Match Recap
Melbourne
11.13 (79)
vs
Footscray
12.8 (80)
Footscray won by 1
Quarter scores
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 4.5 (29) | 5.8 (38) | 6.12 (48) | 11.13 (79) | 11.13 (79) |
| Footscray | 2.2 (14) | 7.4 (46) | 10.7 (67) | 12.8 (80) | 12.8 (80) |
Melbourne — full stats
| Player | K | HB | D | M | T | G | B | HO | I50 | CL | CP | CG | BR | TOG% | KICK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #15 Stan Alves | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #19 Ray Biffin | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #14 Barry Bourke | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #10 Lloyd Burgmann | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #35 Paul Callery | 27 | — | 27 | 9 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #22 Ray Carr | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #17 Denis Clark | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #6 Frank Davis | 11 | — | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #5 John Gallus | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #33 Gary Hardeman | 13 | 1 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #8 Peter Keenan | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #29 Noel Leary | 4 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #21 Graham Molloy | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #7 Graham Osborne | 11 | — | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #26 Greg Parke | 12 | 7 | 19 | 9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #23 Peter Sinclair | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #4 Tony Sullivan | 11 | — | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #18 John Tilbrook | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #16 John Townsend | 24 | 7 | 31 | 7 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #11 Greg Wells | 22 | 1 | 23 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Footscray — full stats
| Player | K | HB | D | M | T | G | B | HO | I50 | CL | CP | CG | BR | TOG% | KICK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6 George Bisset | 14 | — | 14 | 5 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #10 Gordon Casey | 21 | 4 | 25 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #15 David Darcy | 14 | 1 | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #48 Colin Dell | 10 | — | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #24 Gary Dempsey | 19 | 4 | 23 | 12 | — | 4 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #25 Bill Godridge | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #33 John Keast | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #23 Stuart Magee | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #8 Alan Mannix | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #19 Gary Merrington | 6 | — | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #45 Max Parker | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #21 Stephen Power | 24 | 3 | 27 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #2 Bernie Quinlan | 17 | 6 | 23 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #11 Laurie Rippon | 17 | 1 | 18 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #14 Barry Round | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #9 Laurie Sandilands | 6 | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #32 Colin Shaw | 12 | — | 12 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #29 Grant Simmons | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #16 David Thorpe | 32 | 5 | 37 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| #4 Peter Welsh | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |