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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 21-Jul-1990
Final Round 16
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
106 15.16
114 17.12
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Melbourne by 8 MEL by 8
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

10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Anderson — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 4 Michael Long — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 26 Mark Thompson — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 9 Derek Kickett — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 41 Andrew Manning — · Position unavailable 28 David Flood — · Position unavailable 37 Ed Considine — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Cransberg — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 40 Adrian Burns — · Position unavailable 29 David Grenvold — · Position unavailable 24 Michael Werner — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 37 David Flintoff — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 15 Stephen Tingay — · Position unavailable 19 Darren Bennett — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 54 Brent Heaver — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 1 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS5.64.24.42.4106
MEL3.24.32.48.3114

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Darren BennettMEL
Behinds
4
Tim WatsonESS
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Tackles
6
Todd VineyMEL

Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

15Goals17
15Behinds9
3Behinds Rushed3

Possession

265Disposals290
192Kicks201
73Handballs89

Clearance / Contest

23Tackles38
19Hitouts25

Other

67Marks64
34Frees For25
25Frees Against34

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 8 points, 114–106.

Melbourne came from 27 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Essendon 51–16 in the final term to take the win.

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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