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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 23-Aug-1947
Final Round 18
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Jim Crowe
80 11.14
155 24.11
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
Melbourne logo
Western Oval Melbourne by 75 MEL by 75
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
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 20

29 Allan Moncrieff — · Position unavailable 3 Arthur Olliver — · Position unavailable 28 Bill Wood — · Position unavailable 0 Clive Yewers — · Position unavailable 18 Dave Bryden — · Position unavailable 31 Evan Rees — · Position unavailable 21 George McLaren — · Position unavailable 7 Harry Hickey — · Position unavailable 23 Jack Logan — · Position unavailable 16 Jack Welsh — · Position unavailable 14 Jim Miller — · Position unavailable 10 Joe Ryan — · Position unavailable 26 Lou Barker — · Position unavailable 32 Marty McDonnell — · Position unavailable 26 Max Isaac — · Position unavailable 1 Norm Webb — · Position unavailable 9 Pat Hand — · Position unavailable 30 Tim Robb — · Position unavailable 14 Tom Miller — · Position unavailable 22 Wally Donald — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

28 Adrian Dullard — · Position unavailable 30 Alby Rodda — · Position unavailable 19 Bill Scanlan — · Position unavailable 5 Billy Deans — · Position unavailable 0 Dave Hardie — · Position unavailable 21 Don Cordner — · Position unavailable 7 Eddie Jackson — · Position unavailable 17 Frank Kennedy — · Position unavailable 15 Frank OConnor — · Position unavailable 34 Frank Scanlan — · Position unavailable 6 Fred Fanning — · Position unavailable 11 Gordon Bowman — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Mueller — · Position unavailable 37 Jim Mitchell — · Position unavailable 29 Lance Arnold — · Position unavailable 32 Len Dockett — · Position unavailable 13 Max Spittle — · Position unavailable 35 Noel McMahen — · Position unavailable 22 Shane McGrath — · Position unavailable 31 Stan Rule — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS2.54.32.33.380
MEL5.13.57.09.5155

Match Leaders

Goals
10
Fred FanningMEL
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

11Goals24
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 75 points, 155–80.

Melbourne extended a 37-point three-quarter-time lead with a 59–21 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. 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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