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Essendon vs South Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 9-Jun-1979
Final Round 10
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
115 16.19
99 14.15
South Melbourne Coach: Ian Stewart
South Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 16 ESS by 16
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 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 2 Alan Reid — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 3 Barry Day — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 1 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 13 Ken Mansfield — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 30 Neil Besanko — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable
Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

25 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 15 Bernie Evans — · Position unavailable 12 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 35 Peter Morrison — · Position unavailable 32 Paul Morwood — · Position unavailable 16 Ricky Quade — · Position unavailable 11 Mark Browning — · Position unavailable 42 David Ackerly — · Position unavailable 5 John Rantall — · Position unavailable 4 Jon Hummel — · Position unavailable 19 Terry ONeill — · Position unavailable 30 Shane Zantuck — · Position unavailable 29 David McLeish — · Position unavailable 37 Peter Hall — · Position unavailable 8 Michael Wright — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Morwood — · Position unavailable 24 Robert Lamb — · Position unavailable 44 Mark Fraser — · Position unavailable 28 Michael Smith — · Position unavailable 41 Phillip Plumb — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS4.73.34.55.4115
SMO3.25.52.34.599

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Stephen RobinsESS
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Stephen RobinsESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSSMO

Scoring / Attack

16Goals14
17Behinds14
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

311Disposals293
227Kicks231
84Handballs62

Clearance / Contest

30Hitouts23

Other

97Marks102
38Frees For38
38Frees Against38

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 16 points, 115–99.

Essendon extended a 11-point three-quarter-time lead with a 34–29 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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