Geelong Cats won the territory 62 inside 50s to 51 against Melbourne — and still had to win it at the goalface

Melbourne 97, Geelong Cats 117 — the first scoreboard, the one you already have. Below is the second: the 50 funnel, how each side turned the ball going forward into a scoreboard — inside 50s, then marks inside 50, then scoring shots, then the goals that count. It is where this game was actually decided.

Two second-scoreboard stories sit on top of each other. Geelong Cats won the territory comfortably, 62 inside 50s to 51 — the game played largely in its half. But Melbourne defended the arc well enough to keep the shot count almost even, 31 to 32, so the four points turned on the finish: Geelong Cats 18.9, Melbourne 14.13. The ground said one thing; the goalface settled it.