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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 2-Jul-1938
Final Round 11
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
79 11.13
85 13.7
Essendon Coach: Jack Baggott
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 6 ESS by 6
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

17 Allan La Fontaine — · Position unavailable 32 Dick Hingston — · Position unavailable 19 Frank Roberts — · Position unavailable 22 Harry Harley — · Position unavailable 7 Hugh Murnane — · Position unavailable 14 Jack Maher — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Mueller — · Position unavailable 13 Les Jones — · Position unavailable 2 Lou Reiffel — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Smith — · Position unavailable 28 Pat McNamara — · Position unavailable 23 Ray Wartman — · Position unavailable 9 Richie Emselle — · Position unavailable 15 Ron Baggott — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 8 Rowley Fischer — · Position unavailable 11 Sid Meehl — · Position unavailable 33 Ted Buckley — · Position unavailable 18 Wally Lock — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

22 Bill Cahill — · Position unavailable 6 Bob Standfield — · Position unavailable 8 Elton Plummer — · Position unavailable 23 Frank Kelly — · Position unavailable 12 George Bell — · Position unavailable 17 Harry Lippiatt — · Position unavailable 20 Hugh Torney — · Position unavailable 5 Jack Caesar — · Position unavailable 19 Jack Cassin — · Position unavailable 32 Len Webster — · Position unavailable 24 Les Begley — · Position unavailable 4 Murray Exelby — · Position unavailable 7 Norm Baker — · Position unavailable 2 Norm McDermott — · Position unavailable 28 Ray Watts — · Position unavailable 14 Stan Wilson — · Position unavailable 21 Ted Rippon — · Position unavailable 29 Tom Reynolds — · Position unavailable 11 William Luff — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL3.22.45.31.479
ESS4.11.04.14.585

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Tom ReynoldsESS
Behinds
Not available yet
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

11Goals13
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 6 points, 85–79.

Essendon came from 13 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Melbourne 29–10 in the final term to take the win.

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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