Melbourne vs Essendon Match Centre
Who takes the field
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Scoring timeline
Scoring Events
Most recent first- 4Q 28:2979-85
- Nathan BrownGoal4Q 25:4573-85
- Adem YzeGoal4Q 23:5567-85
- Dean RioliGoal4Q 22:0461-85
- Russell RobertsonBehind4Q 21:1061-79
- Damien PeverillBehind4Q 19:3160-79
- Scott LucasBehind4Q 18:5460-78
- Sean WellmanBehind4Q 16:1760-77
- Mark BoltonGoal4Q 12:2360-76
- Cameron BruceBehind4Q 11:1260-70
- RushedBehind4Q 10:0559-70
- Jason JohnsonGoal4Q 8:1059-69
- David NeitzGoal4Q 3:1659-63
- Cameron BruceBehind3Q 31:3453-63
- Matthew LloydGoal3Q 29:0252-63
- Troy BroadbridgeGoal3Q 25:4152-57
- RushedBehind3Q 24:1246-57
- Cameron BruceBehind3Q 22:3446-56
- Jason JohnsonBehind3Q 20:3645-56
- RushedBehind3Q 19:1445-55
- RushedBehind3Q 17:2644-55
- Matthew LloydGoal3Q 15:2344-54
- Brad GreenBehind3Q 13:5144-48
- Justin BlumfieldBehind3Q 12:2043-48
- Brad GreenGoal3Q 10:3843-47
- James HirdGoal3Q 8:3837-47
- Matthew LloydBehind3Q 7:4137-41
- David NeitzGoal3Q 5:5237-40
- James HirdGoal3Q 4:3031-40
- Adem YzeGoal3Q 3:3531-34
- Russell RobertsonBehind2Q 25:3425-34
- RushedBehind2Q 19:2824-34
- Scott LucasGoal2Q 13:4323-34
- Scott LucasBehind2Q 12:5023-28
- Matthew LloydBehind2Q 11:3123-27
- James HirdGoal2Q 9:3123-26
- RushedBehind2Q 7:5523-20
- James HirdGoal2Q 5:0722-20
- RushedBehind2Q 1:5322-14
- Adem YzeBehind2Q 1:2422-13
- David NeitzGoal1Q 27:5521-13
- Dean RioliGoal1Q 24:5915-13
- Matthew LloydGoal1Q 23:1915-7
- RushedBehind1Q 20:4315-1
- Brad GreenBehind1Q 16:5514-1
- Brad GreenGoal1Q 12:0713-1
- RushedBehind1Q 9:487-1
- Brad GreenGoal1Q 6:056-1
- Matthew LloydBehind1Q 1:390-1
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Match Leaders
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Match Summary
How the match finished
Essendon beat Melbourne by 6 points, 85–79.
Essendon took a 10-point lead into the last quarter. Melbourne cut that back to 6 by the final siren, scoring 26 points to 22 in the final term.
Match records and coverage
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Match ends follow the AFL feed’s recorded first-quarter direction and the change of ends each quarter. Left and right refer to the source ground view.
Distance is an estimate from the recorded kick location to the centre of goal. Angle is degrees off centre: 0° is straight in front. These are geometric estimates, not measured kick distances or scoring probabilities.
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