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Melbourne vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 22-Aug-1959
Final Round 17
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
120 17.18
66 9.12
Geelong Coach: Reg Hickey
Geelong logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 54 MEL by 54
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

2 Alan Rowarth — · Position unavailable 16 Bob Johnson — · Position unavailable 9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 35 Clyde Laidlaw — · Position unavailable 27 Dennis Jones — · Position unavailable 1 Dick Fenton-Smith — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Adams — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Case — · Position unavailable 23 Geoff Tunbridge — · Position unavailable 29 Hassa Mann — · 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 11 Laurie Mithen — · Position unavailable 12 Neil Crompton — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 8 Tassie Johnson — · Position unavailable 14 Trevor Johnson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

13 Barry Cougle — · Position unavailable 16 Bill Cook — · Position unavailable 35 Bill Goggin — · Position unavailable 30 Bruce Peake — · Position unavailable 32 Clive Brown — · Position unavailable 15 Colin Rice — · Position unavailable 5 Doug Long — · Position unavailable 26 Frank Pomeroy — · Position unavailable 3 Fred Wooller — · Position unavailable 33 George McGrath — · Position unavailable 45 Hugh Routley — · Position unavailable 36 John Helmer — · Position unavailable 31 John Thomas — · Position unavailable 40 John Yeates — · Position unavailable 22 Ken Goodland — · Position unavailable 14 Les Borrack — · Position unavailable 1 Matt Goggin — · Position unavailable 28 Neil Trezise — · Position unavailable 8 Paul Vinar — · Position unavailable 12 Ron Hovey — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.46.45.54.5120
GEE2.33.10.54.366

Match Leaders

Goals
5
2 tied leaders
Alan RowarthMEL
Behinds
Not available yet
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
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Team Stats

MELGEE

Scoring / Attack

17Goals9
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Geelong by 54 points, 120–66.

Melbourne extended a 52-point three-quarter-time lead with a 29–27 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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