Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 9-Apr-1988
Final Round 2
Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
66 9.12
86 13.8
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Western Oval Melbourne by 20

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS0.04.51.44.366
MEL5.10.46.32.086

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Simon BeasleyFTS
Behinds
3
Ricky JacksonMEL
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
5
Greg HealyMEL

Team Stats

FTSMEL

Scoring / Attack

9Goals13
10Behinds5
3Behinds Rushed3

Possession

262Disposals247
182Kicks189
80Handballs58

Clearance / Contest

27Tackles23
10Hitouts28

Other

67Marks56
31Frees For27
27Frees Against31

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 20 points, 86–66.

Melbourne took a 35-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 20 by the final siren, scoring 27 points to 12 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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