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Melbourne vs Fitzroy Match Centre

Saturday 5-May-1956
Final Round 4
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
79 10.19
60 9.6
Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen
Fitzroy logo
Punt Rd Melbourne by 19 MEL by 19
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

15 Athol Webb — · Position unavailable 18 Bob Johnson — · Position unavailable 9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 16 Clyde Laidlaw — · Position unavailable 1 Denis Cordner — · Position unavailable 25 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 17 Geoff McGivern — · Position unavailable 5 Ian McLean — · Position unavailable 24 Ian Ridley — · Position unavailable 8 Jim Sandral — · Position unavailable 30 John Beckwith — · Position unavailable 19 Keith Carroll — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Mithen — · Position unavailable 35 Noel McMahen — · Position unavailable 21 Peter Cook — · Position unavailable 34 Ralph Lane — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 12 Stuart Spencer — · Position unavailable 29 Tony Bull — · Position unavailable 14 Trevor Johnson — · 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 8 Bill Stephen — · Position unavailable 23 Bob Henderson — · Position unavailable 3 Brian Pert — · Position unavailable 24 Bryan Lane — · Position unavailable 11 Colin Davey — · Position unavailable 30 Don Furness — · Position unavailable 15 Eddie Goodger — · Position unavailable 29 Graeme MacKenzie — · Position unavailable 4 Jack Gervasoni — · Position unavailable 14 Jack MacGregor — · Position unavailable 1 James Chapman — · Position unavailable 2 Kevin Murray — · Position unavailable 34 Matt Cunningham — · Position unavailable 17 Norm Johnstone — · Position unavailable 16 Owen Abrahams — · Position unavailable 9 Rod Vernon — · Position unavailable 18 Ron Smith — · Position unavailable 5 Tony Ongarello — · Position unavailable 10 Vin Williams — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL3.82.21.64.379
FIT1.13.20.15.260

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
Ian RidleyMEL
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFIT

Scoring / Attack

10Goals9
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Fitzroy by 19 points, 79–60.

Melbourne took a 24-point lead into the last quarter. Fitzroy cut that back to 19 by the final siren, scoring 32 points to 27 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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