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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 18-May-1968
Final Round 6
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
85 13.7
48 6.12
Melbourne Coach: John Beckwith
Melbourne logo
Western Oval Footscray by 37 FTS by 37
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

6 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 1 Ken Greenwood — · Position unavailable 16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 8 Alan Mannix — · Position unavailable 14 John Schultz — · Position unavailable 12 Robert Percy — · Position unavailable 25 John Jillard — · Position unavailable 31 Len Cumming — · Position unavailable 29 Fred Cook — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 15 David Darcy — · Position unavailable 4 Kevin Stevens — · Position unavailable 32 John Reilly — · Position unavailable 18 Kevin Delmenico — · Position unavailable 3 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 30 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 20 Les Bartlett — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 22 Ron McGowan — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 18 Neville Stone — · Position unavailable 22 Bryan Kenneally — · Position unavailable 38 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 32 Barrie Vagg — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 31 Ray Groom — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Whitton — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 1 Max Walker — · Position unavailable 11 Tony Anderson — · Position unavailable 28 Derek Feldmann — · Position unavailable 8 Tassie Johnson — · Position unavailable 12 Chris Fowler — · Position unavailable 23 Brian Roet — · Position unavailable 2 Rob Dowsing — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS3.15.52.03.185
MEL1.21.44.20.448

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Ted WhittenFTS
Behinds
2
3 tied leaders
Neville StoneMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

13Goals6
7Behinds12
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

262Disposals241
233Kicks216
29Handballs25

Clearance / Contest

32Hitouts29

Other

65Marks57

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 37 points, 85–48.

Footscray extended a 22-point three-quarter-time lead with a 19–4 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. 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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