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Essendon vs South Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 8-Apr-1972
Final Round 2
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham
107 16.11
60 7.18
South Melbourne Coach: Norm Smith
South Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 47 ESS by 47
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

32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 8 Des Tuddenham — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 29 Ken Hogan — · Position unavailable 44 Len Halley — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 9 John Cassin — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 36 Greg Perry — · Position unavailable 11 Geoff Blethyn — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 18 Barry Grinter — · Position unavailable 27 Sandy Talbot — · Position unavailable 34 Laurie Moloney — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 33 Andrew Wilson — · Position unavailable
Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

29 David McLeish — · Position unavailable 11 Peter Bedford — · Position unavailable 31 Ray Ball — · Position unavailable 26 Steve Hoffman — · Position unavailable 3 Stephen Officer — · Position unavailable 7 Gary Brice — · Position unavailable 5 John Rantall — · Position unavailable 32 Peter Brown — · Position unavailable 12 Norm Goss — · Position unavailable 17 Russell Cook — · Position unavailable 22 Peter McCracken — · Position unavailable 6 John Murphy — · Position unavailable 1 Jim Haines — · Position unavailable 13 Neville Miller — · Position unavailable 19 Jim Prentice — · Position unavailable 27 Reg Gleeson — · Position unavailable 16 Ricky Quade — · Position unavailable 9 Jim Wilkinson — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Lambert — · Position unavailable 28 Robert Doyle — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS4.05.23.24.7107
SMO3.51.32.51.560

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Geoff BlethynESS
Behinds
4
Norm GossSMO
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSSMO

Scoring / Attack

16Goals7
11Behinds16
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

258Disposals279
215Kicks232
43Handballs47

Clearance / Contest

22Hitouts36

Other

61Marks70

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 47 points, 107–60.

Essendon extended a 27-point three-quarter-time lead with a 31–11 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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