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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 14-May-1955
Final Round 5
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
59 8.11
73 10.13
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Melbourne by 14 MEL by 14
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

7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 6 Doug Dench — · Position unavailable 13 Fred Gallagher — · 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 21 Jack Knowles — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Carstairs — · Position unavailable 14 Jim Heenan — · Position unavailable 3 John Gill — · Position unavailable 33 John Towner — · Position unavailable 27 Ken Peucker — · Position unavailable 34 Mal Pascoe — · Position unavailable 12 Morton Diston — · Position unavailable 18 Reg Burgess — · Position unavailable 24 Robert Fox — · Position unavailable 25 Roy McConnell — · Position unavailable 2 Stan Booth — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

18 Bob Johnson — · Position unavailable 9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 16 Clyde Laidlaw — · Position unavailable 33 Colin Wilson — · Position unavailable 1 Denis Cordner — · Position unavailable 25 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Adams — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Case — · Position unavailable 5 Ian McLean — · Position unavailable 30 John Beckwith — · Position unavailable 38 Ken Melville — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Mithen — · Position unavailable 21 Noel Baker — · Position unavailable 26 Noel Clarke — · Position unavailable 35 Noel McMahen — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Marquis — · Position unavailable 34 Ralph Lane — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 12 Stuart Spencer — · Position unavailable 29 Tony Bull — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS1.32.05.50.359
MEL1.13.53.03.773

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
Hugh MitchellESS
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

8Goals10
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 14 points, 73–59.

Melbourne came from 8 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Essendon 25–3 in the final term to take the win.

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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