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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 13-Aug-1988
Final Round 20
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
100 14.16
110 17.8
Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Footscray by 10 FTS by 10
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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 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 15 David Williams — · Position unavailable 16 Andy Lovell — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 39 Doug Koop — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 1 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 37 David Flintoff — · Position unavailable 23 Warren Dean — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 Terry Wallace — · Position unavailable 33 Brian Royal — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Wallis — · Position unavailable 27 Stephen Macpherson — · Position unavailable 32 Peter Foster — · Position unavailable 11 Tony McGuinness — · Position unavailable 3 Adrian Campbell — · Position unavailable 4 Darren Davies — · Position unavailable 51 Michael McLean — · Position unavailable 12 Greg Eppelstun — · Position unavailable 2 Richard Cousins — · Position unavailable 36 Matt Hannebery — · Position unavailable 18 Simon Beasley — · Position unavailable 44 Mark Hunter — · Position unavailable 45 Michael Ford — · Position unavailable 35 Darren Baxter — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 50 Stuart Wigney — · Position unavailable 34 Darren Collins — · Position unavailable 47 Gary Irvine — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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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
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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

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

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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