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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 17-Aug-1985
Final Round 20
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Ron Barassi
97 15.7
112 17.10
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 15 ESS by 15
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 32 Shane Zantuck — · Position unavailable 3 Gerard Healy — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 48 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 6 Michael OSullivan — · Position unavailable 15 Mark Withers — · Position unavailable 44 John Fidge — · Position unavailable 28 David Cordner — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Moore — · Position unavailable 35 Darryl Cox — · Position unavailable 47 Alan Jarrott — · Position unavailable 38 Nigel Kol — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 36 Ted Fidge — · Position unavailable 5 Robin White — · Position unavailable 46 Darren Louttit — · Position unavailable 23 Daryl Bourke — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

38 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 26 Mark Thompson — · Position unavailable 14 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 4 Leon Baker — · Position unavailable 7 Frank Dunell — · Position unavailable 1 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 22 Bill Duckworth — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 41 Steven Clark — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 13 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 16 Peter Banfield — · Position unavailable 28 Paul Weston — · Position unavailable 23 Trevor Spencer — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.12.36.15.297
ESS8.24.42.33.1112

Match Leaders

Goals
4
2 tied leaders
David CordnerMEL
Behinds
3
Roger MerrettESS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

15Goals17
5Behinds10
2Behinds Rushed4

Possession

278Disposals312
195Kicks212
83Handballs100

Clearance / Contest

18Hitouts30

Other

61Marks85
31Frees For32
32Frees Against31

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 15 points, 112–97.

Essendon took a 28-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 15 by the final siren, scoring 32 points to 19 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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