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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 20-Aug-1988
Final Round 21
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
128 19.14
90 13.12
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 38 ESS by 38
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

32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 12 Steven Clark — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 4 Leon Baker — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Anderson — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 44 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 6 Anthony Daniher — · Position unavailable 7 Chris Daniher — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 37 Ed Considine — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Wallis — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 16 Andy Lovell — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 37 David Flintoff — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 39 Doug Koop — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 28 Jamie Duursma — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 15 David Williams — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 26 Jay Viney — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.55.06.45.5128
MEL5.23.62.03.490

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Paul SalmonESS
Behinds
2
7 tied leaders
Tim WatsonESS
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Tackles
7
Greg AndersonESS

Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

19Goals13
13Behinds12
5Behinds Rushed1

Possession

320Disposals258
220Kicks197
100Handballs61

Clearance / Contest

25Tackles18
16Hitouts13

Other

89Marks62
24Frees For30
30Frees Against24

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 38 points, 128–90.

Essendon extended a 25-point three-quarter-time lead with a 35–22 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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