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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 17-Aug-1974
Final Round 20
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Bob Skilton
75 10.15
159 23.21
Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Footscray by 84 FTS by 84
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

31 Billy Barham — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 6 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 40 Neil McMullin — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 26 Graham Scott — · Position unavailable 14 Neil Chamberlain — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 34 Mal Owens — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable 9 Stephen Kerley — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

17 Adrian Gallagher — · Position unavailable 23 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 1 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 7 Ray Huppatz — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 39 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 30 Ross Abbey — · Position unavailable 22 Dennis Collins — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 12 Colin Dell — · Position unavailable 18 Ian Salmon — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 6 Graeme Austin — · Position unavailable 37 Glenn Gingell — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.12.54.53.475
FTS6.75.34.88.3159

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Peter WelshFTS
Behinds
3
4 tied leaders
Stan AlvesMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals23
14Behinds19
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

258Disposals350
192Kicks249
66Handballs101

Clearance / Contest

0Hitouts0

Other

67Marks106

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 84 points, 159–75.

Footscray extended a 55-point three-quarter-time lead with a 51–22 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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