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Scoreless first quarters

VFL/AFL

Melbourne has failed to score in the opening quarter of a VFL/AFL match on 16 occasions. Four times they have survived to win the match.

For Melbourne

RoundOpponentFinal ScoreVenueResult
Round 14, 1898 Geelong 19 Corio OvalLOSS
Round 7, 1899 South Melbourne 50 MCGWIN
Round 16, 1899 Fitzroy 2 Brunswick Street LOSS
Round 6, 1903 St. Kilda 27 Junction OvalLOSS
Round 8, 1905 St. Kilda 51 Junction OvalLOSS
Round 15, 1906 Fitzroy 13 MCGLOSS
Round 9, 1908 Fitzroy 28 MCGWIN
Round 5, 1912 Carlton 50 MCGWIN
Round 15, 1913 South Melbourne 19MCG LOSS
Round 15, 1924 Geelong 39 MCGLOSS
Round 10, 1942 Carlton 67 Princes Park LOSS
Round 9, 1953 Collingwood 48 MCG LOSS
Round 15, 1968 North Melbourne 40 Arden Street WIN
Round 1, 1991 West Coast 20 SubiacoLOSS
Round 19, 2008 Geelong 41 MCGLOSS
Round 9, 2024 Carlton 76 MCG LOSS

Venues
9 - MCG
2 - Junction Oval
1 - Corio Oval, Brunswick Street, Princes Park, Arden Street, Subiaco

Opponents
3 - Carlton, Fitzroy, Geelong
2 - St Kilda, South Melbourne
1 - Collingwood, North Melbourne, West Coast

Coaches (1907 onwards. No senior coach in 1911)
2 - Alex Hall
1 - Gordon Rattray, Percy Beames 1, Norm Smith 1, John Beckwith 1, John Northey 1, Dean Bailey 1

Against Melbourne
Melbourne has held an opposition side scoreless in the first quarter 25 times, for 19 wins, one draw and five losses.

RoundOpponentFinal ScoreVenueResult
Round 2, 1897 Geelong MCG WIN
Round 1, 1898 St Kilda Junction Oval WIN
Round 16, 1898 St Kilda Junction Oval WIN
Round 9, 1899 Collingwood MCG LOSS
Round 10, 1899 Carlton MCG WIN
Round 6, 1900 Carlton MCG WIN
Round 16, 1900 St Kilda Junction Oval WIN
Round 8, 1904 St Kilda MCG WIN
Round 12, 1907 Geelong MCG WIN
Round 5, 1911 St Kilda MCG WIN
Round 9, 1913 Essendon East Melbourne LOSS
Round 5, 1929 Footscray Western Oval DRAW
Round 2, 1930 Geelong MCG WIN
Round 8, 1946 North Melbourne Arden Street LOSS
Round 16, 1948 North Melbourne Arden Street WIN
Round 18, 1950 Hawthorn MCG WIN
Round 14, 1951 Fitzroy Brunswick Street LOSS
Round 3, 1957 Essendon MCG WIN
Round 16, 1957 St Kilda Junction Oval WIN
Semi Final 1959 Carlton MCG WIN
Grand Final 1960 Collingwood MCG WIN
Round 15, 1964 St Kilda MCG WIN
Round 8, 1966 Footscray Western Oval LOSS
Round 9, 1973 Footscray Western Oval WIN
Round 2, 1988 Footscray Western Oval WIN
Round 10, 1994 St Kilda Waverley WIN
Round 2, 2020 Carlton Docklands WIN

Venues
13 - MCG
4 - Junction Oval, Western Oval
2 - Arden Street
1 - Brunswick Street, Docklands, East Melbourne, Waverley

Opponents
8 - St Kilda
4 - Carlton, Footscray
3 - Geelong
2 - Collingwood, Essendon, North Melbourne
1 - Fitzroy, Hawthorn

Coaches
6 - Norm Smith
2 - Alex Hall, Checker Hughes, Allan La Fontaine, Ivor Warne-Smith
1 - Neale Balme, Simon Goodwin, Ian Ridley, John Northey

Notes
Round 2, 2020 was played with 16 minute quarters.

AFLW

For Melbourne

RoundOpponentFinal ScoreVenueResult
Round 6, 2017 Adelaide 8-68 Casey Fields LOST
Round 7, 2019 Adelaide Docklands 39-38WON
Round 1, 2020 North Melbourne Casey Fields 22-20WON
Round 7, 2022 Brisbane Lions 35-32 Carrara WON
Preliminary Final 2022 Brisbane Lions 33-29 WON
Grand Final 2022 Adelaide 16-29 LOSS

Against Melbourne

RoundOpponentFinal ScoreVenueResult
Round 1, 2017 Brisbane Lions Casey Fields 10-25LOST
Round 3, 2018 Fremantle Fremantle Oval 31-36LOST
Round 4, 2018 Collingwood Traeger Park 24-58LOST
Round 5, 2018 Brisbane Lions Casey Fields 34-28WON
Round 7, 2018 Western Bulldogs Western Oval 31-33LOST
Round 6, 2019 Western Bulldogs Docklands 39-38WON
Round 5, 2020 West Coast Casey Fields 66-7WON
Round 6, 2021 St Kilda Casey Fields 66-22WON
Round 10, 2022 summer season Carlton Casey Fields 34-33WON
Round 3, 2022 spring season St Kilda Moorabbin 46-20WON
Round 7, 2022 spring season Western Bulldogs Casey Fields 73-9WON
Round 7, 2022 spring season Western Bulldogs Casey Fields 73-9WON
Round 8, 2022 spring season Gold Coast Carrara 58-9WON
Round 9, 2022 spring season Essendon Casey Fields 50-9WON
Round 10, 2022 spring season West Coast Casey Fields 79-1WON
Round 6, 2023 Adelaide Casey Fields WIN