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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 31-May-1980
Final Round 10
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
120 17.18
76 11.10
Melbourne Coach: Carl Ditterich
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 44 ESS by 44
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

11 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 1 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 23 Grant Fowler — · Position unavailable 13 Ken Mansfield — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 22 Wayne Foreman — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 26 Robert Shaw — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 19 Bill Nettlefold — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 12 Cameron Clayton — · Position unavailable 7 Phillip Pinnell — · Position unavailable 6 Robert Elliott — · Position unavailable 8 Brent Crosswell — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Byrne — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Seddon — · Position unavailable 13 Wayne Gordon — · Position unavailable 24 Tony Martyn — · Position unavailable 3 Henry Coles — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 10 Carl Ditterich — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 1 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 16 Robert Walters — · Position unavailable 44 Stephen Bickford — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.33.35.66.6120
MEL2.54.25.00.376

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Simon MaddenESS
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Simon MaddenESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

17Goals11
18Behinds10
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

324Disposals288
233Kicks172
91Handballs116

Clearance / Contest

50Hitouts27

Other

72Marks47
40Frees For33
34Frees Against38

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 44 points, 120–76.

Essendon extended a 5-point three-quarter-time lead with a 42–3 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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