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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 5-Jul-1986
Final Round 15
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
60 8.12
182 27.20
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 122 ESS by 122
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

47 Alan Jarrott — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 6 Michael OSullivan — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 38 Nigel Kol — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 40 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 28 David Cordner — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 16 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Moore — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 29 Dale Dickson — · Position unavailable 20 Russell Richards — · Position unavailable 37 David Allday — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 44 John Fidge — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

4 Leon Baker — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Richardson — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 14 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 26 Mark Thompson — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 34 Michael Thomson — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 7 Frank Dunell — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 12 Steven Clark — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 40 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 42 Dean Bailey — · Position unavailable 38 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 19 Brenton Phillips — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.23.22.41.460
ESS7.48.44.58.7182

Match Leaders

Goals
8
Paul SalmonESS
Behinds
6
Steven ClarkESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

8Goals27
11Behinds18
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

239Disposals394
178Kicks241
61Handballs153

Clearance / Contest

20Hitouts32

Other

55Marks89
28Frees For19
19Frees Against28

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 122 points, 182–60.

Essendon extended a 77-point three-quarter-time lead with a 55–10 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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