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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 6-May-1972
Final Round 6
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
109 16.13
85 12.13
Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 24 MEL by 24
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

16 John Townsend — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 50 Shane McSpeerin — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 34 John Clennett — · Position unavailable 1 Max Walker — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 12 Mike Collins — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 24 Ross Dillon — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 21 Graham Molloy — · Position unavailable 45 Henry Ritterman — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

34 Laurie Moloney — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 29 Ken Hogan — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 9 John Cassin — · Position unavailable 11 Geoff Blethyn — · Position unavailable 27 Sandy Talbot — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 44 Len Halley — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 8 Des Tuddenham — · Position unavailable 12 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 36 Greg Perry — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 18 Barry Grinter — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL5.33.30.38.4109
ESS5.22.32.63.285

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Geoff BlethynESS
Behinds
4
Greg ParkeMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

16Goals12
13Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

269Disposals229
239Kicks211
30Handballs18

Clearance / Contest

36Hitouts24

Other

83Marks59

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 24 points, 109–85.

Melbourne came from 8 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Essendon 52–20 in the final term to take the win.

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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