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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 26-Jun-1971
Final Round 13
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
79 11.13
80 12.8
Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Footscray by 1 FTS 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

16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 10 Lloyd Burgmann — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 18 John Tilbrook — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 5 John Gallus — · Position unavailable 29 Noel Leary — · Position unavailable 22 Ray Carr — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Sinclair — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Rippon — · Position unavailable 15 David Darcy — · Position unavailable 6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 23 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 32 Colin Shaw — · Position unavailable 8 Alan Mannix — · Position unavailable 48 Colin Dell — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 33 John Keast — · Position unavailable 29 Grant Simmons — · Position unavailable 25 Bill Godridge — · Position unavailable 45 Max Parker — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.51.31.45.179
FTS2.25.23.32.180

Match Leaders

Goals
4
2 tied leaders
Gary DempseyFTS
Behinds
2
4 tied leaders
John TownsendMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

11Goals12
11Behinds7
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

257Disposals268
218Kicks232
39Handballs36

Clearance / Contest

19Hitouts41

Other

82Marks81

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 1 point, 80–79.

Footscray took a 19-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 1 by the final siren, scoring 31 points to 13 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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