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Fitzroy vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 28-Apr-1973
Final Round 4
Fitzroy logo
Fitzroy Coach: Graham Donaldson
87 13.9
94 13.16
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
Melbourne logo
Junction Oval Melbourne by 7 MEL by 7
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

29 Garry Wilson — · Position unavailable 7 Warwick Irwin — · Position unavailable 2 Norm Dare — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Padley — · Position unavailable 18 Leigh Robertson — · Position unavailable 21 Alan Thompson — · Position unavailable 5 John Murphy — · Position unavailable 8 Laurie Richards — · Position unavailable 19 David McMahon — · Position unavailable 6 Ian McCulloch — · Position unavailable 1 Kevin Murray — · Position unavailable 31 Allan Sinclair — · Position unavailable 36 Harvey Merrigan — · Position unavailable 22 Shane Molloy — · Position unavailable 11 Kevin OKeeffe — · Position unavailable 23 Norm Brown — · Position unavailable 9 David Wall — · Position unavailable 27 Jack Newton — · Position unavailable 15 David Rhodes — · Position unavailable 10 Renato Serafini — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 27 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 22 Henry Ritterman — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 3 Trevor Rollinson — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 9 Stephen Kerley — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 23 Shane Fitzsimmons — · Position unavailable 5 John Clennett — · Position unavailable 18 John Tilbrook — · Position unavailable 42 John Morgan — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FIT6.12.33.22.387
MEL6.22.43.42.694

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Ross BrewerMEL
Behinds
3
3 tied leaders
Warwick IrwinFIT
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FITMEL

Scoring / Attack

13Goals13
9Behinds16
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

280Disposals273
220Kicks233
60Handballs40

Clearance / Contest

22Hitouts30

Other

78Marks71

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Fitzroy by 7 points, 94–87.

Melbourne extended a 4-point three-quarter-time lead with a 18–15 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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