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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 15-Aug-1953
Final Round 16
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
57 8.9
82 12.10
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

32 Dale Anderson — · Position unavailable 1 Denis Cordner — · Position unavailable 25 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 41 Frank Adams — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Case — · Position unavailable 17 Geoff McGivern — · Position unavailable 5 Ian McLean — · Position unavailable 33 Jack Thomson — · Position unavailable 22 John Ferguson — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Albiston — · Position unavailable 4 Ken Christie — · Position unavailable 38 Ken Melville — · Position unavailable 29 Lance Arnold — · Position unavailable 26 Noel Clarke — · Position unavailable 35 Noel McMahen — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Marquis — · Position unavailable 34 Ralph Lane — · Position unavailable 2 Robert McKenzie — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 12 Stuart Spencer — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

8 Alan Thaw — · Position unavailable 7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 26 Bob Syme — · Position unavailable 17 Brian Coleman — · Position unavailable 19 Doug Bigelow — · Position unavailable 30 Geoff Leek — · Position unavailable 9 Greg Sewell — · Position unavailable 31 Hugh Mitchell — · Position unavailable 1 Jack Clarke — · Position unavailable 23 Jack Harrington — · Position unavailable 24 Jack Jones — · Position unavailable 10 John Coleman — · Position unavailable 3 John Gill — · Position unavailable 5 Kevin Bradley — · Position unavailable 32 Lance Mann — · Position unavailable 18 Les Gardiner — · Position unavailable 4 Norm McDonald — · Position unavailable 16 Peter OSullivan — · Position unavailable 25 Roy McConnell — · Position unavailable 2 Stan Booth — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL0.43.24.21.157
ESS4.61.14.23.182

Match Leaders

Goals
5
John ColemanESS
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

8Goals12
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 25 points, 82–57.

Essendon extended a 13-point three-quarter-time lead with a 19–7 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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