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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 28-Aug-1965
Final Round 18
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
72 10.12
75 10.15
Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Footscray by 3 FTS by 3
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 10 Ken Emselle — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 29 Hassa Mann — · Position unavailable 5 Neil Crompton — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 33 Robert Miller — · Position unavailable 22 Bryan Kenneally — · Position unavailable 35 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 8 Tassie Johnson — · Position unavailable 1 Rob Foster — · Position unavailable 28 David Robbie — · Position unavailable 30 Ken Rowe — · Position unavailable 40 Rick Feldmann — · Position unavailable 32 Barrie Vagg — · Position unavailable 23 Graham Wise — · Position unavailable 48 Bob Gormly — · Position unavailable 37 Bernie Massey — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 36 Peter McLean — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

17 Graham Ion — · Position unavailable 2 Merv Hobbs — · Position unavailable 27 Graeme Chalmers — · Position unavailable 8 Alan Mannix — · Position unavailable 4 Kevin Stevens — · Position unavailable 1 Murray Zeuschner — · Position unavailable 23 Rod OConnor — · Position unavailable 47 Dallas Patterson — · Position unavailable 14 John Schultz — · Position unavailable 3 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 15 David Darcy — · Position unavailable 30 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 34 Algy Vosilaitis — · Position unavailable 5 Ian Bryant — · Position unavailable 20 John Bradley — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Shanahan — · Position unavailable 25 John Jillard — · Position unavailable 31 Barry Smith — · Position unavailable 42 Kevin Jackman — · Position unavailable 16 Ken Duff — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.36.03.60.372
FTS4.22.12.62.675

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Kevin StevensFTS
Behinds
5
John TownsendMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals10
11Behinds15
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

228Disposals266
196Kicks236
32Handballs30

Other

50Marks74

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 3 points, 75–72.

Footscray came from 12 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Melbourne 18–3 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. 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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