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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Monday 16-Apr-1990
Final Round 3
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
122 18.14
95 14.11
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 27 MEL by 27
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

17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Obst — · Position unavailable 16 Andy Lovell — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 32 Steven Clark — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 1 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 15 Stephen Tingay — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 19 Darren Bennett — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

26 Mark Thompson — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 41 Andrew Manning — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Anderson — · Position unavailable 4 Michael Long — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Cransberg — · Position unavailable 12 Craig OBrien — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 36 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 9 Derek Kickett — · Position unavailable 38 Brendon Moore — · Position unavailable 6 Anthony Daniher — · Position unavailable 14 Bradley Plain — · Position unavailable 17 Kieran Sporn — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.35.28.21.7122
ESS4.34.31.25.395

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Darren BennettMEL
Behinds
6
Darren BennettMEL
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Tackles
4
3 tied leaders
Steven FebeyMEL

Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

18Goals14
13Behinds8
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

313Disposals319
216Kicks208
97Handballs111

Clearance / Contest

35Tackles31
26Hitouts15

Other

86Marks75
24Frees For31
32Frees Against22

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 27 points, 122–95.

Melbourne took a 47-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 27 by the final siren, scoring 33 points to 13 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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