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Melbourne vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 14-Aug-1965
Final Round 16
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
73 11.7
107 16.11
Geelong Coach: Bob Davis
Geelong logo
M.C.G. Geelong by 34 GEE by 34
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

9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 10 Ken Emselle — · Position unavailable 38 Jim Leitch — · Position unavailable 33 Robert Miller — · Position unavailable 32 Barrie Vagg — · Position unavailable 20 Graeme Jacobs — · Position unavailable 28 David Robbie — · Position unavailable 5 Neil Crompton — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 8 Tassie Johnson — · Position unavailable 35 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 22 Bryan Kenneally — · Position unavailable 25 Kerry Rattray — · Position unavailable 21 Brian Leahy — · Position unavailable 12 Hugh Bromell — · Position unavailable 23 Graham Wise — · Position unavailable 37 Bernie Massey — · Position unavailable 36 Peter McLean — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

35 Bill Goggin — · Position unavailable 2 Denis Marshall — · Position unavailable 5 Graham Farmer — · Position unavailable 1 Wayne Closter — · Position unavailable 26 Bill Ryan — · Position unavailable 9 John Devine — · Position unavailable 8 Paul Vinar — · Position unavailable 4 Alistair Lord — · Position unavailable 37 David Brown — · Position unavailable 11 Ron Hosking — · Position unavailable 36 Tony Polinelli — · Position unavailable 28 John Watts — · Position unavailable 34 Peter Walker — · Position unavailable 24 John Fox — · Position unavailable 17 Sam Newman — · Position unavailable 40 John Yeates — · Position unavailable 6 Gareth Andrews — · Position unavailable 20 Alan Teasdale — · Position unavailable 10 John Sharrock — · Position unavailable 29 Gordon Reid — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.32.22.13.173
GEE1.16.56.33.2107

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Bill RyanGEE
Behinds
2
5 tied leaders
John TownsendMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELGEE

Scoring / Attack

11Goals16
7Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

268Disposals305
221Kicks232
47Handballs73

Other

68Marks86

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Melbourne by 34 points, 107–73.

Geelong extended a 33-point three-quarter-time lead with a 20–19 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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