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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 31-Jul-1943
Final Round 12
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Percy Beames
154 23.16
74 11.8
Footscray Coach: Arthur Olliver
Footscray logo
Punt Rd Melbourne by 80 MEL by 80
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

5 Billy Deans — · Position unavailable 20 Bob Herbert — · Position unavailable 15 Colin Bradley — · Position unavailable 21 Don Cordner — · Position unavailable 8 Don Hewson — · Position unavailable 18 Don Hooper — · Position unavailable 25 Doug Heywood — · Position unavailable 27 Frank Deayton — · Position unavailable 6 Fred Fanning — · Position unavailable 14 George Archibald — · Position unavailable 16 Hughie McPherson — · Position unavailable 29 Jack Minnis — · Position unavailable 31 Ken Levey — · Position unavailable 10 Maurie Gibb — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Smith — · Position unavailable 24 Percy Beames — · Position unavailable 2 Roy Dowsing — · Position unavailable 28 Ted Cordner — · Position unavailable 22 Tom Ferguson — · 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 3 Arthur Olliver — · Position unavailable 6 Bert McTaggart — · Position unavailable 31 Bill McTaggart — · Position unavailable 36 Don Bauer — · Position unavailable 19 George Dougherty — · Position unavailable 28 Harry Gingell — · Position unavailable 21 Jack Gray — · Position unavailable 7 Jim Greenham — · Position unavailable 33 Jim Miller — · Position unavailable 1 Jim Thoms — · Position unavailable 10 Joe Ryan — · Position unavailable 27 Len McCankie — · Position unavailable 22 Norm Chisholm — · Position unavailable 9 Pat Hand — · Position unavailable 8 Reg Evenden — · Position unavailable 5 Ron Grove — · Position unavailable 15 Ted Ellis — · Position unavailable 12 Wally Harris — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL8.27.73.25.5154
FTS6.01.22.42.274

Match Leaders

Goals
11
Fred FanningMEL
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

23Goals11
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 80 points, 154–74.

Melbourne extended a 59-point three-quarter-time lead with a 35–14 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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