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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 21-Aug-1937
Final Round 17
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
105 15.15
74 10.14
Footscray Coach: Joe Kelly
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 31 MEL by 31
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 19

17 Allan La Fontaine — · Position unavailable 25 Bert Chandler — · Position unavailable 16 Eric Glass — · Position unavailable 32 Gordon Ogden — · Position unavailable 20 Harry Long — · Position unavailable 30 Jack Foster — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Mueller — · Position unavailable 29 Jock Ball — · Position unavailable 3 John Lewis — · Position unavailable 5 Keith Truscott — · Position unavailable 13 Les Jones — · Position unavailable 2 Lou Reiffel — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Smith — · Position unavailable 28 Pat McNamara — · Position unavailable 24 Percy Beames — · Position unavailable 15 Ron Baggott — · Position unavailable 27 Stan Penberthy — · Position unavailable 33 Ted Buckley — · Position unavailable 18 Wally Lock — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

2 Alby Morrison — · Position unavailable 3 Arthur Olliver — · Position unavailable 34 Bennie Le Sueur — · Position unavailable 8 Bernie OBrien — · Position unavailable 36 Billy Stephens — · Position unavailable 14 Cliff McCrae — · Position unavailable 11 Don Dilks — · Position unavailable 35 Doug Menzies — · Position unavailable 5 George Bennett — · Position unavailable 10 Jack Ryan — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Greenham — · Position unavailable 21 Joe Ryan — · Position unavailable 17 Leo Ryan — · Position unavailable 22 Noel Alsop — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Ware — · Position unavailable 6 Paul Standfield — · Position unavailable 9 Roy Evans — · Position unavailable 23 Roy Porter — · Position unavailable 31 Wally Glenister — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL6.34.72.33.2105
FTS1.01.36.52.674

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Lou ReiffelMEL
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

15Goals10
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 31 points, 105–74.

Melbourne extended a 29-point three-quarter-time lead with a 20–18 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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