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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 18-Aug-1973
Final Round 20
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
73 10.13
110 17.8
Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Footscray by 37 FTS by 37
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 18 John Tilbrook — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 22 Henry Ritterman — · Position unavailable 24 Wayne Delmenico — · Position unavailable 23 Shane Fitzsimmons — · Position unavailable 45 Greg MacDonald — · Position unavailable 54 Neil Chamberlain — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 17 Adrian Gallagher — · Position unavailable 3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 23 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 18 Ian Salmon — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 37 Glenn Gingell — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 11 Ivan Rasmussen — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Steel — · Position unavailable 38 Terry Wilkins — · Position unavailable 26 Don Brown — · Position unavailable 12 Colin Dell — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 34 Graeme Cook — · Position unavailable 27 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.23.53.30.373
FTS4.37.14.02.4110

Match Leaders

Goals
8
Laurie SandilandsFTS
Behinds
4
Graham OsborneMEL
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals17
13Behinds7
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

270Disposals329
229Kicks280
41Handballs49

Clearance / Contest

25Hitouts42

Other

78Marks79

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 37 points, 110–73.

Footscray extended a 24-point three-quarter-time lead with a 16–3 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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