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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 24-May-1958
Final Round 7
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
85 11.19
62 9.8
Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 23 MEL by 23
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 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 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 18 Kevin Mithen — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Mithen — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Marquis — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · 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

12 Alex Gardiner — · Position unavailable 11 Arthur Edwards — · Position unavailable 1 Barrie Kerr — · Position unavailable 5 Barry Connolly — · Position unavailable 29 Bernie Lee — · Position unavailable 19 Brian Buckley — · Position unavailable 27 Brian Moloney — · Position unavailable 38 Brian Prior — · Position unavailable 9 Don Ross — · Position unavailable 25 Herb Henderson — · Position unavailable 24 Jim Gallagher — · Position unavailable 32 John Schultz — · Position unavailable 35 Kelvin Payne — · Position unavailable 41 Lyle Anderson — · Position unavailable 37 Ray Broadway — · Position unavailable 7 Roger Duffy — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Howard — · Position unavailable 21 Ron Porta — · Position unavailable 27 Ron Stockman — · Position unavailable 3 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.32.83.24.685
FTS4.31.04.40.162

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Ian RidleyMEL
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

11Goals9
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 23 points, 85–62.

Melbourne came from 6 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Footscray 30–1 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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