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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 27-Apr-1940
Final Round 1
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
125 18.17
108 16.12
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill 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

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

6 Bob Standfield — · Position unavailable 21 Cec Ruddell — · Position unavailable 18 Chris Lambert — · Position unavailable 3 Dick Reynolds — · Position unavailable 8 Elton Plummer — · Position unavailable 1 Ernie Coward — · Position unavailable 26 Fred Green — · Position unavailable 25 George Pattinson — · Position unavailable 20 Hugh Torney — · Position unavailable 5 Jack Caesar — · Position unavailable 19 Jack Cassin — · Position unavailable 10 Leo Maynes — · Position unavailable 24 Les Begley — · Position unavailable 33 Les Griggs — · Position unavailable 4 Murray Exelby — · Position unavailable 28 Ray Watts — · Position unavailable 29 Tom Reynolds — · Position unavailable 15 Wally Buttsworth — · Position unavailable 11 William Luff — · Position unavailable
Away 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 3 Bill Baxter — · Position unavailable 19 Frank Roberts — · Position unavailable 6 Fred Fanning — · Position unavailable 1 Gordon Jones — · Position unavailable 26 Jack Furniss — · Position unavailable 14 Jack Maher — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Mueller — · Position unavailable 5 Keith Truscott — · Position unavailable 10 Maurie Gibb — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Smith — · Position unavailable 24 Percy Beames — · Position unavailable 23 Ray Wartman — · Position unavailable 9 Richie Emselle — · Position unavailable 15 Ron Baggott — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 21 Ron Kimberley — · Position unavailable 8 Rowley Fischer — · Position unavailable 36 Syd Anderson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS5.73.36.44.3125
MEL3.64.22.37.1108

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Murray ExelbyESS
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

18Goals16
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 17 points, 125–108.

Essendon took a 33-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 17 by the final siren, scoring 43 points to 27 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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