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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 23-May-1998
Final Round 9
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher
84 12.12
122 18.14
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 38 ESS 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 22

36 Andrew Leoncelli — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 22 Shane Woewodin — · Position unavailable 16 Travis Johnstone — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 15 Paul Hopgood — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 10 Marcus Seecamp — · Position unavailable 23 James McDonald — · Position unavailable 34 Jeff White — · Position unavailable 43 Guy Rigoni — · Position unavailable 20 Matthew Febey — · Position unavailable 4 Brent Grgic — · Position unavailable 29 Shaun Smith — · Position unavailable 35 Anthony McDonald — · Position unavailable 39 Craig Smoker — · Position unavailable 5 David Schwarz — · Position unavailable 27 Anthony Ingerson — · Position unavailable 45 Troy Longmuir — · Position unavailable 46 Hayden Lamaro — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 22

24 Joe Misiti — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Prior — · Position unavailable 14 David Calthorpe — · Position unavailable 47 Ricky Olarenshaw — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 2 Mark Mercuri — · Position unavailable 5 James Hird — · Position unavailable 32 Justin Blumfield — · Position unavailable 11 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable 27 Steven Alessio — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 36 Simon Eastaugh — · Position unavailable 20 Peter Berbakov — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable 1 Andrew Ukovic — · Position unavailable 31 Dustin Fletcher — · Position unavailable 33 Blake Caracella — · Position unavailable 29 Gary Moorcroft — · Position unavailable 7 Dean Solomon — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Fraser — · Position unavailable 3 Ryan OConnor — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.32.33.43.284
ESS4.25.43.46.4122

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
Darren BewickESS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
James McDonaldMEL
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
5
2 tied leaders
Marcus SeecampMEL

Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

12Goals18
11Behinds13
43Inside 50s56
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

248Disposals314
176Kicks198
72Handballs116

Clearance / Contest

47Clearances36
30Tackles32
40Hitouts31

Other

64Marks93
11Frees For12
12Frees Against11
33Rebound 50s29
15Clangers12

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Melbourne by 38 points, 122–84.

Essendon extended a 18-point three-quarter-time lead with a 40–20 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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