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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 26-May-1973
Final Round 8
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ian Ridley
71 10.11
81 12.9
Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham
Essendon logo
Waverley Park Essendon by 10 ESS by 10
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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

11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 17 Denis Clark — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Bourke — · Position unavailable 35 Paul Callery — · Position unavailable 7 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 39 Peter Dilnot — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Parke — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 9 Stephen Kerley — · Position unavailable 27 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 18 John Tilbrook — · Position unavailable 12 Mike Collins — · Position unavailable 6 Frank Davis — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 36 Glenn Swan — · Position unavailable 22 Henry Ritterman — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Andrew Wilson — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 35 Ray Smith — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 40 Hugh Delahunty — · Position unavailable 31 Geoff Pryor — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Parkes — · Position unavailable 25 Graham Moss — · Position unavailable 39 Pat Wellington — · Position unavailable 34 Laurie Moloney — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 16 Greg Perry — · Position unavailable 14 Wayne Headlam — · Position unavailable 8 Des Tuddenham — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.53.12.34.271
ESS1.13.35.33.281

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Robin CloseESS
Behinds
4
Greg WellsMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals12
11Behinds8
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

256Disposals273
220Kicks242
36Handballs31

Clearance / Contest

24Hitouts19

Other

75Marks74

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 10 points, 81–71.

Essendon took a 16-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 10 by the final siren, scoring 26 points to 20 in the 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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