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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 29-Jul-1944
Final Round 13
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Percy Beames
78 11.12
98 14.14
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
Punt Rd Essendon by 20 ESS by 20
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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

38 Bill Scanlan — · Position unavailable 5 Billy Deans — · Position unavailable 20 Bob Herbert — · Position unavailable 35 Charlie Newman — · Position unavailable 25 Col McLean — · Position unavailable 21 Don Cordner — · Position unavailable 26 Doug Heywood — · Position unavailable 36 Es Downey — · Position unavailable 14 George Archibald — · Position unavailable 32 Jack Minnis — · Position unavailable 39 Jack Stock — · Position unavailable 29 Ken Levey — · Position unavailable 19 Lloyd Bennett — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Smith — · Position unavailable 24 Percy Beames — · Position unavailable 0 Ron Hall — · Position unavailable 3 Ron Irwin — · Position unavailable 2 Roy Dowsing — · Position unavailable 33 Warren Lewis — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

32 Alan Shaw — · Position unavailable 6 Allan Hird — · Position unavailable 7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 14 Chris Lambert — · Position unavailable 3 Dick Reynolds — · Position unavailable 8 Elton Plummer — · Position unavailable 1 Ernie Coward — · Position unavailable 22 Gordon Lane — · Position unavailable 19 Jack Cassin — · Position unavailable 27 Jack Cockburn — · Position unavailable 5 Jack Henry — · Position unavailable 10 Laurie Dearle — · Position unavailable 20 Les Griggs — · Position unavailable 24 Noel Smith — · Position unavailable 31 Norm Betson — · Position unavailable 35 Percy Bushby — · Position unavailable 17 Ray Powell — · 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
MEL3.32.61.05.378
ESS3.73.07.41.398

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Tom ReynoldsESS
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

11Goals14
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 20 points, 98–78.

Essendon took a 44-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 20 by the final siren, scoring 33 points to 9 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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