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Melbourne vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 7-Aug-1971
Final Round 19
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
125 18.17
62 9.8
Geelong Coach: Bill McMaster
Geelong logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 63 MEL by 63
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

11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 45 Henry Ritterman — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 18 John Tilbrook — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable 50 Shane McSpeerin — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 5 John Gallus — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 34 Brent Jones — · Position unavailable 28 Mike Collins — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

35 Bill Goggin — · Position unavailable 40 Ian Nankervis — · Position unavailable 26 Bill Ryan — · Position unavailable 1 Wayne Closter — · Position unavailable 28 Hugh Strahan — · Position unavailable 14 David Clarke — · Position unavailable 32 David Harris — · Position unavailable 3 Ken Newland — · Position unavailable 30 John Scarlett — · Position unavailable 22 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 24 Tony Gilmore — · Position unavailable 34 Graeme Linke — · Position unavailable 10 Michael Woolnough — · Position unavailable 18 Peter Stephens — · Position unavailable 16 Rod Blake — · Position unavailable 15 Terry Farman — · Position unavailable 9 Robert Adams — · Position unavailable 23 Doug Wade — · Position unavailable 36 Jeff Kline — · Position unavailable 2 Stewart Palfreyman — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.52.24.68.4125
GEE2.22.14.31.262

Match Leaders

Goals
3
3 tied leaders
Greg ParkeMEL
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Henry RittermanMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELGEE

Scoring / Attack

18Goals9
17Behinds8
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

292Disposals273
243Kicks216
49Handballs57

Clearance / Contest

29Hitouts26

Other

76Marks77

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Geelong by 63 points, 125–62.

Melbourne extended a 19-point three-quarter-time lead with a 52–8 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. 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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