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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 15-Jul-1939
Final Round 13
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
60 7.18
77 10.17
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 17 ESS by 17
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

35 Derek Symonds — · Position unavailable 32 Dick Hingston — · Position unavailable 19 Frank Roberts — · Position unavailable 11 Harold Ball — · Position unavailable 22 Harry Harley — · Position unavailable 6 Ian Giles — · Position unavailable 26 Jack Furniss — · Position unavailable 14 Jack Maher — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Mueller — · Position unavailable 29 Jack OKeefe — · Position unavailable 5 Keith Truscott — · Position unavailable 13 Les Jones — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Smith — · Position unavailable 23 Ray Wartman — · Position unavailable 9 Richie Emselle — · Position unavailable 15 Ron Baggott — · Position unavailable 21 Ron Kimberley — · Position unavailable 36 Syd Anderson — · 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

3 Dick Reynolds — · Position unavailable 1 Ernie Coward — · Position unavailable 12 George Bell — · Position unavailable 25 George Pattinson — · Position unavailable 31 Godfrey Goldin — · Position unavailable 20 Hugh Torney — · Position unavailable 5 Jack Caesar — · Position unavailable 19 Jack Cassin — · Position unavailable 22 Kevin Hardiman — · Position unavailable 10 Leo Maynes — · Position unavailable 24 Les Begley — · Position unavailable 33 Les Griggs — · Position unavailable 7 Norm Baker — · Position unavailable 21 Norm Doig — · Position unavailable 28 Ray Watts — · Position unavailable 9 Ted Bryce — · Position unavailable 29 Tom Reynolds — · Position unavailable 15 Wally Buttsworth — · Position unavailable 11 William Luff — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.53.50.33.560
ESS2.43.43.52.477

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Tom ReynoldsESS
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

7Goals10
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 17 points, 77–60.

Essendon took a 24-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 17 by the final siren, scoring 23 points to 16 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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