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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 23-Aug-1941
Final Round 17
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
122 17.20
105 16.9
Footscray Coach: Norm Ware
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 17 MEL by 17
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

34 Adrian Dullard — · Position unavailable 17 Allan La Fontaine — · Position unavailable 32 Dick Hingston — · Position unavailable 13 George Lenne — · Position unavailable 27 Gerry Daly — · Position unavailable 16 Hughie McPherson — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Mueller — · Position unavailable 29 Jack OKeefe — · Position unavailable 10 Maurie Gibb — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Smith — · Position unavailable 23 Ray Wartman — · Position unavailable 9 Richie Emselle — · Position unavailable 15 Ron Baggott — · Position unavailable 22 Shane McGrath — · Position unavailable 1 Stan Heal — · Position unavailable 36 Syd Anderson — · Position unavailable 28 Ted Cordner — · Position unavailable 18 Wally Lock — · Position unavailable 11 Warren Lewis — · 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 9 Alby Morrison — · Position unavailable 24 Ambrose Palmer — · Position unavailable 3 Arthur Olliver — · Position unavailable 5 Bill Crosling — · Position unavailable 32 Bill Houston — · Position unavailable 31 Billy Power — · Position unavailable 7 Harry Hickey — · Position unavailable 0 Jack Borlase — · Position unavailable 14 Jim Miller — · Position unavailable 1 Jim Thoms — · Position unavailable 29 Joe De Medici — · Position unavailable 10 Joe Ryan — · Position unavailable 0 Len McCankie — · Position unavailable 17 Leo Ryan — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Ware — · Position unavailable 19 Reg Evenden — · Position unavailable 15 Ted Ellis — · Position unavailable 25 Tom Tribe — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.45.56.22.9122
FTS3.56.13.24.1105

Match Leaders

Goals
12
Norm SmithMEL
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

17Goals16
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 17 points, 122–105.

Melbourne took a 21-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 17 by the final siren, scoring 25 points to 21 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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