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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Monday 12-Apr-1971
Final Round 2
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
63 8.15
107 16.11
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
Melbourne logo
Western Oval Melbourne by 44 MEL by 44
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 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 23 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 15 David Darcy — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 31 Graeme Austin — · Position unavailable 7 Ricky Spargo — · Position unavailable 17 Richard Radziminski — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Rippon — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 18 Ian Salmon — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 22 Ron McGowan — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 12 Graeme Joslin — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 32 Colin Shaw — · Position unavailable 30 Ross Abbey — · 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 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 9 George Lakes — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 10 Lloyd Burgmann — · Position unavailable 2 Robert McKenzie — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 5 John Gallus — · Position unavailable 3 Trevor Rollinson — · Position unavailable 25 Peter Weekes — · Position unavailable 22 Ray Carr — · Position unavailable 37 Bruce Brown — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS2.13.102.01.463
MEL4.31.15.46.3107

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Bernie QuinlanFTS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Stephen PowerFTS
SuperCoach
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

8Goals16
12Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

264Disposals294
204Kicks237
60Handballs57

Clearance / Contest

19Hitouts20

Other

66Marks70

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 44 points, 107–63.

Melbourne extended a 15-point three-quarter-time lead with a 39–10 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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