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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 23-Jun-1979
Final Round 12
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
120 18.12
81 11.15
Melbourne Coach: Carl Ditterich
Melbourne logo
Western Oval Footscray by 39 FTS by 39
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
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

32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 28 Ian Low — · Position unavailable 10 Mick Egan — · Position unavailable 11 Mick Kelly — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 52 William Berry — · Position unavailable 6 Gary Cowton — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 16 Steve Hoffman — · Position unavailable 27 Neil Bristow — · Position unavailable 9 John Moylan — · Position unavailable 17 Alby Smedts — · Position unavailable 26 Richard Murrie — · Position unavailable 42 Wayne Foreman — · Position unavailable 24 Robert McGhie — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

39 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 41 Chris Woodman — · Position unavailable 45 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 12 Cameron Clayton — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 22 Ken Whitfort — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 34 Tom Flower — · Position unavailable 24 Tony Martyn — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 21 Jim Durnan — · Position unavailable 23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 18 Maurice Wingate — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 43 Greg Hutchison — · Position unavailable 17 Shane Grambeau — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS7.63.16.32.2120
MEL1.25.50.55.381

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Kelvin TempletonFTS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Ian DunstanFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

18Goals11
12Behinds12
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

281Disposals280
201Kicks215
80Handballs65

Clearance / Contest

28Hitouts27

Other

73Marks65
36Frees For50
50Frees Against36

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 39 points, 120–81.

Footscray took a 58-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 39 by the final siren, scoring 33 points to 14 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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