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South Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 31-Jul-1971
Final Round 18
South Melbourne logo
South Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
86 13.8
96 13.18
Essendon Coach: John Birt
Essendon logo
Lake Oval Essendon by 10 ESS by 10
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 21 John Pitura — · Position unavailable 26 Steve Hoffman — · Position unavailable 10 Wayne Walsh — · Position unavailable 5 John Rantall — · Position unavailable 36 Russell McHenry — · Position unavailable 15 David Droscher — · Position unavailable 44 Robert Hay — · Position unavailable 37 Bruce Davis — · Position unavailable 27 Reg Gleeson — · Position unavailable 28 Robert Doyle — · Position unavailable 6 John Murphy — · Position unavailable 11 Peter Bedford — · Position unavailable 50 Tony Haenen — · Position unavailable 32 Peter Brown — · Position unavailable 31 Ray Ball — · Position unavailable 30 Fred Way — · Position unavailable 19 Jim Prentice — · Position unavailable 22 Peter McCracken — · Position unavailable 23 Mick Pavone — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 2 Bob Greenwood — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 39 David Starbuck — · Position unavailable 3 Ian Payne — · Position unavailable 38 Eddie Lake — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 52 Allan Graco — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 8 Bruce Neish — · Position unavailable 45 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 37 Stuart Barclay — · Position unavailable 14 Wayne Headlam — · Position unavailable 12 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 4 Gary Grainger — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Parkes — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SMO4.42.03.14.386
ESS1.27.81.24.696

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Peter BedfordSMO
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Neville FieldsESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals13
7Behinds16
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

283Disposals280
236Kicks240
47Handballs40

Clearance / Contest

34Hitouts20

Other

61Marks80

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 10 points, 96–86.

Essendon extended a 7-point three-quarter-time lead with a 30–27 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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