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Essendon vs South Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 15-May-1971
Final Round 7
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: John Birt
89 12.17
105 16.9
South Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
South Melbourne logo
Windy Hill South Melbourne by 16 SMO by 16
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

15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 14 Wayne Headlam — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 26 Paul Sproule — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 2 Bob Greenwood — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 40 Hugh Delahunty — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 3 Ian Payne — · Position unavailable 41 Bruce Dodson — · Position unavailable 27 Sandy Talbot — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 4 Gary Grainger — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Parkes — · Position unavailable 35 Ray Smith — · Position unavailable 44 Len Halley — · Position unavailable
Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

10 Wayne Walsh — · Position unavailable 14 Bob Skilton — · Position unavailable 5 John Rantall — · Position unavailable 11 Peter Bedford — · Position unavailable 4 Keith Baskin — · Position unavailable 26 Steve Hoffman — · Position unavailable 25 Haydn McAuliffe — · Position unavailable 6 John Murphy — · Position unavailable 21 John Pitura — · Position unavailable 30 Fred Way — · Position unavailable 31 Ray Ball — · Position unavailable 16 Ricky Quade — · Position unavailable 27 Reg Gleeson — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Lambert — · Position unavailable 13 Neville Miller — · Position unavailable 2 Ernie Hug — · Position unavailable 1 Jim Haines — · Position unavailable 50 Tony Haenen — · Position unavailable 29 David McLeish — · Position unavailable 7 Gary Brice — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.65.22.43.589
SMO4.12.45.35.1105

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Neville MillerSMO
Behinds
4
Alan NoonanESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSSMO

Scoring / Attack

12Goals16
17Behinds7
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

278Disposals299
249Kicks256
29Handballs43

Clearance / Contest

21Hitouts40

Other

93Marks77

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Essendon by 16 points, 105–89.

South Melbourne extended a 8-point three-quarter-time lead with a 31–23 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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