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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 8-Apr-1989
Final Round 2
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
94 14.10
68 9.14
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 26 ESS by 26
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

11 Greg Anderson — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 2 Tony Antrobus — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 4 Michael Long — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 17 Kieran Sporn — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 6 Anthony Daniher — · Position unavailable 29 David Grenvold — · Position unavailable 23 Trevor Spencer — · Position unavailable 44 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 37 Ed Considine — · Position unavailable 13 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 9 Andrew Underwood — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 28 Jamie Duursma — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 29 Dean Chiron — · Position unavailable 30 Dannie Seow — · Position unavailable 1 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 52 Stephen Tingay — · Position unavailable 47 John Ahern — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS4.24.35.41.194
MEL2.32.40.45.368

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Paul Vander HaarESS
Behinds
3
Greg HealyMEL
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Tackles
4
Michael LongESS

Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

14Goals9
8Behinds12
4Behinds Rushed2

Possession

287Disposals239
208Kicks188
79Handballs51

Clearance / Contest

13Tackles19
15Hitouts22

Other

75Marks68
40Frees For28
28Frees Against40

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 26 points, 94–68.

Essendon took a 52-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 26 by the final siren, scoring 33 points to 7 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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