Essendon vs Melbourne Match Centre
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Scoring Events
Most recent first- Brandon Zerk-ThatcherBehind4Q 27:1449-68
- Bayley FritschGoal4Q 24:2348-68
- Bayley FritschBehind4Q 23:3448-62
- Bayley FritschGoal4Q 22:0448-61
- Dylan ShielGoal4Q 19:5948-55
- James StewartGoal4Q 16:1042-55
- Devon SmithGoal4Q 12:0936-55
- Jayden HuntGoal4Q 10:4230-55
- RushedBehind4Q 6:5530-49
- Tom CutlerBehind4Q 6:1629-49
- Devon SmithBehind4Q 4:4628-49
- James StewartGoal4Q 1:4727-49
- James StewartGoal3Q 21:2321-49
- Jayden HuntGoal3Q 16:2815-49
- Mitch BrownBehind3Q 9:2015-43
- Jake StringerBehind3Q 4:4815-42
- 2Q 19:4614-42
- James StewartBehind2Q 18:3814-36
- Bayley FritschBehind2Q 15:4713-36
- Alex Neal-BullenGoal2Q 14:2213-35
- Mitch BrownBehind2Q 12:4213-29
- Jayden HuntGoal2Q 10:5313-28
- Jordan RidleyBehind2Q 6:5313-22
- Bayley FritschGoal2Q 4:4112-22
- Alex Neal-BullenGoal2Q 2:4412-16
- Jake StringerGoal1Q 22:0912-10
- Charlie SpargoBehind1Q 17:566-10
- Bayley FritschBehind1Q 14:356-9
- Jayden HuntGoal1Q 9:496-8
- Jayden LaverdeGoal1Q 8:186-2
- Bayley FritschBehind1Q 3:140-2
- RushedBehind1Q 1:300-1
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How the match finished
Melbourne beat Essendon by 19 points, 68–49.
Melbourne took a 28-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 19 by the final siren, scoring 28 points to 19 in the final term.
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