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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 8-Aug-1981
Final Round 19
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
104 14.20
60 9.6
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
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

6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 23 Grant Fowler — · Position unavailable 11 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 1 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 20 Tony Buhagiar — · Position unavailable 47 Mark Eustice — · Position unavailable 39 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 2 Alan Reid — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 17 Stephen Carey — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 12 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · 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 33 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Moir — · Position unavailable 23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Gaunt — · Position unavailable 54 Trevor Korn — · Position unavailable 40 Paul OBrien — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 43 Greg Hutchison — · Position unavailable 47 Des ODwyer — · Position unavailable 10 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Seddon — · Position unavailable 38 Shane Braddy — · Position unavailable 11 Gary Hardeman — · Position unavailable 25 Mark Jackson — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Fowler — · Position unavailable 19 Bill Nettlefold — · Position unavailable 39 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 50 Ian Todd — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS1.94.34.75.1104
MEL0.23.20.16.160

Match Leaders

Goals
3
4 tied leaders
Tony BuhagiarESS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Grant FowlerESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

14Goals9
18Behinds5
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

330Disposals276
224Kicks184
106Handballs92

Clearance / Contest

45Hitouts33

Other

60Marks52
32Frees For35
35Frees Against32

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 44 points, 104–60.

Essendon took a 50-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 44 by the final siren, scoring 37 points to 31 in the 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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