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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 12-Aug-1967
Final Round 16
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
54 7.12
51 7.9
Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 3 MEL 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 22 Bryan Kenneally — · Position unavailable 29 Hassa Mann — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 20 Graeme Jacobs — · Position unavailable 11 Tony Anderson — · Position unavailable 35 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 8 Tassie Johnson — · Position unavailable 10 Ken Emselle — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 23 Adrian Bowden — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable 46 Max Walker — · Position unavailable 19 Terry Leahy — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Smith — · Position unavailable 31 Ray Groom — · Position unavailable 12 Chris Fowler — · Position unavailable 32 Barrie Vagg — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

36 Ricky Spargo — · Position unavailable 6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 5 Ian Bryant — · Position unavailable 11 Bryan Pleitner — · Position unavailable 1 Ken Greenwood — · Position unavailable 18 Kevin Delmenico — · Position unavailable 8 Alan Mannix — · Position unavailable 22 Ron McGowan — · Position unavailable 33 Ivan Marsh — · Position unavailable 25 John Jillard — · Position unavailable 3 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 27 Graeme Chalmers — · Position unavailable 14 John Schultz — · Position unavailable 30 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 32 John Reilly — · Position unavailable 28 Noel Fincher — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 41 Laurie Walsh — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.52.31.13.354
FTS0.41.34.12.151

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Ted WhittenFTS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Graham OsborneMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

7Goals7
10Behinds9
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

290Disposals264
236Kicks227
54Handballs37

Clearance / Contest

29Hitouts29

Other

76Marks73

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 3 points, 54–51.

Melbourne came from 5 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Footscray 21–13 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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