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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 7-Apr-1979
Final Round 1
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Carl Ditterich
125 18.17
113 16.17
Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 12 MEL by 12
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

2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 3 Henry Coles — · Position unavailable 39 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 31 Phil Carman — · Position unavailable 23 Shane Fitzsimmons — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 8 Glenn Elliott — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Hamilton — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 18 Maurice Wingate — · Position unavailable 24 Tony Martyn — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 17 Shane Grambeau — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 10 Mick Egan — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 16 Steve Hoffman — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 43 Norm Tivendale — · Position unavailable 3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 40 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 17 Alby Smedts — · Position unavailable 27 Neil Bristow — · Position unavailable 33 John Reid — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 42 Wayne Foreman — · Position unavailable 6 Gary Cowton — · Position unavailable 26 Richard Murrie — · Position unavailable 28 Ian Low — · Position unavailable 2 Shane Loveless — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL7.35.41.35.7125
FTS4.53.66.23.4113

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Kelvin TempletonFTS
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Ray BiffinMEL
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

18Goals16
14Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

294Disposals291
207Kicks217
87Handballs74

Clearance / Contest

29Hitouts25

Other

80Marks56
40Frees For34
34Frees Against40

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 12 points, 125–113.

Melbourne came from 3 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Footscray 37–22 in the final term to take the win.

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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