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Melbourne vs Collingwood Match Centre

Saturday 28-Jul-1973
Final Round 17
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
87 12.15
126 17.24
Collingwood Coach: Neil Mann
Collingwood logo
M.C.G. Collingwood by 39 COL by 39
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 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 20 Shane McSpeerin — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 27 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 40 John Cumming — · Position unavailable 9 Stephen Kerley — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 42 John Morgan — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 29 Noel Leary — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 36 Glenn Swan — · Position unavailable 23 Shane Fitzsimmons — · Position unavailable 34 Mal Owens — · Position unavailable
Away team

Collingwood

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

4 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 1 Wayne Richardson — · Position unavailable 3 Barry Price — · Position unavailable 18 Max Richardson — · Position unavailable 19 Paul Cranage — · Position unavailable 5 Ronnie Wearmouth — · Position unavailable 12 Ross Dunne — · Position unavailable 2 Len Thompson — · Position unavailable 8 Rod Oborne — · Position unavailable 24 Daryl Salmon — · Position unavailable 21 Jeff Clifton — · Position unavailable 41 Danny OSullivan — · Position unavailable 29 Denis OCallaghan — · Position unavailable 40 Allan Holmes — · Position unavailable 26 Robert Dean — · Position unavailable 6 Peter McKenna — · Position unavailable 32 Michael Browne — · Position unavailable 33 Lee Adamson — · Position unavailable 15 Bob Heard — · Position unavailable 14 Graeme Jenkin — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL5.62.11.44.487
COL4.46.34.73.10126

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Peter McKennaCOL
Behinds
4
Peter McKennaCOL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELCOL

Scoring / Attack

12Goals17
13Behinds20
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

270Disposals325
235Kicks236
35Handballs89

Clearance / Contest

19Hitouts31

Other

90Marks76

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Collingwood beat Melbourne by 39 points, 126–87.

The 39-point gap at three-quarter time held through the final term, when both sides added 28 points.

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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