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Melbourne vs Fitzroy Match Centre

Saturday 1-Apr-1989
Final Round 1
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
116 18.8
111 16.15
Fitzroy Coach: Rod Austin
Fitzroy logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 5 MEL by 5
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

34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 30 Dannie Seow — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 1 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 47 John Ahern — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 52 Stephen Tingay — · Position unavailable
Away team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

14 Matt Armstrong — · Position unavailable 17 Paul Broderick — · Position unavailable 1 Paul Roos — · Position unavailable 8 Jim Wynd — · Position unavailable 7 Michael Gale — · Position unavailable 29 Ross Lyon — · Position unavailable 44 Richard Osborne — · Position unavailable 18 John Blakey — · Position unavailable 16 Wally Matera — · Position unavailable 33 Brett Stephens — · Position unavailable 21 Darren Kappler — · Position unavailable 5 Andrew Brockhurst — · Position unavailable 2 Carl Dilena — · Position unavailable 9 Matthew Rendell — · Position unavailable 3 Gary Pert — · Position unavailable 24 Tim Pekin — · Position unavailable 11 Alastair Lynch — · Position unavailable 35 Craig McGrath — · Position unavailable 22 Brendan McCormack — · Position unavailable 10 Bradley Edwards — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL6.35.14.33.1116
FIT1.25.57.53.3111

Match Leaders

Goals
8
Richard OsborneFIT
Behinds
5
Richard OsborneFIT
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
3
2 tied leaders
Greg HealyMEL

Team Stats

MELFIT

Scoring / Attack

18Goals16
5Behinds15
4Behinds Rushed2

Possession

262Disposals293
195Kicks205
67Handballs88

Clearance / Contest

18Tackles19
52Hitouts11

Other

73Marks69
32Frees For33
33Frees Against32

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Fitzroy by 5 points, 116–111.

Melbourne took a 7-point lead into the last quarter. Fitzroy cut that back to 5 by the final siren, scoring 21 points to 19 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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