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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 20-Jun-1981
Final Round 13
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
94 14.10
125 19.11
Footscray Coach: Royce Hart
Footscray logo
Waverley Park Footscray by 31 FTS by 31
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

20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 33 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 39 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 7 Phillip Pinnell — · Position unavailable 21 Jim Durnan — · Position unavailable 23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 10 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 43 Greg Hutchison — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 8 Brent Crosswell — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Byrne — · Position unavailable 13 Wayne Gordon — · Position unavailable 15 Vin Catoggio — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable 25 Mark Jackson — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 45 Russell Dickson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

49 Brian Cordy — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 9 Stan Davidson — · Position unavailable 16 Chris Burton — · Position unavailable 10 Mick Egan — · Position unavailable 5 Bruce Reid — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Edmond — · Position unavailable 32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 47 Colin Seery — · Position unavailable 40 Brian Perrin — · Position unavailable 12 Steven Knight — · Position unavailable 28 Alan McConnell — · Position unavailable 2 Shane Loveless — · Position unavailable 54 Rick Kennedy — · Position unavailable 36 Jim McAllester — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 11 Terry De Koning — · Position unavailable 34 Michael McKenna — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL5.30.33.26.294
FTS6.44.36.13.3125

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Shane LovelessFTS
Behinds
3
Steven KnightFTS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

14Goals19
9Behinds10
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

339Disposals320
217Kicks217
122Handballs103

Clearance / Contest

46Hitouts40

Other

75Marks65
30Frees For31
31Frees Against30

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 31 points, 125–94.

Footscray took a 48-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 31 by the final siren, scoring 38 points to 21 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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