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South Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 27-Jul-1940
Final Round 14
South Melbourne logo
South Melbourne Coach: Jack Baggott
60 9.6
58 7.16
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
Lake Oval South Melbourne by 2 SMO by 2
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The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

18 Alex Mitchell — · Position unavailable 12 Billy King — · Position unavailable 31 Brian Kelly — · Position unavailable 31 George Collard — · Position unavailable 1 Herbie Matthews — · Position unavailable 9 Howard Jasper — · Position unavailable 22 Jack Graham — · Position unavailable 29 Jack Hacker — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Cleary — · Position unavailable 16 Ken Dineen — · Position unavailable 5 Lou Reiffel — · Position unavailable 2 Norm Matthews — · Position unavailable 24 Owen Evans — · Position unavailable 28 Reg Coyle — · Position unavailable 11 Reg Richards — · Position unavailable 4 Rex Ritchie — · Position unavailable 6 Stan Brown — · Position unavailable 30 Ted Whitfield — · Position unavailable 33 Wilbur Harris — · 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 8 Elton Plummer — · Position unavailable 1 Ernie Coward — · Position unavailable 12 George Bell — · Position unavailable 22 Gordon Lane — · Position unavailable 17 Harold Lambert — · Position unavailable 20 Hugh Torney — · Position unavailable 5 Jack Caesar — · Position unavailable 19 Jack Cassin — · Position unavailable 24 Les Begley — · Position unavailable 33 Les Griggs — · Position unavailable 23 Max Smith — · Position unavailable 4 Murray Exelby — · Position unavailable 7 Norm Baker — · Position unavailable 28 Ray Watts — · Position unavailable 14 Stan Wilson — · 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
SMO3.12.23.11.260
ESS5.20.31.81.358

Match Leaders

Goals
2
5 tied leaders
Jack GrahamSMO
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

9Goals7
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Essendon by 2 points, 60–58.

South Melbourne took a 3-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 2 by the final siren, scoring 9 points to 8 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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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