Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 13-Aug-1988
Final Round 20
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
100 14.16
110 17.8
Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
M.C.G. Footscray by 10

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.41.43.58.3100
FTS3.22.38.34.0110

Match Leaders

Goals
9
Simon BeasleyFTS
Behinds
2
3 tied leaders
Tony CampbellMEL
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
4
2 tied leaders
Ricky JacksonMEL

Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

14Goals17
10Behinds6
1Behinds Rushed5

Possession

314Disposals284
218Kicks202
96Handballs82

Clearance / Contest

16Tackles27
28Hitouts6

Other

58Marks69
24Frees For28
28Frees Against24

How the match finished

Footscray beat Melbourne by 10 points, 110–100.

Footscray took a 37-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 10 by the final siren, scoring 51 points to 24 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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