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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 31-Aug-1974
Final Round 22
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham
137 20.17
103 15.13
Melbourne Coach: Bob Skilton
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 34 ESS by 34
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

8 Des Tuddenham — · Position unavailable 33 Andrew Wilson — · Position unavailable 12 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 39 Pat Wellington — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 51 Gary Fitzpatrick — · Position unavailable 25 Graham Moss — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 38 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 35 Ray Smith — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 31 Geoff Pryor — · Position unavailable 41 Dean Hartigan — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 30 Russell Ellen — · Position unavailable 56 Stephen Robins — · Position unavailable 37 Gary Lowe — · Position unavailable 18 Barry Grinter — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 43 Frank Giampaolo — · Position unavailable 31 Billy Barham — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 15 Stan Alves — · Position unavailable 9 Stephen Kerley — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable 6 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 14 Neil Chamberlain — · Position unavailable 34 Mal Owens — · Position unavailable 54 Mike Power — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 40 Neil McMullin — · Position unavailable 23 Shane Fitzsimmons — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Williamson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS5.47.25.33.8137
MEL5.20.45.65.1103

Match Leaders

Goals
3
5 tied leaders
Alan NoonanESS
Behinds
5
Gary FitzpatrickESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

20Goals15
17Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

309Disposals265
231Kicks215
78Handballs50

Clearance / Contest

0Hitouts0

Other

70Marks71

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 34 points, 137–103.

Essendon took a 39-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 34 by the final siren, scoring 31 points to 26 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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