Melbourne vs Essendon 16-Apr-1990 Shot & disposal maps

Monday 16-Apr-1990

Final Round 3

Melbourne Coach: John Northey

122 18.14

95 14.11

Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Quarter Scores

Team	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Total
MEL	4.3	5.2	8.2	1.7	122
ESS	4.3	4.3	1.2	5.3	95

Match Leaders

Goals

Darren BennettMEL

Behinds

Darren BennettMEL

SuperCoach

Not available yet

Tackles

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

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

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Distance is an estimate from the recorded kick location to the centre of goal. Angle is degrees off centre: 0° is straight in front. These are geometric estimates, not measured kick distances or scoring probabilities.

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