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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 29-Aug-1931
Final Round 16
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Bill Cubbins
72 10.12
38 5.8
Melbourne Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith
Melbourne logo
Western Oval Footscray by 34 FTS by 34
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

7 Alby Morrison — · Position unavailable 5 Alf Lambe — · Position unavailable 1 Allan Hopkins — · Position unavailable 26 Arthur Stevens — · Position unavailable 2 Bill Cubbins — · Position unavailable 23 Bill Downie — · Position unavailable 14 Bill Spurling — · Position unavailable 13 Ernie Nunn — · Position unavailable 8 Frank Aked — · Position unavailable 9 Harry Baker — · Position unavailable 22 Ivan McAlpine — · Position unavailable 25 Jack Fincher — · Position unavailable 11 Jack Hanson — · Position unavailable 4 Jack Hayes — · Position unavailable 24 Jimmy Joyce — · Position unavailable 15 Roy McKay — · Position unavailable 30 Ted Sherman — · Position unavailable 3 Wally Minogue — · Position unavailable 12 Wally OBrien — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

7 Bert Avery — · Position unavailable 8 Bill Adams — · Position unavailable 18 Bill Cutler — · Position unavailable 21 Bill Vanthoff — · Position unavailable 16 Bob Johnson — · Position unavailable 35 Dick Taylor — · Position unavailable 23 Francis Vine — · Position unavailable 3 George Margitich — · Position unavailable 32 Gordon Ogden — · Position unavailable 20 Harry Long — · Position unavailable 5 Hec Davidson — · Position unavailable 14 Ivor Warne-Smith — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Power — · Position unavailable 4 Jim Abernethy — · Position unavailable 29 Jimmy Davidson — · Position unavailable 24 Percy Beames — · Position unavailable 34 Ray Usher — · Position unavailable 22 Reg Conole — · Position unavailable 6 Ted Esposito — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS2.22.44.22.472
MEL0.42.23.10.138

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
Alby MorrisonFTS
Behinds
Not available yet
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

10Goals5
0Behinds0
4Behinds Rushed2

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 34 points, 72–38.

Footscray extended a 19-point three-quarter-time lead with a 16–1 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

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

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