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Melbourne defeats Essendon
Round 18, MCG, Attendance: 25367
Saturday, 4th August 1979, 2:10 PM AEST
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1.5 8.6 14.7 21.8 134
Essendon 3.4 5.7 10.9 16.9 105
Melbourne Player Stats ❘ Essendon Player Stats ❘ Match Head to Head Stats ❘ Scoring Breakdown
  Melbourne Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: Carl Ditterich  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Glenn Elliott 24 10 34 10 1 0 0 2 2
Greg Wells 24 5 29 9 4 3 0 3 1
Graham Gaunt 22 6 28 8 0 1 0 0 3
Peter Hamilton 16 11 27 14 0 0 0 3 3
Laurie Fowler 17 5 22 6 0 0 0 4 0
Robert Flower 12 9 21 3 1 1 0 1 0
Gary Baker 12 9 21 10 0 0 15 3 4
Greg Hutchison 16 1 17 4 1 0 0 2 6
Phil Seaton 16 1 17 4 0 0 0 1 4
Andrew Moir 10 6 16 5 1 0 0 1 0
Jim Durnan 12 4 16 5 0 0 0 4 3
Carl Ditterich 14 2 16 4 0 0 1 2 0
Steven Smith 12 3 15 8 4 1 1 1 2
Robert Walters 12 2 14 7 9 1 0 2 2
Peter Thorne 8 5 13 4 0 0 0 0 2
Michael Byrne 3 7 10 5 0 1 3 1 5
Robert Elliott 10 0 10 3 0 0 0 2 0
Peter Giles 8 1 9 3 0 0 0 4 3
Ken Whitfort 3 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 2
Cameron Clayton 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Essendon Match Statistics (Sorted by Disposals) Coach: Barry Davis  
Player K HB D M G B HO FF FA
Garry Foulds 22 9 31 5 0 0 0 3 0
Barry Day 7 18 25 5 0 1 0 4 4
Peter Bennett 17 7 24 5 1 0 0 4 5
Alan Reid 15 7 22 6 0 0 0 2 3
Ken Mansfield 18 3 21 3 0 0 0 5 2
Ian Marsh 15 5 20 6 0 0 0 0 2
Craig Barbary 11 9 20 5 1 0 0 2 1
Simon Madden 11 7 18 10 2 1 22 4 3
Neil Clarke 10 8 18 1 1 0 0 3 1
Ken Fletcher 11 5 16 1 0 0 0 0 3
Max Crow 12 3 15 6 1 1 5 1 2
Tim Watson 10 4 14 2 2 1 0 4 2
Russell Muir 9 5 14 1 0 0 0 2 0
Allan Davis 9 4 13 2 1 0 0 3 2
Terry Daniher 9 3 12 7 4 2 0 2 2
Neale Daniher 9 2 11 3 0 0 0 3 1
Paul Van Der Haar 4 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 1
Steven Taubert 6 1 7 6 3 0 5 0 0
Shane Heard 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 2
Robert Shaw 3 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 0
Head to Head
Melbourne Statistic Essendon
253 Kicks 211
91 Handballs 105
344 Disposals 316
2.78 Kick to Handball Ratio 2.01
113 Marks 78
20 Hitouts 34
36 Frees For 43
43 Frees Against 36
21 Goals Kicked 16
8 Behinds Kicked 7
0 Rushed Behinds 2
29 Scoring Shots 25
72.4% Conversion 64.0%
16.38 Disposals Per Goal 19.75
11.86 Disps Per Scoring Shot 12.64
Quarter by Quarter Scoring Breakdown
Melbourne First Quarter Essendon
1.5 11 Score 3.4 22
6 Scoring Shots 7
16.7% Conversion 42.9%
Lost quarter by 11 Result Won quarter by 11
Trailing by 11 End of Quarter Leading by 11
Melbourne Second Quarter Essendon
7.1 43 Score 2.3 15
8 Scoring Shots 5
87.5% Conversion 40.0%
Won quarter by 28 Result Lost quarter by 28
Leading by 17 Halftime Trailing by 17
Melbourne Third Quarter Essendon
6.1 37 Score 5.2 32
7 Scoring Shots 7
85.7% Conversion 71.4%
Won quarter by 5 Result Lost quarter by 5
Leading by 22 End of Quarter Trailing by 22
Melbourne Final Quarter Essendon
7.1 43 Score 6.0 36
8 Scoring Shots 6
87.5% Conversion 100.0%
Won quarter by 7 Result Lost quarter by 7
Won game by 29 End of Game Lost game by 29
Scoring Breakdown For Each Half
Melbourne First Half Essendon
8.6 54 Score 5.7 37
14 Scoring Shots 12
57.1% Conversion 41.7%
Won half by 17 Result Lost half by 17
Leading by 17 Halftime Trailing by 17
Melbourne Second Half Essendon
13.2 80 Score 11.2 68
15 Scoring Shots 13
86.7% Conversion 84.6%
Won half by 12 Result Lost half by 12
Won game by 29 End of Game Lost game by 29
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