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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 22-Apr-1978
Final Round 4
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Dennis Jones
127 18.19
120 18.12
Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 7 MEL by 7
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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 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 13 Henry Coles — · Position unavailable 15 Phil Seaton — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 6 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Johnston — · Position unavailable 43 Greg Hutchison — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 24 Kelvin Richards — · Position unavailable 27 Colin Graham — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 23 Shane Fitzsimmons — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 17 Shane Grambeau — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Byrne — · Position unavailable 40 Peter Thorne — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 33 John Reid — · Position unavailable 30 Ross Abbey — · Position unavailable 32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 42 Wayne Foreman — · Position unavailable 17 Alby Smedts — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 44 Graeme Linke — · Position unavailable 11 Mick Kelly — · Position unavailable 45 Don Henwood — · Position unavailable 5 Bruce Reid — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable 50 Glenn Scanlon — · Position unavailable 26 Richard Murrie — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL5.46.33.54.7127
FTS4.51.46.27.1120

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Ross BrewerMEL
Behinds
5
Ross BrewerMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

18Goals18
16Behinds10
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

303Disposals297
231Kicks222
72Handballs75

Clearance / Contest

19Hitouts30

Other

79Marks81

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 7 points, 127–120.

Melbourne took a 19-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 7 by the final siren, scoring 43 points to 31 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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