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Melbourne vs Geelong Match Centre

Friday 29-Mar-1996
Final Round 1
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Neil Balme
56 8.8
183 27.21
Geelong Coach: Gary Ayres
Geelong logo
M.C.G. Geelong by 127 GEE by 127
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

23 Alastair Clarkson — · Position unavailable 6 Glenn Lovett — · Position unavailable 15 Paul Hopgood — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 24 Clay Sampson — · Position unavailable 7 Darren Kowal — · Position unavailable 19 Paul Prymke — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Doyle — · Position unavailable 4 Andrew Obst — · Position unavailable 10 Marcus Seecamp — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 8 Craig Turley — · Position unavailable 22 Jeff Hilton — · Position unavailable 32 Damien Gaspar — · Position unavailable 31 Don Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 9 David Neitz — · Position unavailable 16 David Grant — · Position unavailable 27 Anthony Ingerson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

23 Liam Pickering — · Position unavailable 7 Paul Couch — · Position unavailable 15 Peter Riccardi — · Position unavailable 32 Garry Hocking — · Position unavailable 2 Leigh Colbert — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Ablett — · Position unavailable 27 Brenton Sanderson — · Position unavailable 10 Grant Tanner — · Position unavailable 17 Tim McGrath — · Position unavailable 8 Ronnie Burns — · Position unavailable 21 Michael Mansfield — · Position unavailable 6 John Barnes — · Position unavailable 19 Derek Hall — · Position unavailable 11 Leigh Tudor — · Position unavailable 28 Martin McKinnon — · Position unavailable 25 Jason Snell — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Lynch — · Position unavailable 31 David Mensch — · Position unavailable 9 Shayne Breuer — · Position unavailable 36 Ben Graham — · Position unavailable 26 Barry Stoneham — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.23.21.22.256
GEE4.67.36.910.3183

Match Leaders

Goals
9
Gary AblettGEE
Behinds
6
Gary AblettGEE
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
4
2 tied leaders
Garry HockingGEE

Team Stats

MELGEE

Scoring / Attack

8Goals27
7Behinds17
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

230Disposals318
158Kicks206
72Handballs112

Clearance / Contest

20Tackles32
15Hitouts22

Other

62Marks81
20Frees For27
27Frees Against20

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Melbourne by 127 points, 183–56.

Geelong extended a 78-point three-quarter-time lead with a 63–14 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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