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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 24-Apr-1971
Final Round 4
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
78 10.18
43 6.7
Essendon Coach: John Birt
Essendon logo
Waverley Park Melbourne by 35 MEL by 35
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 2 Robert McKenzie — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 39 Russell Colcott — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Sinclair — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 3 Trevor Rollinson — · Position unavailable 10 Lloyd Burgmann — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 5 John Gallus — · Position unavailable 9 George Lakes — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 25 Peter Weekes — · Position unavailable 1 Max Walker — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

11 Geoff Blethyn — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 14 Wayne Headlam — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 40 Hugh Delahunty — · Position unavailable 26 Paul Sproule — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 4 Gary Grainger — · Position unavailable 2 Bob Greenwood — · Position unavailable 43 Robert Thompson — · Position unavailable 27 Sandy Talbot — · Position unavailable 12 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 41 Bruce Dodson — · Position unavailable 29 Ken Hogan — · Position unavailable 18 Barry Grinter — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.62.23.34.778
ESS3.32.21.10.143

Match Leaders

Goals
3
John TownsendMEL
Behinds
4
Alan NoonanESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals6
17Behinds7
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

335Disposals283
264Kicks245
71Handballs38

Clearance / Contest

22Hitouts29

Other

101Marks94

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 35 points, 78–43.

Melbourne extended a 5-point three-quarter-time lead with a 31–1 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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