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Fitzroy vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 22-Aug-1953
Final Round 17
Fitzroy logo
Fitzroy Coach: Alan Ruthven
49 6.13
64 9.10
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
Melbourne logo
Brunswick St Melbourne by 15 MEL by 15
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The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Alan Gale — · Position unavailable 7 Alan Ruthven — · Position unavailable 11 Colin Davey — · Position unavailable 30 Don Furness — · Position unavailable 0 Ern Trickey — · Position unavailable 1 Fred Anderson — · Position unavailable 2 George Coates — · Position unavailable 26 Jack Gaffney — · Position unavailable 4 Jack Gervasoni — · Position unavailable 14 Jack MacGregor — · Position unavailable 0 Jim Cusack — · Position unavailable 34 John Ford — · Position unavailable 35 Keith Webb — · Position unavailable 22 Ken Ross — · Position unavailable 0 Kevin Darrigan — · Position unavailable 6 Neville Broderick — · Position unavailable 17 Norm Johnstone — · Position unavailable 9 Reg Renwick — · Position unavailable 31 Tom Meehan — · Position unavailable 5 Tony Ongarello — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

32 Dale Anderson — · Position unavailable 1 Denis Cordner — · Position unavailable 25 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 41 Frank Adams — · Position unavailable 17 Geoff McGivern — · Position unavailable 5 Ian McLean — · Position unavailable 33 Jack Thomson — · Position unavailable 22 John Ferguson — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Albiston — · Position unavailable 4 Ken Christie — · Position unavailable 38 Ken Melville — · Position unavailable 29 Lance Arnold — · Position unavailable 27 Neil Whitaker — · Position unavailable 26 Noel Clarke — · Position unavailable 35 Noel McMahen — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Marquis — · Position unavailable 34 Ralph Lane — · Position unavailable 2 Robert McKenzie — · Position unavailable 12 Stuart Spencer — · Position unavailable 29 Tony Bull — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FIT2.40.34.30.349
MEL3.32.51.03.264

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Dale AndersonMEL
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FITMEL

Scoring / Attack

6Goals9
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Fitzroy by 15 points, 64–49.

Melbourne came from 2 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Fitzroy 20–3 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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