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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Monday 4-Jun-1973
Final Round 9
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
68 9.14
74 10.14
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
Melbourne logo
Western Oval Melbourne by 6 MEL by 6
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home 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 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 37 Glenn Gingell — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 6 Charles Pagnoccolo — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 38 Terry Wilkins — · Position unavailable 23 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 20 Les Bartlett — · Position unavailable 3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 48 Dennis Collins — · Position unavailable 32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 25 Ron Jacks — · Position unavailable 27 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 18 Ian Salmon — · Position unavailable 44 Colin Boyd — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 18 John Tilbrook — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 23 Shane Fitzsimmons — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 27 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Williamson — · Position unavailable 39 Peter Dilnot — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 36 Glenn Swan — · Position unavailable 49 Ian McGuinness — · Position unavailable 24 Wayne Delmenico — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS0.03.62.04.868
MEL2.61.16.51.274

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Stan AlvesMEL
Behinds
2
5 tied leaders
Gary DempseyFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

9Goals10
11Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

270Disposals233
231Kicks207
39Handballs26

Clearance / Contest

13Hitouts24

Other

69Marks62

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 6 points, 74–68.

Melbourne took a 30-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 6 by the final siren, scoring 32 points to 8 in the 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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