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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 8-Apr-1972
Final Round 2
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
84 11.18
105 15.15
Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Footscray by 21 FTS by 21
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

33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Sinclair — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 30 John Letcher — · Position unavailable 27 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 34 John Clennett — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 22 Ray Carr — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 9 George Lakes — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 23 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 20 Les Bartlett — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 5 Robert McGhie — · Position unavailable 34 Graeme Cook — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Rippon — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 12 Colin Dell — · Position unavailable 28 Trevor Zeltner — · Position unavailable 43 Carl Vesty — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 38 Bob Cockerell — · Position unavailable 31 Graeme Austin — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.43.45.71.384
FTS4.21.54.46.4105

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Ray CarrMEL
Behinds
3
4 tied leaders
Paul CalleryMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

11Goals15
18Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

274Disposals270
232Kicks241
42Handballs29

Clearance / Contest

24Hitouts21

Other

73Marks79

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 21 points, 105–84.

Footscray came from 10 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Melbourne 40–9 in the final term to take the win.

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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