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Geelong vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 22-Aug-1970
Final Round 21
Geelong logo
Geelong Coach: Peter Pianto
108 16.12
96 13.18
Melbourne Coach: John Beckwith
Melbourne logo
Kardinia Park Geelong by 12 GEE by 12
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

1 Wayne Closter — · Position unavailable 29 Gordon Reid — · Position unavailable 40 Ian Nankervis — · Position unavailable 17 Sam Newman — · Position unavailable 15 Terry Farman — · Position unavailable 33 Bruce Nankervis — · Position unavailable 11 Jeff Bates — · Position unavailable 35 Bill Goggin — · Position unavailable 30 John Scarlett — · Position unavailable 26 Bill Ryan — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Ainsworth — · Position unavailable 18 Ken Gladman — · Position unavailable 4 Phil Stevens — · Position unavailable 22 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 37 Peter Linke — · Position unavailable 23 Doug Wade — · Position unavailable 31 Phil Smith — · Position unavailable 5 Phil Evans — · Position unavailable 8 Shane McCarthy — · Position unavailable 12 Jim Wright — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 40 Lloyd Burgmann — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 3 Trevor Rollinson — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable 28 Derek Feldmann — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 18 Des Campbell — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Hodges — · Position unavailable 20 Paul Rowlands — · Position unavailable 1 Max Walker — · Position unavailable 39 Russell Colcott — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
GEE3.47.23.53.1108
MEL4.52.33.44.696

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Ray BiffinMEL
Behinds
5
Doug WadeGEE
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

GEEMEL

Scoring / Attack

16Goals13
12Behinds18
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

291Disposals276
238Kicks230
53Handballs46

Clearance / Contest

28Hitouts31

Other

88Marks84

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Melbourne by 12 points, 108–96.

Geelong took a 23-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 12 by the final siren, scoring 30 points to 19 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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