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Melbourne vs Fitzroy Match Centre

Saturday 30-May-1953
Final Round 6
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
71 10.11
81 12.9
Fitzroy Coach: Alan Ruthven
Fitzroy logo
M.C.G. Fitzroy by 10 FIT by 10
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

1 Denis Cordner — · Position unavailable 25 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Case — · Position unavailable 17 Geoff McGivern — · Position unavailable 33 Jack Thomson — · Position unavailable 30 John Beckwith — · Position unavailable 19 Keith Carroll — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Albiston — · Position unavailable 4 Ken Christie — · Position unavailable 38 Ken Melville — · Position unavailable 29 Lance Arnold — · Position unavailable 39 Maurie Reeves — · Position unavailable 37 Mike Woods — · Position unavailable 21 Noel Baker — · 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
Away 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 24 Arnie Bench — · Position unavailable 8 Bill Stephen — · Position unavailable 30 Don Furness — · Position unavailable 16 Don Hart — · Position unavailable 15 Eddie Goodger — · Position unavailable 2 George Coates — · Position unavailable 26 Jack Gaffney — · Position unavailable 4 Jack Gervasoni — · Position unavailable 14 Jack MacGregor — · Position unavailable 21 Joe Murphy — · Position unavailable 22 Ken Ross — · Position unavailable 6 Neville Broderick — · Position unavailable 19 Noel Carroll — · Position unavailable 17 Norm Johnstone — · Position unavailable 5 Ron Simpson — · Position unavailable 3 Tom Magee — · Position unavailable 31 Tom Meehan — · Position unavailable 10 Vin Williams — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.51.13.44.171
FIT3.14.33.22.381

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Robert McKenzieMEL
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFIT

Scoring / Attack

10Goals12
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Fitzroy beat Melbourne by 10 points, 81–71.

Fitzroy took a 20-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 10 by the final siren, scoring 25 points to 15 in the 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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