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Melbourne vs Essendon

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Round: 9   Venue: VFL Park   Date: Sat, 27-05-1978 2:10 pm   Crowd: 28,231  
Melbourne 3.3.214.5.295.5.358.12.60 C:  Dennis Jones
Essendon 3.0.187.3.4511.9.7515.12.102 C:  Barry Davis
  MELB by 3ESS by 16ESS by 40ESS by 42  

Match stats

Melbourne Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
1 Baker, Garry 10 8 8 18 0 0 10 0 5 25y 64d 84 82
19 Biffin, Ray 7 3 5 12 0 2 0 2 1 29y 21d 156 101
6 Brewer, Ross 15 5 9 24 0 1 0 2 1 24y 286d 115 191
44 Code, David 4 1 5 9 0 0 0 0 2 21y 51d 4 1
13 Coles, Henry 16 3 7 23 0 3 0 2 4 27y 77d 98 123
28 Dullard, Anthony 5 3 3 8 0 0 0 0 1 22y 318d 80 40
23 Fitzsimmons, Shane 12 1 14 26 0 0 0 6 4 22y 154d 52 27
2 Flower, Robert 18 4 5 23 1 1 0 2 1 22y 295d 99 87
9 Fowler, Laurie 23 4 4 27 0 0 0 9 1 26y 149d 119 24
20 Gaunt, Graham 13 3 5 18 0 0 0 2 4 24y 298d 22 8
17 Grambeau, Shane 11 3 2 13 0 0 0 3 3 25y 222d 91 47
5 Hunnibell, Graham 4 2 10 14 0 0 9 2 3 23y 145d 3 1
43 Hutchison, Greg 14 1 4 18 0 0 0 4 1 20y 348d 28 2
8 Johnston, Peter 10 2 3 13 4 1 0 0 3 20y 195d 20 26
12 Norsworthy, Barry 10 0 6 16 0 2 0 0 2 26y 223d 10 7
35 Smith, Steven 13 7 1 14 1 1 1 3 1 22y 5d 78 90
4 Sullivan, Tony 8 2 8 16 0 0 0 1 1 29y 129d 178 1
40 Thorne, Peter 6 0 2 8 2 0 0 1 0 18y 123d 6 6
3 Tippett, Barry 17 5 8 25 0 0 0 4 1 21y 72d 14 8
11 Wells, Greg 12 8 4 16 0 1 0 0 2 27y 355d 179 216
  Totals 228 65 113 341 8 12 20   43 41 24y 48d 1436 1088
Essendon Match Stats Career
# Player K M H D G B HO T FF FA Age Games G
4 Andrews, Ron 12 4 15 27 0 0 0 2 1 23y 14d 82 12
38 Bennett, Peter 20 8 6 26 0 0 0 1 5 21y 200d 17 6
30 Besanko, Neil 8 7 13 21 0 0 0 2 3 27y 29d 151 4
7 Burdett, Geoff 17 8 0 17 4 2 0 0 7 21y 327d 19 18
20 Cahill, Terry 20 5 10 30 0 1 0 6 0 20y 27d 20 18
31 Crow, Max 9 4 1 10 0 0 6 2 1 22y 140d 55 67
5 Daniher, Terry 9 5 6 15 2 2 1 3 1 20y 285d 27 39
29 Davis, Allan 18 4 5 23 3 0 0 2 3 29y 240d 223 351
21 Fletcher, Ken 21 6 7 28 0 0 0 3 0 30y 126d 222 52
10 Foulds, Garry 15 5 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 22y 14d 63 40
9 Heard, Shane 12 5 6 18 0 0 0 4 3 19y 303d 18 4
14 Jones, Bernie 7 4 2 9 1 0 6 2 1 25y 24d 74 40
27 Madden, Simon 11 4 1 12 2 0 9 2 2 20y 148d 74 135
37 Marsh, Ian 20 2 4 24 0 0 0 2 2 22y 216d 18 2
8 Mihocek, Jack 7 2 2 9 0 1 0 0 3 20y 279d 9 8
42 Muir, Russell 13 2 3 16 0 0 0 1 1 23y 319d 62 6
34 Neagle, Merv 7 2 4 11 1 2 0 1 2 20y 81d 14 4
15 Primmer, Wayne 8 2 2 10 1 0 0 2 2 19y 138d 19 38
18 Vander Haar, Paul 16 10 4 20 1 1 4 4 5 20y 81d 22 32
32 Watson, Tim 14 2 8 22 0 0 0 1 1 16y 318d 25 18
  Rushed   3  
  Totals 264 91 100 364 15 12 26   41 43 22y 147d 1214 894

Match highlights

Laurie Fowler received 9 frees for Melbourne vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
Geoff Burdett gave away 7 frees for Essendon vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.