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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 1-Aug-1931
Final Round 13
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith
72 11.6
71 10.11
Essendon Coach: Garnet Campbell
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 1 MEL by 1
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

7 Bert Avery — · Position unavailable 18 Bill Cutler — · Position unavailable 21 Bill Vanthoff — · Position unavailable 35 Dick Taylor — · Position unavailable 23 Francis Vine — · Position unavailable 11 Frank Smith — · Position unavailable 37 George Cassidy — · Position unavailable 3 George Margitich — · Position unavailable 32 Gordon Ogden — · Position unavailable 20 Harry Long — · Position unavailable 5 Hec Davidson — · Position unavailable 14 Ivor Warne-Smith — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Power — · Position unavailable 4 Jim Abernethy — · Position unavailable 29 Jimmy Davidson — · Position unavailable 31 Lew Gough — · Position unavailable 24 Percy Beames — · Position unavailable 22 Reg Conole — · Position unavailable 28 Webber Jackson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

7 Bill Lowenthal — · Position unavailable 0 Bill Roberts — · Position unavailable 16 Bruce Anderson — · Position unavailable 4 Clarrie Hearn — · Position unavailable 22 Frank Nash — · Position unavailable 17 Garnet Campbell — · Position unavailable 2 Howard Okey — · Position unavailable 20 Joe Hammond — · Position unavailable 1 Keith Forbes — · Position unavailable 14 Len Johnson — · Position unavailable 32 Len Webster — · Position unavailable 6 Les Rennie — · Position unavailable 13 Norm Le Brun — · Position unavailable 28 Paddy Walsh — · Position unavailable 10 Rowley Watt — · Position unavailable 31 Roy Payne — · Position unavailable 11 Syd Carman — · Position unavailable 26 Ted Freyer — · Position unavailable 23 Thomas Clarke — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.25.12.33.072
ESS2.12.21.55.371

Match Leaders

Goals
7
George MargitichMEL
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

11Goals10
0Behinds0
4Behinds Rushed2

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 1 point, 72–71.

Melbourne took a 16-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 1 by the final siren, scoring 33 points to 18 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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