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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 28-Apr-1956
Final Round 3
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
41 5.11
67 9.13
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
Melbourne logo
Western Oval Melbourne by 26 MEL by 26
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

27 Alan Clough — · Position unavailable 12 Alex Gardiner — · Position unavailable 11 Arthur Edwards — · Position unavailable 23 Bob Collins — · Position unavailable 34 Brian Gilmore — · Position unavailable 9 Don Ross — · Position unavailable 30 Don Whitten — · Position unavailable 35 Graham Thompson — · Position unavailable 25 Herb Henderson — · Position unavailable 4 Ian Letcher — · Position unavailable 2 Jack Collins — · Position unavailable 24 Jim Gallagher — · Position unavailable 1 John Kerr — · Position unavailable 31 Lionel Ryan — · Position unavailable 18 Noel Dickson — · Position unavailable 5 Peter Box — · Position unavailable 7 Roger Duffy — · Position unavailable 17 Ron Stockman — · Position unavailable 3 Ted Whitten — · 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

15 Athol Webb — · Position unavailable 18 Bob Johnson — · Position unavailable 16 Clyde Laidlaw — · Position unavailable 1 Denis Cordner — · Position unavailable 25 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Case — · Position unavailable 17 Geoff McGivern — · Position unavailable 5 Ian McLean — · Position unavailable 24 Ian Ridley — · Position unavailable 30 John Beckwith — · Position unavailable 19 Keith Carroll — · Position unavailable 38 Ken Melville — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Mithen — · Position unavailable 35 Noel McMahen — · Position unavailable 34 Ralph Lane — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 12 Stuart Spencer — · Position unavailable 28 Terry Gleeson — · Position unavailable 29 Tony Bull — · Position unavailable 14 Trevor Johnson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS2.60.23.20.141
MEL1.22.22.24.767

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Stuart SpencerMEL
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

5Goals9
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 26 points, 67–41.

Melbourne came from 4 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Footscray 31–1 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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