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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 11-Aug-1945
Final Round 17
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
90 12.18
81 12.9
Footscray Coach: Arthur Olliver
Footscray logo
Punt Rd Melbourne by 9 MEL by 9
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 19 Bill Scanlan — · Position unavailable 5 Billy Deans — · Position unavailable 25 Col McLean — · Position unavailable 24 Dick Kennedy — · Position unavailable 21 Don Cordner — · Position unavailable 31 Frank Hughes — · Position unavailable 37 Frank Kennedy — · Position unavailable 6 Fred Fanning — · Position unavailable 20 George Lenne — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Kramer — · Position unavailable 9 Ivan Porter — · Position unavailable 31 Jack Mitchell — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Smith — · Position unavailable 29 Ralph Latham — · Position unavailable 15 Ron Baggott — · Position unavailable 3 Ron Irwin — · Position unavailable 2 Roy Dowsing — · Position unavailable 8 Roy Stabb — · Position unavailable
Away 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 6 Bert McTaggart — · Position unavailable 31 Bill McTaggart — · Position unavailable 35 Col Witney — · Position unavailable 24 Dan Taylor — · 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 4 Mal McBean — · Position unavailable 16 Merv Dudley — · Position unavailable 5 Ron Grove — · Position unavailable 25 Tom Tribe — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL3.31.35.93.390
FTS4.23.52.03.281

Match Leaders

Goals
5
George TribeFTS
Behinds
Not available yet
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

12Goals12
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 9 points, 90–81.

Melbourne extended a 8-point three-quarter-time lead with a 21–20 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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