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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 16-May-1987
Final Round 8
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
81 11.15
105 15.15
Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Footscray by 24 FTS by 24
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

33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 42 Bradley Sparks — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 23 Warren Dean — · Position unavailable 16 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 39 Doug Koop — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 35 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 32 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 19 Paul Payne — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 41 Steve Turner — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

24 Stephen Wallis — · Position unavailable 11 Tony McGuinness — · Position unavailable 33 Brian Royal — · Position unavailable 39 Tony Liberatore — · Position unavailable 32 Peter Foster — · Position unavailable 52 Mark Athorn — · Position unavailable 1 Andrew Purser — · Position unavailable 49 Brian Cordy — · Position unavailable 40 Troy Moloney — · Position unavailable 19 Zeno Tzatzaris — · Position unavailable 12 Greg Eppelstun — · Position unavailable 45 Michael Ford — · Position unavailable 6 Shane Williams — · Position unavailable 17 Phil Cronan — · Position unavailable 18 Simon Beasley — · Position unavailable 43 Ron James — · Position unavailable 15 Murray Rance — · Position unavailable 8 Rick Kennedy — · Position unavailable 35 Darren Baxter — · Position unavailable 2 Richard Cousins — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.42.30.65.281
FTS3.55.54.33.2105

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Simon BeasleyFTS
Behinds
3
Peter FosterFTS
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Tackles
4
Stephen WallisFTS

Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

11Goals15
14Behinds13
1Behinds Rushed5

Possession

270Disposals274
208Kicks207
62Handballs67

Clearance / Contest

15Tackles16
18Hitouts19

Other

54Marks57
41Frees For37
37Frees Against41

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 24 points, 105–81.

Footscray took a 36-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 24 by the final siren, scoring 32 points to 20 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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