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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 29-Jun-1957
Final Round 11
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
87 12.15
51 7.9
Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 36 MEL by 36
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 10 Bob Turner — · Position unavailable 9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 29 Brian Dunsford — · Position unavailable 35 Clyde Laidlaw — · Position unavailable 33 Colin Wilson — · Position unavailable 1 Dick Fenton-Smith — · Position unavailable 25 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Adams — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Case — · Position unavailable 23 Geoff Tunbridge — · Position unavailable 5 Ian McLean — · Position unavailable 24 Ian Ridley — · Position unavailable 26 Ian Thorogood — · Position unavailable 30 John Beckwith — · Position unavailable 4 John Lord — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Brenchley — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 28 Terry Gleeson — · Position unavailable 14 Trevor Johnson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

11 Arthur Edwards — · Position unavailable 29 Bernie Lee — · Position unavailable 6 Bobby Clark — · Position unavailable 19 Brian Buckley — · Position unavailable 34 Brian Gilmore — · Position unavailable 9 Don Ross — · Position unavailable 30 Don Whitten — · Position unavailable 28 Doug Reynolds — · Position unavailable 32 Harvey Stevens — · Position unavailable 2 Jack Collins — · Position unavailable 4 Jack OHalloran — · Position unavailable 24 Jim Gallagher — · Position unavailable 1 John Kerr — · Position unavailable 15 John Quarrell — · Position unavailable 10 John Westacott — · Position unavailable 35 Kelvin Payne — · Position unavailable 5 Peter Box — · Position unavailable 21 Ron Porta — · Position unavailable 17 Ron Stockman — · Position unavailable 22 Wally Donald — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.28.71.31.387
FTS1.41.11.24.251

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Jack CollinsFTS
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

12Goals7
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 36 points, 87–51.

Melbourne took a 53-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 36 by the final siren, scoring 26 points to 9 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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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