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Footscray vs South Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 4-Aug-1945
Final Round 16
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Arthur Olliver
55 7.13
56 8.8
South Melbourne Coach: Bill Adams
South Melbourne logo
Western Oval South Melbourne by 1 SMO by 1
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The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

28 Allan Broadway — · Position unavailable 11 Allan Jacobsen — · Position unavailable 3 Arthur Olliver — · Position unavailable 31 Bill McTaggart — · Position unavailable 35 Col Witney — · Position unavailable 23 Del Kennedy — · Position unavailable 21 George McLaren — · Position unavailable 30 George Tribe — · Position unavailable 18 Harry Gingell — · Position unavailable 7 Harry Hickey — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Greenham — · Position unavailable 14 Jim Miller — · Position unavailable 10 Joe Ryan — · Position unavailable 27 Len McCankie — · Position unavailable 16 Merv Dudley — · Position unavailable 12 Merv Laffey — · Position unavailable 19 Reg Evenden — · Position unavailable 5 Ron Grove — · Position unavailable 25 Tom Tribe — · Position unavailable
Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

31 Alan Linden — · Position unavailable 12 Billy King — · Position unavailable 7 Bob Matlock — · Position unavailable 5 Brian Kelly — · Position unavailable 17 Don Grossman — · Position unavailable 33 George Dougherty — · Position unavailable 1 Herbie Matthews — · Position unavailable 30 Jack Dempsey — · Position unavailable 27 Jack Graham — · Position unavailable 32 Jack Williams — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Cleary — · Position unavailable 10 Jimmy McKnight — · Position unavailable 9 Keith Smith — · Position unavailable 25 Laurie Nash — · Position unavailable 14 Reg Richards — · Position unavailable 16 Ron Hartridge — · Position unavailable 15 Tom Calder — · Position unavailable 8 Vic Castles — · Position unavailable 4 William Williams — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS1.52.34.40.155
SMO0.13.22.13.456

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Laurie NashSMO
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSSMO

Scoring / Attack

7Goals8
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Footscray by 1 point, 56–55.

South Melbourne came from 20 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Footscray 22–1 in the final term to take the win.

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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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