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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 21-May-1983
Final Round 9
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
149 22.17
115 17.13
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 34 ESS by 34
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

10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 11 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 34 Michael Thomson — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 20 Tony Buhagiar — · Position unavailable 2 Grant Fowler — · Position unavailable 15 Wayne Otway — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 17 Stephen Carey — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Copping — · Position unavailable 8 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 28 Paul Weston — · Position unavailable 12 Cameron Clayton — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 7 Frank Dunell — · Position unavailable 16 Wayne Beddison — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 11 Steven Icke — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 10 Peter Moore — · Position unavailable 33 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 16 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Seddon — · Position unavailable 47 Alan Jarrott — · Position unavailable 20 Russell Richards — · Position unavailable 32 Shane Zantuck — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 3 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 44 Scott Sutcliffe — · Position unavailable 21 Peter Tossol — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 14 Roger Ellingworth — · Position unavailable 26 Glenn McLean — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.29.29.52.8149
MEL5.34.13.55.4115

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Stephen CoppingESS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Tony BuhagiarESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

22Goals17
15Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

342Disposals311
225Kicks214
117Handballs97

Clearance / Contest

55Hitouts13

Other

75Marks82
30Frees For29
29Frees Against30

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 34 points, 149–115.

Essendon took a 48-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 34 by the final siren, scoring 34 points to 20 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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