Practice match
Assumption College d. Melbourne

Round 1
Melbourne 18.13.121 d. St. Kilda 12.15.87
Goals - Fidge 4, Boyle 3, Mackay 3, Hope 2, Fanning 1, Ford 1, McKissick 1, O'Brien 1, Osiruak 1, Todd 1
Best - Bell, Boyle, Tossol

Round 2 (played Saturday 5 April)
Melbourne 16.25.121 d. Fitzroy 17.17.119
Goals - Osurak 4, Tolan 3, Boyle 2, Tossol 2, Ellingworth 1, Ford 1, Todd 1, Walters 1, Whitworth 1
Best - Todd, Tossol, O'Brien

Round 3
Geelong 25.21.171 d. Melbourne 15.13.103
Goals - O'Brien 3, Dwyer 2, Hope 2, Whitworth 2, Boyle 1, Ford 1, McKaige 1, McKissick 1, Nelson 1, Osiurak 1
Best - O'Brien, Ford, Boyle

Round 4
Footscray 19.11.125 d. Melbourne 10.12.72
Goals - Boyle 2, Seiler 2, Fidge 1, Folan 1, Ford 1, Kelly 1, McKenzie 1, Osiruak 1

Round 5
Melbourne 15.13.103 d. Carlton 11.16.82
Goals - McKay 5, Hope 3, McCarthy 2, Boyle 1, Folan 1, Ford 1, Greene 1, Osiruak 1
Best - McCarthy, Todd, McKissack

Round 6
South Melbourne 25.12.162 d. Melbourne 11.16.82
Goals - McCarthy 3, Boyle 2, Folan 2, Fanning 1, Hope 1, Kelly 1, Mackay 1
Best - McCarthy, O'Brien, Green

Round 7
North Melbourne 15.16.106 d. Melbourne 11.12.78
Goals - Fanning 2, Folan 2, McCarthy 2, Fidge 1, Ford 1, Osiurak 1, Richards 1, Tossol 1
Best - Todd, Green, Buntz

Round 8
Hawthorn 19.17.131 d. Melbourne 18.15.123
Goals - Osiurak 5, Fanning 3, McCarthy 3, Boyle 2, Corrigan 2, Bell 1, Fidge 1, Ford 1
Best - Bell, Osiurak, McCarthy

Round 9
Richmond 21.19.145 d. Melbourne 11.13.79
Goals - Fanning 3, Bell 2, Kelly 2, Fidge 1, McKenzie 1, Sier 1, Whitworth 1
Best - McKaige, Locandro, Bell

Round 10
Melbourne 16.13.109 d. Essendon 11.14.80
Goals - Bell 5, Fidge 2, Locandro 2, Todd 2, Boyle 2, Cooper 1, Fanning 1, Osiurak 1, Sier 1
Best - Ellingworth, McKissick, Tossol

Round 11
Melbourne 22.14.146 d. Collingwood 17.12.114
Goals - McCarthy 5, Kelly 4, Osiurak 4, Ellingworth 2, Fidge 2, Tossol 2, Battiston 1, Fanning 1, Ford 1
Best - Deakin, Tossol, Battiston

Round 12
St Kilda 19.20.134 d. Melbourne 9.11.65
Goals - Ford 2, Sier 2, Bell 1, Deakin 1, Fanning 1, Kane 1, McCarthy 1
Best - Fidge, Ford, Dickson

Round 13
Melbourne 16.12.108 d. Fitzroy 14.15.99
Goals - Deakin 4, Battiston 3, Fanning 2, Fidge 2, McKenzie 2, Osiurak 2, O'Brien 1
Best - Deakin, Fidge, Palmer

Round 14
Melbourne 9.21.75 d. Footscray 10.11.71
Goals: Deakin 3, Osiurak 3, Fidge 1, O'Dwyer 1, Mackenzie 1

Round 15
Carlton 15.13.103 d. Melbourne 12.5.77
Goals - Corrigan 4, Fidge 2, O'Brien 2, Battiston 1, Bell 1, Deakin 1, Kelly 1
Best - O'Brien, Corrigan, Fidge

Round 16
Melbourne 24.13.157 d. Geelong 12.18.90
Goals - Bell 5, Deakin 3, McCarthy 3, Battiston 2, Corrigan 2, O'Dwyer 2, O'Brien 2, Richards 2, Tossol 2, Sier 1
Best - Corrigan, Battiston, Bell

Round 17
Melbourne 14.12.96 d. South Melbourne 9.7.61
Goals - Tossol 3, Fanning 2, McCarthy 2, Battiston 1, Bell 1, Corrigan 1, Fidge 1, Kelly 1, O'Dwyer 1, Cooper 1
Best - McKissick, Ford, McCarthy

Round 18
Melbourne 14.19.103 d. North Melbourne 7.13.55
Goals - Battiston 2, Kelly 2, O'Dwyer 2, Osiurak 2, Bell 1, Corrigan 1, Ellingworth 1, McCarthy 1, Sidge 1, Sier 1
Best - Ellingworth, Boyle, Tossol

Round 19
Melbourne 18.24.132 d. Hawthorn 10.17.77
Goals - Battiston 3, Bell 3, Sier 3, Fanning 2, Kelly 2, McCarthy 2, Ford 1, Osiurak 1, Tossol 1
Best - McKissack, Battiston, Sier

Round 20
Richmond 18.9.117 d. Melbourne 10.20.80
Goals - McCarthy 3, Corrigan 2, Fanning 1, Fidge 1, Higgins 1, Locandro 1, Sier 1
Best - Todd, Folan, Richards

Round 21
Essendon 16.9.105 d. Melbourne 12.11.83
Goals - O'Dwyer 3, Fannings 2, Battiston 1, Bell 1, Corrigan 1, Foran 1, Higgins 1, Loncanro 1, McKissick 1
Best - Higgins, McKissick, Loncanro

Round 22
Melbourne 21.9.135 d. Collingwood 17.10.112

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Inside Football - 21/08/1980