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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 21-Jul-1951
Final Round 12
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Allan La Fontaine
54 8.6
74 10.14
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 20 ESS by 20
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

↑ Attacking this way
Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

19 Colin Love — · Position unavailable 1 Denis Cordner — · Position unavailable 7 Eddie Jackson — · Position unavailable 16 George Bickford — · Position unavailable 23 George OKeeffe — · Position unavailable 33 Jack Thomson — · Position unavailable 30 John Beckwith — · Position unavailable 36 Keith Robinson — · Position unavailable 4 Ken Christie — · Position unavailable 29 Ken McKaige — · Position unavailable 6 Kevin Webb — · Position unavailable 29 Lance Arnold — · Position unavailable 37 Mike Woods — · Position unavailable 26 Noel Clarke — · Position unavailable 35 Noel McMahen — · Position unavailable 15 Ralph Lane — · Position unavailable 24 Ray Hutchins — · Position unavailable 2 Robert McKenzie — · Position unavailable 25 Ron McMahon — · Position unavailable 20 Tom McLean — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

15 Alan Dale — · Position unavailable 23 Bill Brittingham — · Position unavailable 7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 26 Bob Syme — · Position unavailable 14 Chris Lambert — · Position unavailable 19 Doug Bigelow — · Position unavailable 35 Fred Payne — · Position unavailable 16 Greg Tate — · Position unavailable 17 Harold Lambert — · Position unavailable 1 Jack Clarke — · Position unavailable 24 Jack Jones — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Carstairs — · Position unavailable 10 John Coleman — · Position unavailable 34 John Gill — · Position unavailable 32 Lance Mann — · Position unavailable 18 Les Gardiner — · Position unavailable 4 Norm McDonald — · Position unavailable 27 Ron Lunn — · Position unavailable 11 Ron McEwin — · Position unavailable 25 Roy McConnell — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.33.02.21.154
ESS4.11.33.62.474

Match Leaders

Goals
6
John ColemanESS
Behinds
Not available yet
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

8Goals10
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 20 points, 74–54.

Essendon extended a 11-point three-quarter-time lead with a 16–7 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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