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Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 8-May-1999
Final Round 7
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: Neale Daniher
134 20.14
113 17.11
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 21 MEL by 21
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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

12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 36 Andrew Leoncelli — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 8 Jeff Farmer — · Position unavailable 34 Jeff White — · Position unavailable 43 Guy Rigoni — · Position unavailable 10 Marcus Seecamp — · Position unavailable 5 David Schwarz — · Position unavailable 15 Paul Hopgood — · Position unavailable 9 David Neitz — · Position unavailable 13 Adem Yze — · Position unavailable 2 Stephen Tingay — · Position unavailable 26 Daniel Ward — · Position unavailable 47 Ben Beams — · Position unavailable 23 James McDonald — · Position unavailable 45 Troy Longmuir — · Position unavailable 22 Shane Woewodin — · Position unavailable 7 Darren Kowal — · Position unavailable 27 Anthony Ingerson — · Position unavailable 42 Peter Walsh — · Position unavailable 32 Nick Carter — · Position unavailable 44 Alistair Nicholson — · 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 43 Dean Rioli — · Position unavailable 2 Mark Mercuri — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 29 Gary Moorcroft — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Prior — · Position unavailable 27 Steven Alessio — · Position unavailable 32 Justin Blumfield — · Position unavailable 26 Chris Heffernan — · Position unavailable 35 Barry Young — · Position unavailable 11 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Fraser — · Position unavailable 36 Simon Eastaugh — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Barnard — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Wallis — · Position unavailable 12 Michael Symons — · Position unavailable 7 Dean Solomon — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 20 Peter Berbakov — · Position unavailable 33 Blake Caracella — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL6.16.45.23.7134
ESS6.26.24.41.3113

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Matthew LloydESS
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Jeff FarmerMEL
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Tackles
4
Andrew LeoncelliMEL

Team Stats

MELESS

Scoring / Attack

20Goals17
14Behinds7
57Inside 50s51
14Marks Inside 5010
5Behinds Rushed1

Possession

264Disposals277
187Kicks183
77Handballs94
117Contested Possessions114
154Uncontested Possessions168

Clearance / Contest

50Clearances39
27Tackles23
44Hitouts14
13Contested Marks8

Other

72Marks75
21Frees For13
13Frees Against21
28Rebound 50s34
17Clangers22
7One Percenters12
10Bounces9

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Melbourne beat Essendon by 21 points, 134–113.

Melbourne extended a 5-point three-quarter-time lead with a 25–9 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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