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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 9-Aug-1958
Final Round 16
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
78 11.12
75 10.15
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 3 ESS by 3
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

15 Alby Murdoch — · Position unavailable 28 Alec Epis — · Position unavailable 20 Bill Box — · Position unavailable 35 Bob Shearman — · Position unavailable 26 Brian Donohoe — · Position unavailable 16 Frank Driscoll — · Position unavailable 30 Geoff Leek — · Position unavailable 17 George Moloney — · Position unavailable 9 Greg Sewell — · Position unavailable 31 Hugh Mitchell — · Position unavailable 1 Jack Clarke — · Position unavailable 22 Jeff Gamble — · Position unavailable 11 John Birt — · Position unavailable 33 John Towner — · Position unavailable 23 Ken Fraser — · Position unavailable 0 Ken Peucker — · Position unavailable 25 Ken Timms — · Position unavailable 7 Lance Mann — · Position unavailable 34 Mal Pascoe — · Position unavailable 18 Reg Burgess — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

2 Alan Rowarth — · Position unavailable 15 Athol Webb — · Position unavailable 16 Bob Johnson — · Position unavailable 10 Bob Turner — · Position unavailable 9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 35 Clyde Laidlaw — · Position unavailable 33 Colin Wilson — · Position unavailable 27 Dennis Jones — · Position unavailable 1 Dick Fenton-Smith — · Position unavailable 25 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Case — · Position unavailable 5 Ian McLean — · Position unavailable 24 Ian Ridley — · Position unavailable 30 John Beckwith — · Position unavailable 4 John Lord — · Position unavailable 19 Keith Carroll — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Mithen — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Marquis — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Barassi — · Position unavailable 14 Trevor Johnson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.63.11.25.378
MEL3.42.53.42.275

Match Leaders

Goals
4
John BirtESS
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

11Goals10
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 3 points, 78–75.

Essendon came from 16 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Melbourne 33–14 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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