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Footscray vs Melbourne Match Centre

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

33 Brian Royal — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 32 Peter Foster — · Position unavailable 11 Tony McGuinness — · Position unavailable 2 Richard Cousins — · Position unavailable 12 Greg Eppelstun — · Position unavailable 10 Russell Shields — · Position unavailable 35 Darren Baxter — · Position unavailable 4 Darren Davies — · Position unavailable 36 Matt Hannebery — · Position unavailable 43 Matthew Hogg — · Position unavailable 17 Phil Cronan — · Position unavailable 30 Brenton Vilcins — · Position unavailable 44 Mark Hunter — · Position unavailable 22 Mark Cullen — · Position unavailable 9 Les Bamblett — · Position unavailable 18 Simon Beasley — · Position unavailable 8 Rick Kennedy — · Position unavailable 16 Terry Wallace — · Position unavailable 45 Michael Ford — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 23 Warren Dean — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 1 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 15 David Williams — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS0.04.51.44.366
MEL5.10.46.32.086

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Simon BeasleyFTS
Behinds
3
Ricky JacksonMEL
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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

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

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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