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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 13-Aug-1983
Final Round 20
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
124 19.10
141 21.15
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 17 ESS by 17
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 19 Rodney Wright — · Position unavailable 29 Dale Dickson — · Position unavailable 32 Shane Zantuck — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 10 Peter Moore — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Seddon — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 11 Steven Icke — · Position unavailable 12 David Williams — · Position unavailable 45 Glenn Boland — · Position unavailable 36 Ted Fidge — · Position unavailable 14 Roger Ellingworth — · Position unavailable 26 Glenn McLean — · Position unavailable 28 David Cordner — · Position unavailable 20 Russell Richards — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 2 Bryan Wood — · Position unavailable 20 Tony Buhagiar — · Position unavailable 1 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 42 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 43 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 17 Stephen Carey — · Position unavailable 38 Stephen Richardson — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 23 Rene Kink — · Position unavailable 7 Frank Dunell — · Position unavailable 8 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 12 Cameron Clayton — · Position unavailable 28 Paul Weston — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Copping — · Position unavailable 22 Bill Duckworth — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL6.55.25.13.2124
ESS4.16.46.45.6141

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Robert FlowerMEL
Behinds
3
3 tied leaders
Alan JohnsonMEL
SuperCoach
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

19Goals21
10Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

309Disposals321
206Kicks210
103Handballs111

Clearance / Contest

20Hitouts46

Other

65Marks71
34Frees For31
31Frees Against34

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 17 points, 141–124.

Essendon extended a 1-point three-quarter-time lead with a 36–20 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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