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Essendon vs South Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 20-May-1961
Final Round 6
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: John Coleman
133 20.13
54 6.18
South Melbourne Coach: Bill Faul
South Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 79 ESS by 79
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

28 Alec Epis — · Position unavailable 12 Barry Capuano — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 3 Bob Dunlop — · Position unavailable 34 Brian Sampson — · Position unavailable 4 Col Hebbard — · Position unavailable 5 David Shaw — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 30 Geoff Leek — · Position unavailable 17 George Moloney — · 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 23 Ken Fraser — · Position unavailable 25 Ken Timms — · Position unavailable 36 Paul Doran — · Position unavailable 8 Ron Evans — · Position unavailable 14 Russell Blew — · Position unavailable
Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

38 Albie Dunn — · Position unavailable 33 Bob Chisholm — · Position unavailable 46 Bob Kingston — · Position unavailable 14 Bob Skilton — · Position unavailable 15 Brian Bennett — · Position unavailable 3 Brian McGowan — · Position unavailable 28 Brian Tomlinson — · Position unavailable 35 Cliff Deacon — · Position unavailable 25 Hugh McLaughlin — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Taylor — · Position unavailable 41 John Carlile — · Position unavailable 21 John Heriot — · Position unavailable 31 John Woolley — · Position unavailable 36 Ken McCormack — · Position unavailable 19 Max Oaten — · Position unavailable 7 Neil Lewthwaite — · Position unavailable 43 Norm McKenzie — · Position unavailable 1 Paul Briglia — · Position unavailable 42 Peter Rice — · Position unavailable 27 Ron Stockman — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS7.23.35.45.4133
SMO0.52.81.43.154

Match Leaders

Goals
5
John BirtESS
Behinds
Not available yet
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSSMO

Scoring / Attack

20Goals6
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 79 points, 133–54.

Essendon extended a 64-point three-quarter-time lead with a 34–19 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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