South Melbourne vs Essendon 6-May-1967 Match Centre

Saturday 6-May-1967

Final Round 4

South Melbourne Coach: Allan Miller

127 18.19

88 13.10

Essendon Coach: John Coleman

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
SMO	5.5	6.1	3.8	4.5	127
ESS	4.1	3.3	1.3	5.3	88

Match Leaders

Goals

3 tied leaders

Max PapleySMO

Behinds

2 tied leaders

Graeme JohnSMO

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

18Goals13

18Behinds9

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

255Disposals258

237Kicks226

18Handballs32

Clearance / Contest

31Hitouts35

Other

59Marks56

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Essendon by 39 points, 127–88.

South Melbourne took a 43-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 39 by the final siren, scoring 33 points to 29 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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