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Essendon vs South Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 22-Aug-1981
Final Round 21
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
179 26.23
68 10.8
South Melbourne Coach: Ian Stewart
South Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 111 ESS by 111
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

20 Tony Buhagiar — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 1 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 11 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 28 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 23 Grant Fowler — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 2 Alan Reid — · Position unavailable 14 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 39 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 44 Justin Madden — · Position unavailable 47 Mark Eustice — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable
Away team

South Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

11 Mark Browning — · Position unavailable 23 Colin Hounsell — · Position unavailable 26 Stephen Wright — · Position unavailable 48 Bernie Conlen — · Position unavailable 27 Max James — · Position unavailable 46 Silvio Foschini — · Position unavailable 8 Greg Smith — · Position unavailable 25 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 17 Ian Roberts — · Position unavailable 38 Brett Scott — · Position unavailable 9 David Ackerly — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Morwood — · Position unavailable 40 Dennis Carroll — · Position unavailable 33 Phillip Moir — · Position unavailable 2 Phillip Plumb — · Position unavailable 31 Francis Jackson — · Position unavailable 13 Rod Carter — · Position unavailable 20 Graham Teasdale — · Position unavailable 19 Anthony Daniher — · Position unavailable 14 Stephen Allender — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS5.710.36.95.4179
SMO3.03.41.13.368

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Max JamesSMO
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Simon MaddenESS
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSSMO

Scoring / Attack

26Goals10
16Behinds7
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

371Disposals240
233Kicks153
138Handballs87

Clearance / Contest

75Hitouts19

Other

85Marks39
21Frees For17
17Frees Against21

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat South Melbourne by 111 points, 179–68.

Essendon extended a 98-point three-quarter-time lead with a 34–21 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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