South Melbourne vs Essendon 24-Apr-1976 Lineups

Saturday 24-Apr-1976

Final Round 4

South Melbourne Coach: Ian Stewart

143 22.11

109 16.13

Essendon Coach: Bill Stephen

The team sheet

Who takes the field

Attacking this way

Home team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 Ricky Quade — 12 Norm Goss — 7 Gary Brice — 33 Greg Lambert — 10 Brian Woodman — 23 Max Robertson — 5 John Rantall — 24 John Blair — 6 Denis Pagan — 43 Mark Browning — 11 Peter Bedford — 28 Barry Goodingham — 34 Stewart Gull — 9 Ian Thomson — 27 Reg Gleeson — 13 Graham Dempster — 8 Barry Beecroft — 20 Graham Teasdale — 1 Greg Miller — 36 Chris Elliott —

Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Andrew Wilson — 4 Ron Andrews — 23 Peter Hickmott — 12 Brian Walsh — 38 Garry Foulds — 37 Ian Marsh — 5 Gary Parkes — 1 Neville Fields — 39 Pat Wellington — 27 Simon Madden — 22 Larry Watson — 35 William Berry — 18 Barry Grinter — 34 Laurie Moloney — 19 Robin Close — 31 Max Crow — 6 Ken Roberts — 7 Geoff Blethyn — 41 Dean Hartigan — 30 Russell Ellen —

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
SMO	6.4	4.2	8.1	4.4	143
ESS	6.3	4.0	1.5	5.5	109

Match Leaders

Goals

2 tied leaders

Norm GossSMO

Behinds

3 tied leaders

Peter BedfordSMO

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

Not available yet

Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

22Goals16

10Behinds11

0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

263Disposals253

213Kicks218

50Handballs35

Clearance / Contest

20Hitouts10

Other

84Marks75

How the match finished

South Melbourne beat Essendon by 34 points, 143–109.

South Melbourne took a 41-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 34 by the final siren, scoring 35 points to 28 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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