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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 25-Jul-1970
Final Round 17
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Jack Clarke
125 18.17
89 12.17
Melbourne Coach: John Beckwith
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 36 ESS by 36
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

32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 2 Bob Greenwood — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 26 Paul Sproule — · Position unavailable 35 Geoff Pryor — · Position unavailable 6 Geoff Gosper — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 3 Ian Payne — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 30 John Ellis — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 44 Len Halley — · Position unavailable 40 Wayne Headlam — · Position unavailable 43 Robert Thompson — · Position unavailable 4 Gary Grainger — · Position unavailable 9 Bryan Pirouet — · Position unavailable 38 Eddie Lake — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 10 Robert McKenzie — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 28 Derek Feldmann — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 12 Rod Payne — · Position unavailable 1 Max Walker — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 27 John Forster — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 22 Ray Carr — · Position unavailable 25 Peter Weekes — · Position unavailable 40 Lloyd Burgmann — · Position unavailable 2 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS0.310.72.16.6125
MEL4.51.26.81.289

Match Leaders

Goals
5
2 tied leaders
John EllisESS
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Stan AlvesMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

18Goals12
17Behinds16
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

307Disposals259
254Kicks218
53Handballs41

Clearance / Contest

21Hitouts24

Other

89Marks71

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 36 points, 125–89.

Essendon extended a 2-point three-quarter-time lead with a 42–8 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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