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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 20-Aug-1949
Final Round 18
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Allan La Fontaine
76 11.10
101 15.11
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 25 ESS by 25
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 20

28 Adrian Dullard — · Position unavailable 30 Alby Rodda — · Position unavailable 5 Billy Deans — · Position unavailable 25 Col McLean — · Position unavailable 19 Colin Love — · Position unavailable 1 Denis Cordner — · Position unavailable 21 Don Cordner — · Position unavailable 7 Eddie Jackson — · Position unavailable 3 Geoff Collins — · Position unavailable 16 George Bickford — · Position unavailable 27 Ken Rollason — · Position unavailable 29 Lance Arnold — · Position unavailable 32 Len Dockett — · Position unavailable 15 Len Toyne — · Position unavailable 13 Max Spittle — · Position unavailable 37 Mike Woods — · Position unavailable 9 Ray Harvey — · Position unavailable 2 Robert McKenzie — · Position unavailable 22 Shane McGrath — · Position unavailable 31 Stan Rule — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

36 Alan Thaw — · Position unavailable 23 Bill Brittingham — · Position unavailable 7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 27 Bob Bradley — · Position unavailable 31 Bob McClure — · Position unavailable 26 Bob Syme — · Position unavailable 3 Dick Reynolds — · Position unavailable 19 Doug Bigelow — · Position unavailable 22 Gordon Lane — · Position unavailable 16 Greg Tate — · Position unavailable 24 Jack Jones — · Position unavailable 10 John Coleman — · Position unavailable 18 Les Gardiner — · Position unavailable 33 Noel Allanson — · Position unavailable 4 Norm McDonald — · Position unavailable 11 Ron McEwin — · Position unavailable 25 Roy McConnell — · Position unavailable 9 Ted Leehane — · Position unavailable 1 Vic Fisher — · Position unavailable 12 Wally May — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.25.20.14.576
ESS5.12.15.73.2101

Match Leaders

Goals
4
2 tied leaders
Robert McKenzieMEL
Behinds
Not available yet
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

11Goals15
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 25 points, 101–76.

Essendon took a 34-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 25 by the final siren, scoring 29 points to 20 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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