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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 11-Apr-1981
Final Round 3
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Frank Goode
119 18.11
120 18.12
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
Melbourne logo
Western Oval Melbourne by 1 MEL by 1
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

10 Mick Egan — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 9 Stan Davidson — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Edmond — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 54 Rick Kennedy — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 49 Brian Cordy — · Position unavailable 34 Michael McKenna — · Position unavailable 16 Chris Burton — · Position unavailable 38 Jeff Berry — · Position unavailable 28 Alan McConnell — · Position unavailable 2 Shane Loveless — · Position unavailable 5 Bruce Reid — · Position unavailable 8 Matt Johnson — · Position unavailable 11 Terry De Koning — · Position unavailable 4 William Berry — · Position unavailable 6 Alister Ford — · Position unavailable 13 Mark Komp — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 15 Vin Catoggio — · Position unavailable 39 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 44 Stephen Bickford — · Position unavailable 23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 32 Shane Zantuck — · Position unavailable 8 Brent Crosswell — · Position unavailable 33 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 6 Robert Elliott — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Seddon — · Position unavailable 13 Wayne Gordon — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable 19 Bill Nettlefold — · Position unavailable 25 Mark Jackson — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 38 Tony Barnes — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Byrne — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS3.54.18.53.0119
MEL0.18.34.26.6120

Match Leaders

Goals
8
Mark JacksonMEL
Behinds
4
Vin CatoggioMEL
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

18Goals18
10Behinds10
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

303Disposals318
215Kicks195
88Handballs123

Clearance / Contest

44Hitouts43

Other

48Marks58
37Frees For33
33Frees Against37

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 1 point, 120–119.

Melbourne came from 23 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Footscray 42–18 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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