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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 17-Apr-1982
Final Round 4
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
126 19.12
133 19.19
Footscray Coach: Royce Hart
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Footscray by 7 FTS by 7
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

23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 33 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 16 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 3 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 10 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 11 Steven Icke — · Position unavailable 6 Michael OSullivan — · Position unavailable 47 Alan Jarrott — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 29 Dale Dickson — · Position unavailable 34 Roger Ellingworth — · Position unavailable 8 Brent Crosswell — · Position unavailable 5 Michael Young — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Seddon — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 32 Shane Zantuck — · Position unavailable 26 Glenn McLean — · Position unavailable 41 Dave McGlashan — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 10 Mick Egan — · Position unavailable 19 Terry Love — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 26 Steven Hargrave — · Position unavailable 16 Chris Burton — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 5 Bruce Reid — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 42 Gary Walpole — · Position unavailable 8 Rick Kennedy — · Position unavailable 18 Simon Beasley — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Edmond — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable 15 Allan Jennings — · Position unavailable 28 Alan McConnell — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 6 Alister Ford — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.33.36.49.2126
FTS7.55.84.33.3133

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Jim EdmondFTS
Behinds
5
Ted WhittenFTS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

19Goals19
10Behinds17
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

326Disposals313
213Kicks217
113Handballs96

Clearance / Contest

35Hitouts16

Other

60Marks73
41Frees For25
25Frees Against41

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 7 points, 133–126.

Footscray took a 42-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 7 by the final siren, scoring 56 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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