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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 11-May-1940
Final Round 3
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
141 20.21
102 15.12
Footscray Coach: Joe Kelly
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 39 MEL by 39
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

30 Alby Rodda — · Position unavailable 17 Allan La Fontaine — · Position unavailable 19 Frank Roberts — · Position unavailable 1 Gordon Jones — · Position unavailable 11 Harold Ball — · Position unavailable 7 Hugh Murnane — · Position unavailable 16 Jack Atkins — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Mueller — · Position unavailable 29 Jack OKeefe — · Position unavailable 5 Keith Truscott — · Position unavailable 10 Maurie Gibb — · 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
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 24 Ambrose Palmer — · Position unavailable 3 Arthur Olliver — · Position unavailable 10 Bill Ryan — · Position unavailable 13 Bob Flanigan — · Position unavailable 26 Charlie Page — · Position unavailable 5 George Bennett — · Position unavailable 7 Harry Hickey — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Greenham — · Position unavailable 27 Jim May — · Position unavailable 14 Jim Miller — · Position unavailable 1 Jim Thoms — · Position unavailable 10 Joe Ryan — · Position unavailable 21 Len Murphy — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Ware — · Position unavailable 19 Reg Evenden — · Position unavailable 22 Roy Porter — · Position unavailable 15 Ted Ellis — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL3.36.65.76.5141
FTS2.37.35.41.2102

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Norm SmithMEL
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

20Goals15
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 39 points, 141–102.

Melbourne extended a 6-point three-quarter-time lead with a 41–8 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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