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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 21-Apr-1951
Final Round 1
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
86 13.8
76 10.16
Melbourne Coach: Allan La Fontaine
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 10 ESS by 10
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 20

15 Alan Dale — · Position unavailable 2 Alby Law — · Position unavailable 23 Bill Brittingham — · Position unavailable 7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 31 Bob McClure — · Position unavailable 26 Bob Syme — · Position unavailable 14 Chris Lambert — · Position unavailable 19 Doug Bigelow — · Position unavailable 16 Greg Tate — · Position unavailable 24 Jack Jones — · Position unavailable 13 Jack OHalloran — · Position unavailable 10 John Coleman — · Position unavailable 34 John Gill — · Position unavailable 18 Les Gardiner — · Position unavailable 33 Noel Allanson — · Position unavailable 4 Norm McDonald — · Position unavailable 1 Ray Martini — · Position unavailable 11 Ron McEwin — · Position unavailable 25 Roy McConnell — · Position unavailable 12 Wally May — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

9 Alan Daly — · Position unavailable 28 Bill Smeaton — · Position unavailable 14 Bob Johnston — · Position unavailable 27 Bob Rowse — · Position unavailable 1 Denis Cordner — · Position unavailable 7 Eddie Jackson — · Position unavailable 3 Geoff Collins — · Position unavailable 17 Geoff McGivern — · Position unavailable 16 George Bickford — · Position unavailable 5 Ian McLean — · Position unavailable 33 Jack Thomson — · Position unavailable 30 John Beckwith — · Position unavailable 4 Ken Christie — · Position unavailable 29 Lance Arnold — · Position unavailable 32 Len Dockett — · Position unavailable 37 Mike Woods — · Position unavailable 18 Nevin Paynter — · Position unavailable 35 Noel McMahen — · Position unavailable 2 Robert McKenzie — · Position unavailable 12 Stuart Spencer — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.41.29.20.086
MEL2.11.72.05.876

Match Leaders

Goals
7
John ColemanESS
Behinds
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Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

13Goals10
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 10 points, 86–76.

Essendon took a 48-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 10 by the final siren, scoring 38 points to 0 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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