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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 20-Apr-1985
Final Round 4
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
102 14.18
83 12.11
Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
Footscray logo
Waverley Park Melbourne by 19 MEL by 19
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

16 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 3 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 15 Mark Withers — · Position unavailable 44 John Fidge — · Position unavailable 32 Shane Zantuck — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 20 Russell Richards — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 6 Michael OSullivan — · Position unavailable 11 Steven Icke — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 28 David Cordner — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 5 Robin White — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Moore — · Position unavailable 43 Paul Payne — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

21 Tony Buhagiar — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Wallis — · Position unavailable 1 Andrew Purser — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Edmond — · Position unavailable 33 Brian Royal — · Position unavailable 11 Allen Daniels — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 49 Brian Cordy — · Position unavailable 10 Mick Egan — · Position unavailable 27 Stephen Macpherson — · Position unavailable 8 Rick Kennedy — · Position unavailable 51 Michael McLean — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 4 Brad Hardie — · Position unavailable 9 Les Bamblett — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable 18 Simon Beasley — · Position unavailable 2 Jim Sewell — · Position unavailable 45 Michael Ford — · Position unavailable 32 Peter Foster — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL3.23.73.25.7102
FTS5.33.33.31.283

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Brian WilsonMEL
Behinds
5
Brian WilsonMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

14Goals12
17Behinds10
4Behinds Rushed2

Possession

311Disposals248
218Kicks195
93Handballs53

Clearance / Contest

13Hitouts15

Other

69Marks46
41Frees For35
35Frees Against41

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 19 points, 102–83.

Melbourne came from 10 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Footscray 37–8 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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