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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 2-Jul-1977
Final Round 14
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Bob Skilton
70 9.16
59 8.11
Essendon Coach: Bill Stephen
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 11 MEL by 11
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

12 Barry Norsworthy — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 33 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 23 Shane Fitzsimmons — · Position unavailable 37 Ted Carroll — · Position unavailable 13 Henry Coles — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 22 Frank Giampaolo — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable 24 Graham Osborne — · Position unavailable 27 Colin Graham — · Position unavailable 5 Des Campbell — · Position unavailable 17 Shane Grambeau — · Position unavailable 21 Allan Davis — · Position unavailable 20 Brian Cook — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Hamilton — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

24 Stephen Robins — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 33 Andrew Wilson — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 17 Colin Boyd — · Position unavailable 13 Ken Mansfield — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 39 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 38 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 36 Denis Scanlon — · Position unavailable 35 William Berry — · Position unavailable 25 Phillip Early — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 22 Larry Watson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.31.51.33.570
ESS1.25.11.31.559

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Max CrowESS
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Ray BiffinMEL
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

9Goals8
16Behinds10
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

275Disposals279
213Kicks221
62Handballs58

Clearance / Contest

20Hitouts32

Other

70Marks59

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 11 points, 70–59.

Melbourne came from 1 point down at three-quarter time, outscoring Essendon 23–11 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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