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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 9-Apr-1983
Final Round 3
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Ian Hampshire
111 16.15
79 11.13
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
Melbourne logo
Western Oval Footscray by 32 FTS by 32
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

29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 1 Andrew Purser — · Position unavailable 5 Ian Williams — · Position unavailable 33 Brian Royal — · Position unavailable 43 Rod MacPherson — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable 40 Brian Perrin — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Edmond — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 49 Brian Cordy — · Position unavailable 2 Jim Sewell — · Position unavailable 3 Mark Kellett — · Position unavailable 15 Stephen Lunn — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Wallis — · Position unavailable 10 Mick Egan — · Position unavailable 18 Simon Beasley — · Position unavailable 16 Chris Burton — · Position unavailable 34 Michael McKenna — · Position unavailable 17 Chris Hansen — · Position unavailable 8 Rick Kennedy — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 11 Steven Icke — · Position unavailable 47 Alan Jarrott — · Position unavailable 23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 33 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 32 Shane Zantuck — · Position unavailable 10 Peter Moore — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 14 Roger Ellingworth — · Position unavailable 8 Les Bamblett — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 16 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 29 Dale Dickson — · Position unavailable 3 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 20 Russell Richards — · Position unavailable 26 Glenn McLean — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Seddon — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen McCarthy — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS8.51.21.46.4111
MEL2.32.44.23.479

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Tony ElshaugMEL
Behinds
4
Jim EdmondFTS
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

16Goals11
14Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

279Disposals284
205Kicks197
74Handballs87

Clearance / Contest

33Hitouts21

Other

61Marks59
39Frees For43
43Frees Against38

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 32 points, 111–79.

Footscray extended a 14-point three-quarter-time lead with a 40–22 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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