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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 5-Jul-1941
Final Round 10
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
113 16.17
65 9.11
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 48 MEL by 48
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

34 Adrian Dullard — · Position unavailable 17 Allan La Fontaine — · Position unavailable 32 Dick Hingston — · Position unavailable 19 Frank Roberts — · Position unavailable 13 George Lenne — · Position unavailable 12 Jack Mueller — · Position unavailable 29 Jack OKeefe — · 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 8 Rowley Fischer — · Position unavailable 2 Roy Dowsing — · Position unavailable 22 Shane McGrath — · Position unavailable 1 Stan Heal — · Position unavailable 36 Syd Anderson — · Position unavailable 28 Ted Cordner — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

6 Allan Hird — · Position unavailable 23 Dick Molloy — · Position unavailable 3 Dick Reynolds — · Position unavailable 8 Elton Plummer — · Position unavailable 1 Ernie Coward — · Position unavailable 26 Fred Green — · Position unavailable 12 George Bell — · Position unavailable 25 Gordon Abbott — · Position unavailable 22 Gordon Lane — · Position unavailable 20 Hugh Torney — · Position unavailable 5 Jack Caesar — · Position unavailable 19 Jack Cassin — · Position unavailable 16 Joe Evans — · Position unavailable 33 Les Griggs — · Position unavailable 31 Norm Betson — · Position unavailable 9 Ted Bryce — · Position unavailable 11 Ted Regan — · Position unavailable 29 Tom Reynolds — · Position unavailable 15 Wally Buttsworth — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL3.55.34.34.6113
ESS1.42.01.35.465

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Norm SmithMEL
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

16Goals9
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 48 points, 113–65.

Melbourne took a 52-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 48 by the final siren, scoring 34 points to 30 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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