Round 23, 2012
Fremantle vs Melbourne
Saturday 1 September
Venue: Subiaco
Attendance: 32,687
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Fremantle | 3.5 | 7.7 | 11.14 | 14.17.101 |
| Melbourne | 1.3 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 5.10.40 |
Fremantle win by 61 points
Goalkickers: Jack Fitzpatrick 2, Sam Blease 1, Nathan Jones 1, James Sellar 1
Brownlow Votes
Nil
Milestones:
150 Games and Last MFC Game
Jared Rivers
Last Game
Josh Tynan
With nothing left for the Demons to play for, and Fremantle all but having been played out of a home final due to North Melbourne's narrow victory over GWS early in the day the Dockers free to win comfortably.
If there was any question of the margin staying within the thin range that Fremantle required to play West Coast at Subiaco the next week it was ruled out when Melbourne gifted them two goals in the first two minutes - at which point just one Demon had a possession to his name.
Melbourne dominated the opening of the second quarter but couldn't capitalise on the scoreboard with their makeshift forward line and when Fremantle recovered and took control again they went on to win comfortably.
Best were Grimes, Nicholson and Sylvia.
Josh Tynan replaced Sam Blease in the third quarter.
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