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South Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 13-May-1961
Final Round 5
South Melbourne logo
South Melbourne Coach: Bill Faul
84 12.12
82 12.10
Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
Footscray logo
Lake Oval South Melbourne by 2 SMO by 2
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

38 Albie Dunn — · Position unavailable 33 Bob Chisholm — · Position unavailable 44 Bob Munn — · Position unavailable 14 Bob Skilton — · Position unavailable 15 Brian Bennett — · Position unavailable 3 Brian McGowan — · Position unavailable 28 Brian Tomlinson — · Position unavailable 35 Cliff Deacon — · Position unavailable 25 Hugh McLaughlin — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Taylor — · Position unavailable 41 John Carlile — · Position unavailable 21 John Heriot — · Position unavailable 20 John Trethowan — · Position unavailable 31 John Woolley — · Position unavailable 36 Ken McCormack — · Position unavailable 19 Max Oaten — · Position unavailable 43 Norm McKenzie — · Position unavailable 1 Paul Briglia — · Position unavailable 42 Peter Rice — · Position unavailable 27 Ron Stockman — · 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 30 Barney McKellar — · Position unavailable 31 Barry Smith — · Position unavailable 7 Bernie Dowling — · Position unavailable 29 Bernie Lee — · Position unavailable 8 Bob Spargo — · Position unavailable 9 Cameron McDonald — · Position unavailable 28 Charlie Evans — · Position unavailable 5 Charlie Stewart — · Position unavailable 17 Graham Ion — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Bryant — · Position unavailable 19 John Bradbury — · Position unavailable 23 John Hoiles — · Position unavailable 15 John Quarrell — · Position unavailable 14 John Schultz — · Position unavailable 6 Keith Beamish — · Position unavailable 18 Ray Baxter — · Position unavailable 10 Reg Kent — · Position unavailable 3 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 1 Trevor Elliott — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SMO2.23.45.52.184
FTS2.23.24.33.382

Match Leaders

Goals
4
3 tied leaders
Brian McGowanSMO
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

SMOFTS

Scoring / Attack

12Goals12
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Footscray by 2 points, 84–82.

South Melbourne took a 10-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 2 by the final siren, scoring 21 points to 13 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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