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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 10-Aug-1968
Final Round 17
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Beckwith
74 10.14
65 9.11
Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 9 MEL by 9
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

29 Hassa Mann — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 39 George Lakes — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 23 Brian Roet — · Position unavailable 32 Barrie Vagg — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 22 Bryan Kenneally — · Position unavailable 25 Peter Weekes — · Position unavailable 31 Ray Groom — · Position unavailable 28 Derek Feldmann — · Position unavailable 8 Tassie Johnson — · Position unavailable 12 Chris Fowler — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 34 Brent Jones — · Position unavailable 40 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 18 Neville Stone — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 3 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 6 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 22 Ron McGowan — · Position unavailable 29 Fred Cook — · Position unavailable 5 Ian Bryant — · Position unavailable 25 John Jillard — · Position unavailable 6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 36 Ricky Spargo — · Position unavailable 14 John Schultz — · Position unavailable 33 Ivan Marsh — · Position unavailable 1 Ken Greenwood — · Position unavailable 18 Kevin Delmenico — · Position unavailable 30 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 10 Graeme Cook — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 32 John Reilly — · Position unavailable 37 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 34 Graeme Bean — · Position unavailable 20 Les Bartlett — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL5.20.62.33.374
FTS4.01.33.51.365

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Hassa MannMEL
Behinds
4
Ted WhittenFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals9
14Behinds9
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

273Disposals278
230Kicks240
43Handballs38

Clearance / Contest

29Hitouts25

Other

76Marks91

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 9 points, 74–65.

Melbourne came from 3 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Footscray 21–9 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. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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