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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 21-Apr-1984
Final Round 4
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
91 14.7
126 17.24
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
Waverley Park Essendon by 35 ESS by 35
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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

47 Alan Jarrott — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 44 John Fidge — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Moore — · Position unavailable 16 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 29 Dale Dickson — · Position unavailable 8 Peter Thorne — · Position unavailable 21 Peter Tossol — · Position unavailable 23 Kelly ODonnell — · Position unavailable 15 Mark Withers — · Position unavailable 27 Glenn Boland — · Position unavailable 6 Michael OSullivan — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 1 Steven Smith — · Position unavailable 46 Michael Reynolds — · Position unavailable 26 Glenn McLean — · Position unavailable 18 Greg Hutchison — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 3 Gerard Healy — · 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 20 Tony Buhagiar — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 4 Leon Baker — · Position unavailable 36 Peter Bradbury — · Position unavailable 7 Frank Dunell — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 8 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 22 Bill Duckworth — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 13 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 38 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 28 Paul Weston — · Position unavailable 17 Stephen Carey — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.13.12.07.591
ESS3.115.44.75.2126

Match Leaders

Goals
4
4 tied leaders
Robert FlowerMEL
Behinds
7
Paul SalmonESS
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

14Goals17
6Behinds24
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

285Disposals321
186Kicks226
99Handballs95

Clearance / Contest

29Hitouts40

Other

49Marks87
34Frees For21
21Frees Against34

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 35 points, 126–91.

Essendon took a 50-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 35 by the final siren, scoring 47 points to 32 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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