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Essendon vs South Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 11-May-1940
Final Round 3
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
86 12.14
75 10.15
South Melbourne Coach: Jack Baggott
South Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 11 ESS by 11
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

32 Bill Green — · Position unavailable 18 Chris Lambert — · Position unavailable 8 Elton Plummer — · 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 7 Norm Baker — · Position unavailable 28 Ray Watts — · Position unavailable 2 Ron Smith — · Position unavailable 9 Ted Bryce — · Position unavailable 29 Tom Reynolds — · Position unavailable 15 Wally Buttsworth — · Position unavailable 11 William Luff — · Position unavailable
Away 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 10 George Bates — · Position unavailable 31 George Collard — · Position unavailable 27 Harry Gray — · Position unavailable 1 Herbie Matthews — · Position unavailable 22 Jack Graham — · Position unavailable 29 Jack Hacker — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Cleary — · Position unavailable 26 Jock McKenzie — · Position unavailable 15 Keith Smith — · Position unavailable 16 Ken Dineen — · Position unavailable 5 Lou Reiffel — · Position unavailable 2 Norm Matthews — · Position unavailable 24 Owen Evans — · Position unavailable 12 Pat McNamara — · Position unavailable 28 Reg Coyle — · Position unavailable 11 Reg Richards — · Position unavailable 9 Sandy Patterson — · Position unavailable 33 Wilbur Harris — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS4.32.53.23.486
SMO2.35.32.31.675

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Owen EvansSMO
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSSMO

Scoring / Attack

12Goals10
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 11 points, 86–75.

Essendon extended a 1-point three-quarter-time lead with a 22–12 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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