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South Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 27-Jul-1968
Final Round 15
South Melbourne logo
South Melbourne Coach: Allan Miller
54 7.12
97 14.13
Essendon Coach: Jack Clarke
Essendon logo
Lake Oval Essendon by 43 ESS by 43
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

14 Bob Skilton — · Position unavailable 11 Peter Bedford — · Position unavailable 1 Don Brookes — · Position unavailable 17 Russell Cook — · Position unavailable 2 Herbie Matthews — · Position unavailable 31 Stuart Bennett — · Position unavailable 5 John Rantall — · Position unavailable 29 Ian Davison — · Position unavailable 16 Eric Sarich — · Position unavailable 4 Keith Baskin — · Position unavailable 8 Tony Haenen — · Position unavailable 24 Neil Busse — · Position unavailable 30 Graeme Jacobs — · Position unavailable 20 John Sudholz — · Position unavailable 40 Bob Mallett — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Lambert — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Harrison — · Position unavailable 35 Ray Anderson — · Position unavailable 21 John Heriot — · Position unavailable 3 Ken Phillips — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 6 Geoff Gosper — · Position unavailable 23 Ken Fraser — · Position unavailable 20 Ted Fordham — · Position unavailable 4 Lindsay McGie — · Position unavailable 14 Russell Blew — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 30 John Ellis — · Position unavailable 35 Geoff Pryor — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 28 Alec Epis — · Position unavailable 8 Bob Greenwood — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 9 Bruce Waite — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 27 John Fanning — · Position unavailable 42 Eddie Lake — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SMO1.12.53.31.354
ESS5.23.13.43.697

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Robin CloseESS
Behinds
6
Alan NoonanESS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

7Goals14
10Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

313Disposals294
253Kicks249
60Handballs45

Clearance / Contest

41Hitouts33

Other

67Marks78

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 43 points, 97–54.

Essendon extended a 28-point three-quarter-time lead with a 24–9 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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