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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Monday 12-Jun-1939
Final Round 8
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
122 18.14
103 15.13
Footscray Coach: Joe Kelly
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 19 MEL by 19
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 32 Dick Hingston — · Position unavailable 19 Frank Roberts — · Position unavailable 11 Harold Ball — · Position unavailable 22 Harry Harley — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Mueller — · Position unavailable 29 Jack OKeefe — · Position unavailable 5 Keith Truscott — · Position unavailable 13 Les Jones — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Smith — · Position unavailable 24 Percy Beames — · Position unavailable 23 Ray Wartman — · Position unavailable 9 Richie Emselle — · Position unavailable 15 Ron Baggott — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 8 Rowley Fischer — · Position unavailable 36 Syd Anderson — · 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 Alan Collins — · Position unavailable 28 Alf Sampson — · Position unavailable 11 Allan Jacobsen — · Position unavailable 34 Bennie Le Sueur — · Position unavailable 10 Bill Ryan — · Position unavailable 16 Bob Spargo — · Position unavailable 26 Charlie Page — · Position unavailable 14 Cliff McCrae — · Position unavailable 1 Harry Hickey — · Position unavailable 7 Jack Ryan — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Greenham — · Position unavailable 10 Joe Ryan — · Position unavailable 17 Leo Ryan — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Ware — · Position unavailable 6 Paul Standfield — · Position unavailable 15 Reg Evenden — · Position unavailable 32 Roy Porter — · Position unavailable 23 Stan Livingstone — · Position unavailable 25 Tom Tribe — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL5.27.14.32.8122
FTS3.33.14.65.3103

Match Leaders

Goals
5
3 tied leaders
Ron BarassiMEL
Behinds
Not available yet
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

18Goals15
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 19 points, 122–103.

Melbourne took a 32-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 19 by the final siren, scoring 33 points to 20 in the 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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