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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 4-Sep-1926
Final Round 17
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Bert Chadwick
140 20.20
68 9.14
Footscray Coach: Harry Saunders
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 72 MEL by 72
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 18

17 Bert Chadwick — · Position unavailable 30 Bert Lawrence — · Position unavailable 26 Bill Tymms — · Position unavailable 12 Bob Corbett — · Position unavailable 16 Bob Johnson — · Position unavailable 9 Charlie Streeter — · Position unavailable 31 Col Deane — · Position unavailable 34 Dave Duff — · Position unavailable 35 Dick Taylor — · Position unavailable 7 Frank Jorgensen — · Position unavailable 19 Harry Coy — · Position unavailable 22 Harry Moyes — · Position unavailable 8 Herbert White — · Position unavailable 28 Hugh Dunbar — · Position unavailable 4 Jim Abernethy — · Position unavailable 5 Ossie Green — · Position unavailable 1 Stan Wittman — · Position unavailable 11 Tom Jones — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 18

12 Alex Gardiner — · Position unavailable 33 Allan Hopkins — · Position unavailable 30 Bill Doolan — · Position unavailable 3 Charlie Gaudion — · Position unavailable 8 Charlie Rowe — · Position unavailable 16 Doug Johnstone — · Position unavailable 11 Frank Aked — · Position unavailable 20 George Anthony — · Position unavailable 19 Harry Baker — · Position unavailable 22 Harry Neill — · Position unavailable 0 Jim Considine — · Position unavailable 15 Jim McGlone — · Position unavailable 0 Joe Knott — · Position unavailable 9 Joe Nunan — · Position unavailable 6 Joshua Croft — · Position unavailable 14 Les Chapple — · Position unavailable 13 Roy Thompson — · Position unavailable 2 Vic Samson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL9.53.35.63.6140
FTS1.15.62.11.668

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Bob JohnsonMEL
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

20Goals9
0Behinds0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 72 points, 140–68.

Melbourne extended a 60-point three-quarter-time lead with a 24–12 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence, team comparisons.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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