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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 7-Sep-1991
Final Elimination Final
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
113 17.11
75 11.9
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
Waverley Park Melbourne by 38 MEL by 38
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

11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 24 Luke Beveridge — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 16 Andy Lovell — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 23 Kevin Dyson — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 29 Andrew Obst — · Position unavailable 48 Darren Cuthbertson — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 13 Allen Jakovich — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 19 Darren Bennett — · Position unavailable 15 Stephen Tingay — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · 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 9 Derek Kickett — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 37 Ed Considine — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 39 David Johnston — · Position unavailable 26 Mark Thompson — · Position unavailable 13 Michael Long — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 12 Craig OBrien — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 49 Paul Hills — · Position unavailable 45 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 4 Gavin Wanganeen — · Position unavailable 17 Kieran Sporn — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Somerville — · Position unavailable 24 Michael Werner — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL1.23.36.27.4113
ESS5.62.12.22.075

Match Leaders

Goals
8
Allen JakovichMEL
Behinds
3
Tim WatsonESS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
4
5 tied leaders
Todd VineyMEL

Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

17Goals11
7Behinds9
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

288Disposals292
213Kicks189
75Handballs103

Clearance / Contest

36Tackles25
12Hitouts8

Other

82Marks58
36Frees For25
25Frees Against36

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 38 points, 113–75.

Melbourne extended a 4-point three-quarter-time lead with a 46–12 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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