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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 26-Aug-1967
Final Round 18
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
60 8.12
56 7.14
Essendon Coach: John Coleman
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 4 MEL by 4
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 31 Ray Groom — · Position unavailable 29 Hassa Mann — · Position unavailable 10 Ken Emselle — · Position unavailable 22 Bryan Kenneally — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 35 Don Williams — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable 19 Terry Leahy — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 46 Max Walker — · Position unavailable 8 Tassie Johnson — · Position unavailable 34 Brent Jones — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 18 Neville Stone — · Position unavailable 5 Chris Aitken — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Smith — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 36 Ken Osborne — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · 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 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 18 Greg Brown — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 6 Geoff Gosper — · Position unavailable 29 Kevin Egan — · Position unavailable 8 Bob Greenwood — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 20 Ted Fordham — · Position unavailable 28 Alec Epis — · Position unavailable 57 Ian Anderson — · Position unavailable 23 Ken Fraser — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 53 Wally Buhaj — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 5 David Shaw — · Position unavailable 9 Bruce Waite — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.52.23.32.260
ESS1.72.22.22.356

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Chris AitkenMEL
Behinds
4
Alan NoonanESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

8Goals7
10Behinds14
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

280Disposals279
227Kicks237
53Handballs42

Clearance / Contest

35Hitouts42

Other

75Marks78

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 4 points, 60–56.

Melbourne took a 5-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 4 by the final siren, scoring 15 points to 14 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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