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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 2-Sep-1989
Final Round 22
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
89 13.11
108 16.12
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 19 ESS by 19
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

33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 37 David Flintoff — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 48 Luke Beveridge — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 28 Jamie Duursma — · Position unavailable 1 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable
Away 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 22 Bill Duckworth — · Position unavailable 13 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 4 Michael Long — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 45 Craig OBrien — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Wallis — · Position unavailable 20 John Barnes — · Position unavailable 36 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 2 Tony Antrobus — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Somerville — · Position unavailable 6 Anthony Daniher — · Position unavailable 14 Bradley Plain — · Position unavailable 44 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 31 Dean Bailey — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 12 Steven Clark — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.43.32.34.189
ESS4.15.34.53.3108

Match Leaders

Goals
4
2 tied leaders
Brian WilsonMEL
Behinds
4
Simon MaddenESS
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Tackles
4
Steven ClarkESS

Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals16
8Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

316Disposals347
199Kicks238
117Handballs109

Clearance / Contest

24Tackles23
26Hitouts6

Other

67Marks105
26Frees For25
26Frees Against25

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 19 points, 108–89.

Essendon took a 23-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 19 by the final siren, scoring 25 points to 21 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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