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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 29-Jul-1972
Final Round 17
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham
140 21.14
95 14.11
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 45 ESS by 45
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

9 John Cassin — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Parkes — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 33 Andrew Wilson — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 18 Barry Grinter — · Position unavailable 37 Stuart Barclay — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 35 Ray Smith — · Position unavailable 40 Hugh Delahunty — · Position unavailable 11 Geoff Blethyn — · Position unavailable 12 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 44 Len Halley — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 49 Bruce Brown — · Position unavailable 4 Gary Grainger — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 41 Stephen Kerley — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 34 John Clennett — · Position unavailable 27 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 20 Laurie Queay — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 18 John Tilbrook — · Position unavailable 38 Wayne Delmenico — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 12 Mike Collins — · Position unavailable 29 Noel Leary — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.310.33.55.3140
MEL4.23.03.74.295

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Geoff BlethynESS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Ken RobertsESS
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

21Goals14
13Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

266Disposals250
236Kicks225
30Handballs25

Clearance / Contest

28Hitouts31

Other

68Marks78

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 45 points, 140–95.

Essendon extended a 38-point three-quarter-time lead with a 33–26 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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