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Melbourne vs Fitzroy Match Centre

Saturday 23-Aug-1969
Final Round 19
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Beckwith
97 14.13
99 14.15
Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen
Fitzroy logo
M.C.G. Fitzroy by 2 FIT by 2
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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

14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 50 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 21 David Hone — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 20 Paul Rowlands — · Position unavailable 1 Max Walker — · Position unavailable 3 Trevor Rollinson — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 45 Danny Jennings — · Position unavailable 37 Darryl Schwarz — · Position unavailable 2 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 8 Tassie Johnson — · Position unavailable 46 Ray Sampson — · Position unavailable 48 Daryl Powell — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable
Away team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

41 Graeme Shearer — · Position unavailable 5 John Murphy — · Position unavailable 1 Kevin Murray — · Position unavailable 3 Mike Andrews — · Position unavailable 20 John Newnham — · Position unavailable 46 Norm Dare — · Position unavailable 16 Daryl Peoples — · Position unavailable 24 Bill Sykes — · Position unavailable 19 Darryl Herrod — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Padley — · Position unavailable 32 Russell Crow — · Position unavailable 31 Gary Lazarus — · Position unavailable 34 Doug Searl — · Position unavailable 11 Noel Zunneberg — · Position unavailable 36 Robert Ireland — · Position unavailable 23 Norm Brown — · Position unavailable 33 David Wall — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Wood — · Position unavailable 43 Harvey Merrigan — · Position unavailable 9 Treva McGregor — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.72.34.26.197
FIT4.32.33.55.499

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Ross DillonMEL
Behinds
3
3 tied leaders
John TownsendMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFIT

Scoring / Attack

14Goals14
12Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

297Disposals341
253Kicks270
44Handballs71

Clearance / Contest

15Hitouts31

Other

73Marks89

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Fitzroy beat Melbourne by 2 points, 99–97.

Fitzroy took a 5-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 2 by the final siren, scoring 37 points to 34 in the 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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