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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 31-May-1947
Final Round 7
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
105 17.3
98 15.8
Footscray Coach: Jim Crowe
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 7 MEL by 7
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 20

28 Adrian Dullard — · Position unavailable 30 Alby Rodda — · Position unavailable 19 Bill Scanlan — · Position unavailable 5 Billy Deans — · Position unavailable 25 Col McLean — · Position unavailable 21 Don Cordner — · Position unavailable 7 Eddie Jackson — · Position unavailable 24 Frank Hanna — · Position unavailable 15 Frank OConnor — · Position unavailable 34 Frank Scanlan — · Position unavailable 6 Fred Fanning — · Position unavailable 16 George Bickford — · 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 35 Noel McMahen — · Position unavailable 22 Shane McGrath — · Position unavailable 18 Wally Lock — · Position unavailable
Away 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 2 Bob Templeton — · Position unavailable 20 Bruce Fountain — · Position unavailable 6 Charlie Sutton — · Position unavailable 31 Evan Rees — · Position unavailable 21 George McLaren — · Position unavailable 23 Jack Logan — · Position unavailable 16 Jack Welsh — · Position unavailable 14 Jim Miller — · Position unavailable 10 Joe Ryan — · Position unavailable 27 Len McCankie — · Position unavailable 32 Marty McDonnell — · Position unavailable 12 Merv Laffey — · Position unavailable 15 Norm Armstrong — · Position unavailable 1 Norm Webb — · Position unavailable 8 Pat Cahill — · Position unavailable 19 Reg Evenden — · Position unavailable 22 Wally Donald — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.13.04.26.0105
FTS1.15.47.12.298

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Fred FanningMEL
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

17Goals15
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 7 points, 105–98.

Melbourne came from 15 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Footscray 36–14 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. 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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