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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 19-Aug-1978
Final Round 20
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
130 19.16
136 21.10
Melbourne Coach: Dennis Jones
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Melbourne by 6 MEL by 6
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

24 Stephen Robins — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 1 Brian Walsh — · Position unavailable 22 Larry Watson — · Position unavailable 39 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 43 Paul McDonald — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Burdett — · Position unavailable 13 Ken Mansfield — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 28 Greg Bell — · Position unavailable 30 Neil Besanko — · Position unavailable 11 Robert Amos — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 20 Terry Cahill — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 15 Wayne Primmer — · Position unavailable 8 Jack Mihocek — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 13 Henry Coles — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 12 Barry Norsworthy — · Position unavailable 36 Gary Cooke — · Position unavailable 10 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 18 Maurice Wingate — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 28 Anthony Dullard — · Position unavailable 43 Greg Hutchison — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Sullivan — · Position unavailable 7 Barry Denny — · Position unavailable 34 Tom Flower — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Biffin — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Hamilton — · Position unavailable 41 Chris Woodman — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS6.35.72.46.2130
MEL7.23.15.46.3136

Match Leaders

Goals
4
3 tied leaders
Simon MaddenESS
Behinds
4
Terry DaniherESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

19Goals21
16Behinds10
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

279Disposals284
208Kicks236
71Handballs48

Clearance / Contest

31Hitouts22

Other

57Marks87

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 6 points, 136–130.

Melbourne extended a 5-point three-quarter-time lead with a 39–38 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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