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Melbourne vs Collingwood Match Centre

Saturday 24-Aug-1968
Final Round 19
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Beckwith
86 12.14
87 12.15
Collingwood Coach: Bob Rose
Collingwood logo
M.C.G. Collingwood by 1 COL by 1
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

22 Bryan Kenneally — · Position unavailable 29 Hassa Mann — · Position unavailable 32 Barrie Vagg — · Position unavailable 9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 31 Ray Groom — · Position unavailable 39 George Lakes — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 28 Derek Feldmann — · Position unavailable 8 Tassie Johnson — · Position unavailable 18 Neville Stone — · Position unavailable 25 Peter Weekes — · Position unavailable 21 Ted Lees — · Position unavailable 34 Brent Jones — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 23 Brian Roet — · Position unavailable
Away team

Collingwood

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

3 Wayne Richardson — · Position unavailable 16 Bruce Neave — · Position unavailable 11 Bob Farmer — · Position unavailable 14 Graeme Jenkin — · Position unavailable 5 Barry Price — · Position unavailable 23 Ricky Watt — · Position unavailable 12 Ross Dunne — · Position unavailable 27 Con Britt — · Position unavailable 28 Len Thompson — · Position unavailable 36 Brian McKenzie — · Position unavailable 22 John Greening — · Position unavailable 9 Colin Tully — · Position unavailable 15 Ted Potter — · Position unavailable 32 Len Clark — · Position unavailable 37 Paul Walker — · Position unavailable 6 Peter McKenna — · Position unavailable 29 Denis OCallaghan — · Position unavailable 13 Laurie Hill — · Position unavailable 25 Jack Green — · Position unavailable 26 Shane Whelan — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.64.44.22.286
COL3.31.64.24.487

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Peter McKennaCOL
Behinds
5
Barrie VaggMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELCOL

Scoring / Attack

12Goals12
14Behinds14
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

274Disposals272
222Kicks232
52Handballs40

Clearance / Contest

25Hitouts52

Other

79Marks56

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Collingwood beat Melbourne by 1 point, 87–86.

Collingwood came from 13 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Melbourne 28–14 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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