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South Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 24-Jun-1978
Final Round 12
South Melbourne logo
South Melbourne Coach: Des Tuddenham
97 13.19
120 17.18
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
Essendon logo
Lake Oval Essendon by 23 ESS by 23
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

1 John Murphy — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Lambert — · Position unavailable 35 Peter Morrison — · Position unavailable 43 Mark Browning — · Position unavailable 15 Bernie Evans — · Position unavailable 16 Ricky Quade — · Position unavailable 25 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 29 David McLeish — · Position unavailable 7 Gary Brice — · Position unavailable 5 John Rantall — · Position unavailable 26 Steve Hoffman — · Position unavailable 18 Robert Dean — · Position unavailable 31 Francis Jackson — · Position unavailable 27 Max James — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Teasdale — · Position unavailable 14 David Young — · Position unavailable 19 Terry ONeill — · Position unavailable 12 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 8 John Scarlett — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Morwood — · 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 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Burdett — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 17 Colin Boyd — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 30 Neil Besanko — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 29 Allan Davis — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 13 Ken Mansfield — · Position unavailable 2 Rob Newton — · Position unavailable 1 Brian Walsh — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SMO1.71.28.63.497
ESS1.39.61.36.6120

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Tim WatsonESS
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Bernie EvansSMO
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Tackles
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Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals17
16Behinds16
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

279Disposals272
205Kicks216
74Handballs56

Clearance / Contest

14Hitouts33

Other

68Marks70

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 23 points, 120–97.

Essendon extended a 3-point three-quarter-time lead with a 42–22 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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