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Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre

Saturday 25-May-1996
Final Round 9
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
89 11.23
77 12.5
Melbourne Coach: Neil Balme
Melbourne logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 12 ESS by 12
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 21

24 Joe Misiti — · Position unavailable 26 Mark Thompson — · Position unavailable 2 Mark Mercuri — · Position unavailable 4 Gavin Wanganeen — · Position unavailable 38 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 22 Ben Doolan — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Prior — · Position unavailable 3 Ryan OConnor — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 12 Michael Symons — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Barnard — · Position unavailable 31 Dustin Fletcher — · Position unavailable 36 Scott Cummings — · Position unavailable 9 Che Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable 51 Peter Berbakov — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Somerville — · Position unavailable 35 Barry Young — · Position unavailable 39 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable
Away team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 8 Craig Turley — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 15 Paul Hopgood — · Position unavailable 4 Andrew Obst — · Position unavailable 23 Alastair Clarkson — · Position unavailable 9 David Neitz — · Position unavailable 18 Craig Nettelbeck — · Position unavailable 20 Matthew Febey — · Position unavailable 2 Stephen Tingay — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Polley — · Position unavailable 7 Darren Kowal — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 10 Marcus Seecamp — · Position unavailable 35 Trent Ormond-Allen — · Position unavailable 37 Andrew Lamprill — · Position unavailable 33 Jeff Farmer — · Position unavailable 32 Damien Gaspar — · Position unavailable 26 Greg Doyle — · Position unavailable 45 Todd McHardy — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.82.44.63.589
MEL3.12.15.12.277

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Garry LyonMEL
Behinds
5
Scott CummingsESS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
5
3 tied leaders
Mark ThompsonESS

Team Stats

ESSMEL

Scoring / Attack

11Goals12
18Behinds3
5Behinds Rushed1

Possession

327Disposals286
194Kicks188
133Handballs98

Clearance / Contest

39Tackles22
10Hitouts22

Other

84Marks82
21Frees For17
17Frees Against21

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 12 points, 89–77.

Essendon extended a 3-point three-quarter-time lead with a 23–14 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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