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South Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 12-Apr-1980
Final Round 3
South Melbourne logo
South Melbourne Coach: Ian Stewart
101 14.17
156 24.12
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
Essendon logo
Waverley Park Essendon by 55 ESS by 55
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

26 Stephen Wright — · Position unavailable 7 Kevin Goss — · Position unavailable 25 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 11 Mark Browning — · Position unavailable 12 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 15 Bernie Evans — · Position unavailable 8 Michael Wright — · Position unavailable 10 John Roberts — · Position unavailable 6 Dale Murphy — · Position unavailable 32 Paul Morwood — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Morwood — · Position unavailable 29 David McLeish — · Position unavailable 17 Ian Roberts — · Position unavailable 31 Francis Jackson — · Position unavailable 9 David Ackerly — · Position unavailable 28 Michael Smith — · Position unavailable 1 Robert McGhie — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Teasdale — · Position unavailable 27 Max James — · Position unavailable 3 Noel Jenkinson — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 11 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 8 Phil Carman — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 3 Barry Day — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 7 Frank Dunell — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Robins — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 1 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 30 Neil Besanko — · Position unavailable 40 Jim McAllester — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SMO3.75.72.14.2101
ESS2.86.28.18.1156

Match Leaders

Goals
7
John RobertsSMO
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Michael WrightSMO
SuperCoach
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

SMOESS

Scoring / Attack

14Goals24
16Behinds10
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

259Disposals321
181Kicks200
78Handballs121

Clearance / Contest

25Hitouts29

Other

65Marks59
36Frees For28
28Frees Against36

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 55 points, 156–101.

Essendon extended a 32-point three-quarter-time lead with a 49–26 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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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