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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 1-Jun-1991
Final Round 11
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
86 12.14
80 12.8
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
Melbourne logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 6 ESS by 6
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

8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 13 Michael Long — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Anderson — · Position unavailable 35 Ian McMullin — · Position unavailable 17 Kieran Sporn — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Cransberg — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 4 Gavin Wanganeen — · Position unavailable 6 Anthony Daniher — · Position unavailable 47 Paul Morrish — · Position unavailable 25 Brad Fox — · Position unavailable 49 Paul Hills — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Somerville — · Position unavailable 40 Adrian Burns — · Position unavailable 33 David Robertson — · Position unavailable 24 Michael Werner — · Position unavailable 28 David Flood — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

6 Glenn Lovett — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 23 Kevin Dyson — · Position unavailable 15 Stephen Tingay — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Obst — · Position unavailable 16 Andy Lovell — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 32 Steven Clark — · Position unavailable 44 David Schwarz — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 1 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable 30 Paul Bryce — · Position unavailable 28 John Howat — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 24 Luke Beveridge — · Position unavailable 19 Darren Bennett — · Position unavailable 48 Darren Cuthbertson — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.11.56.53.386
MEL2.24.22.24.280

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Ricky JacksonMEL
Behinds
2
4 tied leaders
Paul SalmonESS
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Tackles
5
Paul MorrishESS

Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

12Goals12
10Behinds8
3Behinds Rushed3

Possession

291Disposals288
194Kicks196
97Handballs92

Clearance / Contest

27Tackles25
15Hitouts18

Other

74Marks61
40Frees For37
37Frees Against40

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 6 points, 86–80.

Essendon took a 11-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 6 by the final siren, scoring 26 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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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