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North Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 15-Apr-1961
Final Round 1
North Melbourne logo
North Melbourne Coach: Wally Carter
58 8.10
49 6.13
Essendon Coach: John Coleman
Essendon logo
Arden St North Melbourne by 9 NTH by 9
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

North Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

30 Alan Carr — · Position unavailable 7 Albert Mantello — · Position unavailable 17 Allen Aylett — · Position unavailable 19 Barry Cheatley — · Position unavailable 23 Denis Railton — · Position unavailable 22 Fred Robinson — · Position unavailable 14 Gerald Eastmure — · Position unavailable 35 Graham Ryan — · Position unavailable 10 John Dalgleish — · Position unavailable 6 John Dugdale — · Position unavailable 5 John Jenkins — · Position unavailable 11 Keith Robertson — · Position unavailable 9 Ken Dean — · Position unavailable 18 Ken Fyffe — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Snell — · Position unavailable 27 Laurie Dwyer — · Position unavailable 29 Michael Gaudion — · Position unavailable 2 Noel Teasdale — · Position unavailable 33 Peter Dow — · Position unavailable 31 Robin Poole — · 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 12 Barry Capuano — · Position unavailable 3 Bob Dunlop — · Position unavailable 34 Brian Sampson — · Position unavailable 4 Col Hebbard — · Position unavailable 5 David Shaw — · Position unavailable 30 Geoff Leek — · Position unavailable 9 Greg Sewell — · Position unavailable 31 Hugh Mitchell — · Position unavailable 10 Ian Shelton — · Position unavailable 1 Jack Clarke — · Position unavailable 11 John Birt — · Position unavailable 19 John Somerville — · Position unavailable 23 Ken Fraser — · Position unavailable 29 Ken Peucker — · Position unavailable 25 Ken Timms — · Position unavailable 36 Paul Doran — · Position unavailable 8 Ron Evans — · Position unavailable 14 Russell Blew — · Position unavailable 20 Ted Fordham — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
NTH1.24.41.02.458
ESS3.51.12.50.249

Match Leaders

Goals
4
John DugdaleNTH
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

NTHESS

Scoring / Attack

8Goals6
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

North Melbourne beat Essendon by 9 points, 58–49.

North Melbourne came from 5 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Essendon 16–2 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. 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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