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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 16-May-1970
Final Round 7
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
68 9.14
46 7.4
Melbourne Coach: John Beckwith
Melbourne logo
Western Oval Footscray by 22 FTS by 22
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

16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 15 David Darcy — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 12 Graeme Joslin — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 1 Ken Greenwood — · Position unavailable 23 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 8 Alan Mannix — · Position unavailable 6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 40 Robert McGhie — · Position unavailable 36 Charles Pagnoccolo — · Position unavailable 10 Graeme Cook — · Position unavailable 30 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 29 Trevor Zeltner — · 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

26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 2 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 1 Max Walker — · Position unavailable 3 Trevor Rollinson — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 10 Robert McKenzie — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 29 Noel Leary — · Position unavailable 22 Ray Carr — · Position unavailable 30 John Letcher — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 20 Paul Rowlands — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS1.32.42.24.568
MEL2.01.34.10.046

Match Leaders

Goals
3
3 tied leaders
George BissetFTS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
David DarcyFTS
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

9Goals7
12Behinds4
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

291Disposals242
259Kicks211
32Handballs31

Clearance / Contest

17Hitouts14

Other

73Marks67

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 22 points, 68–46.

Footscray came from 7 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Melbourne 29–0 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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