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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 30-May-1987
Final Round 10
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
80 11.14
102 15.12
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Melbourne by 22 MEL by 22
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

33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 24 Brian Winton — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 35 Gavin Keane — · Position unavailable 26 Mark Thompson — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 46 David Johnston — · Position unavailable 22 Bill Duckworth — · Position unavailable 13 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Wallis — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 38 Daryl Cunningham — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 29 Nick Walsh — · Position unavailable 31 Dean Bailey — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 12 Steven Clark — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 23 Warren Dean — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 39 Doug Koop — · Position unavailable 35 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 37 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 20 Russell Richards — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 5 Robin White — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Giles — · Position unavailable 41 Steve Turner — · Position unavailable 16 Adrian Battiston — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 26 Joseph Rugolo — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS1.35.52.23.480
MEL4.41.29.31.3102

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Bret BaileyMEL
Behinds
3
Simon MaddenESS
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Tackles
8
David JohnstonESS

Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

11Goals15
13Behinds10
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

277Disposals267
187Kicks198
90Handballs69

Clearance / Contest

36Tackles20
28Hitouts18

Other

61Marks50
41Frees For28
28Frees Against41

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 22 points, 102–80.

Melbourne took a 35-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 22 by the final siren, scoring 22 points to 9 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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