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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 19-May-1979
Final Round 7
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
156 23.18
74 9.20
Melbourne Coach: Carl Ditterich
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 82 ESS by 82
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 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 2 Alan Reid — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 13 Ken Mansfield — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 15 Wayne Primmer — · Position unavailable 1 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 26 Robert Shaw — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 17 Colin Boyd — · Position unavailable 36 Denis Scanlon — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Wells — · Position unavailable 40 Peter Thorne — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 27 Don Whitford — · Position unavailable 6 Robert Elliott — · Position unavailable 18 Maurice Wingate — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Byrne — · Position unavailable 24 Tony Martyn — · Position unavailable 17 Shane Grambeau — · Position unavailable 7 Barry Denny — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Hamilton — · Position unavailable 26 Stewart Gull — · Position unavailable 16 Robert Walters — · Position unavailable 39 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 5 Graham Hunnibell — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS7.78.12.46.6156
MEL2.52.42.53.674

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Terry DaniherESS
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Stephen RobinsESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

23Goals9
16Behinds18
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

329Disposals282
247Kicks196
82Handballs86

Clearance / Contest

31Hitouts31

Other

116Marks54
31Frees For43
43Frees Against31

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 82 points, 156–74.

Essendon extended a 64-point three-quarter-time lead with a 42–24 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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