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South Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 18-May-1957
Final Round 5
South Melbourne logo
South Melbourne Coach: Herbie Matthews
58 7.16
100 14.16
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
Lake Oval Essendon by 42 ESS by 42
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 39 Bill Power — · Position unavailable 14 Bob Skilton — · Position unavailable 3 Brian McGowan — · Position unavailable 27 Colin Colquhoun — · Position unavailable 1 Don Keyter — · Position unavailable 17 Don Matthews — · Position unavailable 2 Fred Goldsmith — · Position unavailable 9 Gerald Crough — · Position unavailable 25 Hugh McLaughlin — · Position unavailable 28 Ian Gillett — · Position unavailable 31 Jack Hudson — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Dorgan — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Taylor — · Position unavailable 15 John Svenson — · Position unavailable 20 John Trethowan — · Position unavailable 24 Ken Seymour — · Position unavailable 12 Marshall Younger — · Position unavailable 19 Max Oaten — · Position unavailable 2 Percy Appleyard — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

15 Alby Murdoch — · Position unavailable 7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 35 Bob Shearman — · Position unavailable 5 Bob Suter — · Position unavailable 26 Brian Donohoe — · 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 21 Jack Knowles — · Position unavailable 22 Jeff Gamble — · Position unavailable 11 John Birt — · Position unavailable 3 John Gill — · Position unavailable 33 John Towner — · Position unavailable 10 Leo Maloney — · Position unavailable 34 Mal Pascoe — · Position unavailable 18 Reg Burgess — · Position unavailable 24 Robert Fox — · Position unavailable 2 Stan Booth — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SMO3.62.41.21.458
ESS2.22.91.29.3100

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Fred GallagherESS
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

7Goals14
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 42 points, 100–58.

Essendon came from 5 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring South Melbourne 57–10 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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