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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 26-Jun-1965
Final Round 10
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
42 6.6
71 10.11
Essendon Coach: John Coleman
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 29 ESS by 29
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

9 Brian Dixon — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 8 Tassie Johnson — · Position unavailable 38 Jim Leitch — · Position unavailable 36 Peter McLean — · Position unavailable 11 Tony Anderson — · Position unavailable 35 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 20 Graeme Jacobs — · Position unavailable 33 Robert Miller — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 22 Bryan Kenneally — · Position unavailable 37 Bernie Massey — · Position unavailable 5 Neil Crompton — · Position unavailable 23 Graham Wise — · Position unavailable 25 Kerry Rattray — · Position unavailable 4 John Lord — · Position unavailable 10 Ken Emselle — · Position unavailable 28 David Robbie — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

11 John Birt — · Position unavailable 23 Ken Fraser — · Position unavailable 14 Russell Blew — · Position unavailable 4 David Shaw — · Position unavailable 6 Geoff Gosper — · Position unavailable 8 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 1 Jack Clarke — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 31 Hugh Mitchell — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 28 Alec Epis — · Position unavailable 10 Ian Shelton — · Position unavailable 19 John Somerville — · Position unavailable 16 Graeme Johnston — · Position unavailable 21 Geoff Pryor — · Position unavailable 20 Ted Fordham — · Position unavailable 18 Greg Brown — · Position unavailable 34 Brian Sampson — · Position unavailable 2 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 43 Kevin Egan — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.10.23.11.242
ESS1.55.53.01.171

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Jim LeitchMEL
Behinds
2
5 tied leaders
John TownsendMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

6Goals10
6Behinds10
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

201Disposals254
177Kicks225
24Handballs29

Other

58Marks70

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 29 points, 71–42.

Essendon took a 30-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 29 by the final siren, scoring 8 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. 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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