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South Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 2-May-1953
Final Round 2
South Melbourne logo
South Melbourne Coach: Laurie Nash
99 13.21
89 13.11
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
Lake Oval South Melbourne by 10 SMO by 10
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

8 Bill Gunn — · Position unavailable 9 Bob Giles — · Position unavailable 38 Bruce Murray — · Position unavailable 12 Don Earl — · Position unavailable 34 Don Scott — · Position unavailable 27 Eddie Lane — · Position unavailable 3 Frank Brew — · Position unavailable 28 Ian Gillett — · Position unavailable 31 Jack Eichhorn — · Position unavailable 29 Jack Garrick — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Dorgan — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Taylor — · Position unavailable 21 John Svenson — · Position unavailable 16 Kevin Hilet — · Position unavailable 17 Leo OHalloran — · Position unavailable 7 Mick Sibun — · Position unavailable 6 Nick Gelavis — · Position unavailable 10 Ray Preston — · Position unavailable 23 Ron Clegg — · Position unavailable 36 Stan Smith — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 26 Bob Syme — · Position unavailable 17 Brian Coleman — · Position unavailable 19 Doug Bigelow — · Position unavailable 13 Fred Gallagher — · Position unavailable 30 Geoff Leek — · Position unavailable 9 Greg Sewell — · Position unavailable 1 Jack Clarke — · Position unavailable 23 Jack Harrington — · Position unavailable 21 Jack Knowles — · Position unavailable 14 Jim Heenan — · Position unavailable 10 John Coleman — · Position unavailable 3 John Gill — · Position unavailable 33 John Towner — · 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
SMO3.62.55.53.599
ESS1.08.21.63.389

Match Leaders

Goals
11
John ColemanESS
Behinds
Not available yet
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals13
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Essendon by 10 points, 99–89.

South Melbourne extended a 8-point three-quarter-time lead with a 23–21 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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