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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 1-Jul-1972
Final Round 13
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
74 11.8
111 16.15
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
Melbourne logo
Waverley Park Melbourne by 37 MEL by 37
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

38 Bob Cockerell — · Position unavailable 15 Ray Stamp — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 34 Graeme Cook — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 31 Graeme Austin — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 42 Ralph Thomas — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 48 Dennis Collins — · Position unavailable 26 Don Brown — · Position unavailable 20 Les Bartlett — · Position unavailable 18 Ian Salmon — · Position unavailable 44 Stephen Boyle — · Position unavailable 5 Robert McGhie — · Position unavailable 8 Alan Mannix — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 12 Mike Collins — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 27 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 10 Lloyd Burgmann — · Position unavailable 2 Robert McKenzie — · Position unavailable 5 John Gallus — · Position unavailable 18 John Tilbrook — · Position unavailable 30 John Letcher — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 41 Stephen Kerley — · Position unavailable 50 Shane McSpeerin — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS3.13.31.24.274
MEL6.32.26.32.7111

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Greg ParkeMEL
Behinds
4
Laurie SandilandsFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

11Goals16
7Behinds14
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

272Disposals295
237Kicks255
35Handballs40

Clearance / Contest

21Hitouts27

Other

68Marks85

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 37 points, 111–74.

Melbourne took a 44-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 37 by the final siren, scoring 26 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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