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South Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 9-May-1959
Final Round 3
South Melbourne logo
South Melbourne Coach: Ron Clegg
65 9.11
52 7.10
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
Lake Oval South Melbourne by 13 SMO by 13
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 28 Bill McGrath — · Position unavailable 14 Bob Skilton — · Position unavailable 3 Brian McGowan — · Position unavailable 35 Cliff Deacon — · Position unavailable 22 Frank Hogan — · Position unavailable 2 Fred Goldsmith — · Position unavailable 40 Fred Harris — · Position unavailable 25 Hugh McLaughlin — · Position unavailable 21 John Heriot — · Position unavailable 15 John Svenson — · Position unavailable 20 John Trethowan — · Position unavailable 32 Ken Boyd — · Position unavailable 36 Ken McCormack — · Position unavailable 19 Max Oaten — · Position unavailable 16 Noel Rayson — · Position unavailable 43 Norm McKenzie — · Position unavailable 1 Paul Briglia — · Position unavailable 30 Ray Landorf — · Position unavailable 23 Ron Clegg — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

28 Alec Epis — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Mackie — · Position unavailable 35 Bob Shearman — · Position unavailable 26 Brian Donohoe — · Position unavailable 4 Col Hebbard — · Position unavailable 5 David Shaw — · Position unavailable 14 Don Nicolson — · Position unavailable 30 Geoff Leek — · Position unavailable 16 Graham Leydin — · 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 25 Ken Timms — · Position unavailable 18 Reg Burgess — · Position unavailable 8 Ron Evans — · Position unavailable 2 Stan Booth — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SMO3.42.43.21.165
ESS2.12.22.41.352

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
Bob SkiltonSMO
Behinds
Not available yet
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

9Goals7
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Essendon by 13 points, 65–52.

South Melbourne took a 15-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 13 by the final siren, scoring 9 points to 7 in the 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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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