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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 7-May-1988
Final Round 6
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
68 9.14
101 16.5
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 33 ESS by 33
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

8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 1 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 23 Warren Dean — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 16 Andy Lovell — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

1 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 35 Gavin Keane — · Position unavailable 13 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 44 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 6 Anthony Daniher — · Position unavailable 22 Bill Duckworth — · Position unavailable 12 Steven Clark — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 37 Ed Considine — · Position unavailable 4 Leon Baker — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Anderson — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.44.32.42.368
ESS3.36.03.14.1101

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Garry FouldsESS
Behinds
2
4 tied leaders
Graeme YeatsMEL
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
5
2 tied leaders
Simon EisholdMEL

Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

9Goals16
12Behinds4
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

264Disposals302
213Kicks228
51Handballs74

Clearance / Contest

27Tackles40
21Hitouts22

Other

58Marks71
23Frees For28
28Frees Against23

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 33 points, 101–68.

Essendon extended a 23-point three-quarter-time lead with a 25–15 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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