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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 23-Aug-1958
Final Round 18
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
59 8.11
78 10.18
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
Melbourne logo
Western Oval 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

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

28 Alan McAsey — · Position unavailable 12 Alex Gardiner — · Position unavailable 1 Barrie Kerr — · Position unavailable 8 Bob Spargo — · Position unavailable 19 Brian Buckley — · Position unavailable 10 Don Darcey — · Position unavailable 9 Don Ross — · Position unavailable 30 Don Whitten — · Position unavailable 17 Graham Ion — · Position unavailable 25 Herb Henderson — · Position unavailable 33 Ian Fleming — · Position unavailable 2 Jack Collins — · Position unavailable 24 Jim Gallagher — · Position unavailable 23 John Hoiles — · Position unavailable 40 John Jillard — · Position unavailable 32 John Schultz — · Position unavailable 41 Lyle Anderson — · Position unavailable 7 Roger Duffy — · Position unavailable 21 Ron Porta — · Position unavailable 3 Ted Whitten — · 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 16 Bob Johnson — · Position unavailable 9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 35 Clyde Laidlaw — · Position unavailable 33 Colin Wilson — · Position unavailable 27 Dennis Jones — · Position unavailable 1 Dick Fenton-Smith — · Position unavailable 25 Don Williams — · 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 18 Kevin Mithen — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Mithen — · Position unavailable 12 Neil Crompton — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Marquis — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 14 Trevor Johnson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS0.14.60.24.259
MEL4.62.23.61.478

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Ian RidleyMEL
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

8Goals10
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 19 points, 78–59.

Melbourne took a 35-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 19 by the final siren, scoring 26 points to 10 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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