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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 16-Aug-1986
Final Round 20
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
128 19.14
71 10.11
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Melbourne logo
Western Oval Footscray by 57 FTS by 57
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

11 Tony McGuinness — · Position unavailable 38 Angelo Petraglia — · Position unavailable 17 Phil Maylin — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Wallis — · Position unavailable 49 Brian Cordy — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 18 Simon Beasley — · Position unavailable 45 Michael Ford — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable 4 Brad Hardie — · Position unavailable 25 Craig Somerville — · Position unavailable 26 Peter Baxter — · Position unavailable 15 Murray Rance — · Position unavailable 19 Zeno Tzatzaris — · Position unavailable 1 Andrew Purser — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Chiron — · Position unavailable 3 Mark Kellett — · Position unavailable 60 Tony Liberatore — · Position unavailable 10 Mick Egan — · Position unavailable 27 Stephen Macpherson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 16 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 12 David Williams — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 28 David Cordner — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 43 Len Gandini — · Position unavailable 32 Shane Zantuck — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 50 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 5 Robin White — · Position unavailable 47 Alan Jarrott — · Position unavailable 36 Ted Fidge — · Position unavailable 41 Steve Turner — · Position unavailable 20 Russell Richards — · Position unavailable 37 David Allday — · Position unavailable 40 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS7.63.03.36.5128
MEL1.04.43.42.371

Match Leaders

Goals
9
Simon BeasleyFTS
Behinds
5
Simon BeasleyFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

19Goals10
14Behinds9
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

304Disposals260
217Kicks202
87Handballs58

Clearance / Contest

28Hitouts11

Other

73Marks58
31Frees For40
40Frees Against31

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 57 points, 128–71.

Footscray extended a 31-point three-quarter-time lead with a 41–15 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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