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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 10-Jul-1971
Final Round 15
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: John Birt
78 11.12
89 12.17
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Melbourne by 11 MEL by 11
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

14 Wayne Headlam — · Position unavailable 11 Geoff Blethyn — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 38 Eddie Lake — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 52 Allan Graco — · Position unavailable 12 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 37 Stuart Barclay — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 41 Bruce Dodson — · Position unavailable 42 John Cassin — · Position unavailable 29 Ken Hogan — · Position unavailable 4 Gary Grainger — · Position unavailable 35 Ray Smith — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 50 Shane McSpeerin — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 43 Gordon Lawrie — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 3 Trevor Rollinson — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 5 John Gallus — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Hodges — · Position unavailable 9 George Lakes — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.11.43.64.178
MEL4.52.33.53.489

Match Leaders

Goals
3
3 tied leaders
Peter DanielESS
Behinds
4
Charlie PayneESS
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

11Goals12
11Behinds17
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

289Disposals308
242Kicks250
47Handballs58

Clearance / Contest

23Hitouts24

Other

100Marks94

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 11 points, 89–78.

Melbourne took a 14-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 11 by the final siren, scoring 25 points to 22 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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