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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 5-Apr-1975
Final Round 1
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Bob Skilton
111 17.9
100 15.10
Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 11 MEL by 11
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

11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 26 Gary Guy — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 20 Paul Hurst — · Position unavailable 12 Marty Lyons — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable 6 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 22 Frank Giampaolo — · Position unavailable 24 Wayne Delmenico — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 32 Kim Smith — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · 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 28 Ian Low — · Position unavailable 3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 7 Ray Huppatz — · Position unavailable 30 Ross Abbey — · Position unavailable 5 Peter Featherby — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 6 Neil Sachse — · Position unavailable 1 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 18 Ian Salmon — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 11 Ivan Rasmussen — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 12 Colin Dell — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL5.04.34.44.2111
FTS4.15.52.24.2100

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Laurie SandilandsFTS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Ian LowFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

17Goals15
8Behinds9
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

285Disposals286
219Kicks233
66Handballs53

Clearance / Contest

0Hitouts0

Other

54Marks60

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 11 points, 111–100.

The 11-point gap at three-quarter time held through the final term, when both sides added 26 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. 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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