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Melbourne vs Fitzroy Match Centre

Saturday 12-May-1979
Final Round 6
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Carl Ditterich
140 21.14
163 24.19
Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen
Fitzroy logo
M.C.G. Fitzroy by 23 FIT by 23
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

11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 8 Glenn Elliott — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 6 Robert Elliott — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 27 Don Whitford — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Byrne — · Position unavailable 7 Barry Denny — · Position unavailable 39 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 31 Phil Carman — · Position unavailable 18 Maurice Wingate — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 32 Bruce Elliott — · Position unavailable 16 Robert Walters — · Position unavailable 17 Shane Grambeau — · Position unavailable 5 Graham Hunnibell — · Position unavailable 24 Tony Martyn — · Position unavailable
Away team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

29 Garry Wilson — · Position unavailable 27 Graeme Allan — · Position unavailable 7 Warwick Irwin — · Position unavailable 5 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 6 Ron Alexander — · Position unavailable 23 Gerald McCarthy — · Position unavailable 19 David McMahon — · Position unavailable 16 Chris Hansen — · Position unavailable 14 Kevin Higgins — · Position unavailable 10 Laurie Serafini — · Position unavailable 11 Kevin OKeeffe — · Position unavailable 2 Brian Brown — · Position unavailable 24 Bob Beecroft — · Position unavailable 56 Leon Harris — · Position unavailable 36 Harvey Merrigan — · Position unavailable 15 Max Richardson — · Position unavailable 33 Neville Taylor — · Position unavailable 13 Peter Keays — · Position unavailable 43 Michael Poynton — · Position unavailable 35 Noel Mugavin — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.67.17.33.4140
FIT4.48.25.77.6163

Match Leaders

Goals
8
Bob BeecroftFIT
Behinds
4
Max RichardsonFIT
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

MELFIT

Scoring / Attack

21Goals24
12Behinds18
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

347Disposals316
215Kicks211
132Handballs105

Clearance / Contest

33Hitouts47

Other

66Marks60
43Frees For36
36Frees Against43

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Fitzroy beat Melbourne by 23 points, 163–140.

Fitzroy came from 3 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Melbourne 48–22 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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