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Melbourne vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 29-Apr-1989
Final Round 5
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
82 11.16
71 10.11
Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 11 MEL by 11
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

17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 37 David Flintoff — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 28 Jamie Duursma — · Position unavailable 19 Darren Bennett — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · 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 23 Simon Atkins — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Wallis — · Position unavailable 43 Matthew Hogg — · Position unavailable 35 Darren Baxter — · Position unavailable 51 Michael McLean — · Position unavailable 27 Stephen Macpherson — · Position unavailable 11 Tony McGuinness — · Position unavailable 45 Michael Ford — · Position unavailable 34 Darren Collins — · Position unavailable 32 Peter Foster — · Position unavailable 15 Scott Wynd — · Position unavailable 6 Stuart Wigney — · Position unavailable 10 Mark Hunter — · Position unavailable 29 Tony Evans — · Position unavailable 3 Adrian Campbell — · Position unavailable 18 Simon Beasley — · Position unavailable 8 Rick Kennedy — · Position unavailable 9 John Georgiades — · Position unavailable 30 Tim Harrington — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.43.73.43.182
FTS5.70.12.03.371

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Simon BeasleyFTS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Earl SpaldingMEL
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Tackles
5
Simon AtkinsFTS

Team Stats

MELFTS

Scoring / Attack

11Goals10
14Behinds10
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

308Disposals308
220Kicks203
88Handballs105

Clearance / Contest

26Tackles34
25Hitouts10

Other

82Marks47
35Frees For27
27Frees Against35

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Footscray by 11 points, 82–71.

Melbourne took a 13-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 11 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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