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Footscray vs Fitzroy Match Centre

Saturday 19-Aug-1978
Final Round 20
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
71 9.17
139 21.13
Fitzroy Coach: Graham Campbell
Fitzroy logo
Western Oval Fitzroy by 68 FIT by 68
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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

3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 33 John Reid — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 30 Ross Abbey — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 34 Jack Dinatale — · Position unavailable 32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 11 Mick Kelly — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 43 Norm Tivendale — · Position unavailable 12 George Brown — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 17 Alby Smedts — · Position unavailable 5 Bruce Reid — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable
Away team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

2 Brian Brown — · Position unavailable 29 Garry Wilson — · Position unavailable 21 Alan Thompson — · Position unavailable 7 Warwick Irwin — · Position unavailable 19 David McMahon — · Position unavailable 27 Graeme Allan — · Position unavailable 5 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 16 Chris Hansen — · Position unavailable 36 Harvey Merrigan — · Position unavailable 6 Ron Alexander — · Position unavailable 9 Robert Walls — · Position unavailable 10 Laurie Serafini — · Position unavailable 17 Russ Hodges — · Position unavailable 8 Chris Smith — · Position unavailable 12 Mick Conlan — · Position unavailable 13 Peter Keays — · Position unavailable 25 Geoffrey Austen — · Position unavailable 24 Bob Beecroft — · Position unavailable 48 Grant Lawrie — · Position unavailable 23 Gerald McCarthy — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS1.21.34.53.771
FIT7.25.58.31.3139

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Kelvin TempletonFTS
Behinds
3
3 tied leaders
Geoff JenningsFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSFIT

Scoring / Attack

9Goals21
16Behinds12
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

259Disposals297
198Kicks214
61Handballs83

Clearance / Contest

25Hitouts24

Other

57Marks86

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Fitzroy beat Footscray by 68 points, 139–71.

Fitzroy took a 84-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 68 by the final siren, scoring 25 points to 9 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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