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Melbourne vs Carlton Match Centre

Saturday 5-Aug-1972
Final Round 18
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
66 8.18
77 11.11
Carlton Coach: John Nicholls
Carlton logo
M.C.G. Carlton by 11 CAR by 11
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

35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 41 Stephen Kerley — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 12 Mike Collins — · Position unavailable 30 John Letcher — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 34 John Clennett — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 27 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable
Away team

Carlton

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

10 Adrian Gallagher — · Position unavailable 12 Barry Armstrong — · Position unavailable 8 Trevor Keogh — · Position unavailable 27 David Dickson — · Position unavailable 25 Alex Jesaulenko — · Position unavailable 30 Vin Waite — · Position unavailable 7 Andrew Lukas — · Position unavailable 15 Phillip Pinnell — · Position unavailable 43 David McKay — · Position unavailable 5 Syd Jackson — · Position unavailable 22 Neil Chandler — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Jones — · Position unavailable 20 Geoff Southby — · Position unavailable 19 John OConnell — · Position unavailable 2 John Nicholls — · Position unavailable 11 Bruce Doull — · Position unavailable 3 Kevin Hall — · Position unavailable 16 Greg Kennedy — · Position unavailable 17 Brent Crosswell — · Position unavailable 32 Bryan Quirk — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.30.31.45.866
CAR3.42.34.42.077

Match Leaders

Goals
2
5 tied leaders
Stan AlvesMEL
Behinds
5
Greg WellsMEL
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

MELCAR

Scoring / Attack

8Goals11
17Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

245Disposals295
225Kicks248
20Handballs47

Clearance / Contest

32Hitouts21

Other

85Marks88

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Carlton beat Melbourne by 11 points, 77–66.

Carlton took a 37-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 11 by the final siren, scoring 38 points to 12 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. 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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