton 1

References

1. "Tigers laugh all the way to bank". The Age. 15 October 1974.
2. "Tigers may kill series". The Age. 14 October 1974.