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Melbourne vs South Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 22-Apr-1972
Final Round 4
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
127 18.19
56 8.8
South Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
South Melbourne logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 71 MEL by 71
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

15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Sinclair — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 50 Shane McSpeerin — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 1 Max Walker — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 34 John Clennett — · Position unavailable 22 Ray Carr — · Position unavailable 12 Mike Collins — · Position unavailable
Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

10 Wayne Walsh — · Position unavailable 32 Peter Brown — · Position unavailable 1 Jim Haines — · Position unavailable 11 Peter Bedford — · Position unavailable 16 Ricky Quade — · Position unavailable 29 David McLeish — · Position unavailable 25 Haydn McAuliffe — · Position unavailable 12 Norm Goss — · Position unavailable 9 Jim Wilkinson — · Position unavailable 21 John Pitura — · Position unavailable 17 Russell Cook — · Position unavailable 5 John Rantall — · Position unavailable 3 Stephen Officer — · Position unavailable 26 Steve Hoffman — · Position unavailable 27 Reg Gleeson — · Position unavailable 24 Bob Bell — · Position unavailable 8 Lance Morton — · Position unavailable 13 Neville Miller — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Hay — · Position unavailable 7 Gary Brice — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.52.37.45.7127
SMO3.23.30.12.256

Match Leaders

Goals
4
2 tied leaders
Stan AlvesMEL
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
John TownsendMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELSMO

Scoring / Attack

18Goals8
17Behinds6
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

331Disposals233
265Kicks205
66Handballs28

Clearance / Contest

41Hitouts21

Other

96Marks55

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat South Melbourne by 71 points, 127–56.

Melbourne extended a 48-point three-quarter-time lead with a 37–14 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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