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South Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 8-May-1948
Final Round 4
South Melbourne logo
South Melbourne Coach: Bill Adams
78 11.12
140 20.20
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
Lake Oval Essendon by 62 ESS by 62
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
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 20

36 Alf Callick — · Position unavailable 12 Billy King — · Position unavailable 26 Don Taylor — · Position unavailable 17 Erwin Dornau — · Position unavailable 18 George Caris — · Position unavailable 29 Jack Garrick — · Position unavailable 27 Jack Graham — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Cleary — · Position unavailable 22 Keith Schaefer — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Collins — · Position unavailable 24 Larry Spokes — · Position unavailable 21 Len Crane — · Position unavailable 5 Len Holland — · Position unavailable 6 Les Williams — · Position unavailable 34 Pat Bourke — · Position unavailable 14 Reg Harley — · Position unavailable 23 Ron Clegg — · Position unavailable 1 Stan Bulpit — · Position unavailable 15 Vic Hill — · Position unavailable 4 William Williams — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

23 Bill Brittingham — · Position unavailable 7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 31 Bob McClure — · Position unavailable 21 Cec Ruddell — · Position unavailable 14 Chris Lambert — · Position unavailable 3 Dick Reynolds — · Position unavailable 6 George Hassell — · Position unavailable 22 Gordon Lane — · Position unavailable 16 Greg Tate — · Position unavailable 17 Harold Lambert — · Position unavailable 30 Ivan Goodingham — · Position unavailable 24 Jack Jones — · Position unavailable 2 Keith Rawle — · Position unavailable 18 Les Gardiner — · Position unavailable 33 Noel Allanson — · Position unavailable 4 Norm McDonald — · Position unavailable 11 Ron McEwin — · Position unavailable 9 Ted Leehane — · Position unavailable 15 Wally Buttsworth — · Position unavailable 12 Wally May — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SMO5.32.43.31.278
ESS2.56.64.18.8140

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Gordon LaneESS
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

11Goals20
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 62 points, 140–78.

Essendon extended a 14-point three-quarter-time lead with a 56–8 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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