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Melbourne vs Collingwood Match Centre

Saturday 2-Sep-1978
Final Round 22
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Dennis Jones
125 19.11
156 24.12
Collingwood Coach: Tom Hafey
Collingwood logo
M.C.G. Collingwood by 31 COL by 31
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

12 Barry Norsworthy — · Position unavailable 13 Henry Coles — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 34 Tom Flower — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Hamilton — · Position unavailable 18 Maurice Wingate — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 7 Barry Denny — · Position unavailable 43 Greg Hutchison — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 41 Chris Woodman — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 10 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Johnston — · Position unavailable 36 Gary Cooke — · Position unavailable
Away team

Collingwood

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

12 Max Richardson — · Position unavailable 29 Leigh Carlson — · Position unavailable 56 Tony Shaw — · Position unavailable 23 Ray Shaw — · Position unavailable 25 Bill Picken — · Position unavailable 14 Kevin Morris — · Position unavailable 16 Alan Atkinson — · Position unavailable 8 Rod Oborne — · Position unavailable 24 Andrew Ireland — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Moore — · Position unavailable 26 Ray Byrne — · Position unavailable 44 Ross Dunne — · Position unavailable 31 Phil Manassa — · Position unavailable 36 Rene Kink — · Position unavailable 27 Kevin Worthington — · Position unavailable 15 Shane Bond — · Position unavailable 1 Len Thompson — · Position unavailable 28 Terry Wight — · Position unavailable 6 Peter McCormack — · Position unavailable 9 Craig Stewart — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.55.44.16.1125
COL8.35.37.14.5156

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Tom FlowerMEL
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Robert FlowerMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELCOL

Scoring / Attack

19Goals24
10Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

298Disposals280
207Kicks194
91Handballs86

Clearance / Contest

32Hitouts26

Other

62Marks62

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Collingwood beat Melbourne by 31 points, 156–125.

Collingwood took a 39-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 31 by the final siren, scoring 37 points to 29 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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