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Melbourne vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 19-Jul-1980
Final Round 16
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Carl Ditterich
105 15.15
114 17.12
Geelong Coach: Bill Goggin
Geelong logo
M.C.G. Geelong by 9 GEE by 9
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

33 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 19 Bill Nettlefold — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 13 Wayne Gordon — · Position unavailable 43 Greg Hutchison — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Seddon — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 24 Tony Martyn — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Byrne — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Rowe — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 12 Cameron Clayton — · Position unavailable 21 Jim Durnan — · Position unavailable 7 Phillip Pinnell — · Position unavailable 8 Brent Crosswell — · Position unavailable 18 Maurice Wingate — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Bruce Nankervis — · Position unavailable 8 Kevin Sheehan — · Position unavailable 18 Murray Witcombe — · Position unavailable 11 Peter Featherby — · Position unavailable 14 David Clarke — · Position unavailable 4 Terry Bright — · Position unavailable 40 Ian Nankervis — · Position unavailable 34 Zane Taylor — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Malarkey — · Position unavailable 24 Mark Bos — · Position unavailable 26 Jack Hawkins — · Position unavailable 22 Paul Jeffreys — · Position unavailable 9 Michael Turner — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Johnston — · Position unavailable 16 Rod Blake — · Position unavailable 37 Tommy Floyd — · Position unavailable 2 Glenn Middlemiss — · Position unavailable 39 Stephen Lunn — · Position unavailable 17 Sam Newman — · Position unavailable 7 Kelvin Matthews — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL3.44.35.33.5105
GEE4.44.65.14.1114

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Garry BakerMEL
Behinds
3
3 tied leaders
Tony ElshaugMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELGEE

Scoring / Attack

15Goals17
11Behinds9
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

347Disposals319
202Kicks234
145Handballs85

Clearance / Contest

28Hitouts36

Other

72Marks82
37Frees For29
29Frees Against37

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Melbourne by 9 points, 114–105.

Geelong extended a 7-point three-quarter-time lead with a 25–23 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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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