THE LAST TIME THEY MET

This was one of the few games in recent memory when the Demons put their heart and soul into a game and they really hurt the Bombers even without their injured skipper. If only they could repeat that effort every week. Even so, they almost lost to a withering Bomber finish after establishing a big lead halfway through the last quarter

MELBOURNE 3.2.20 6.6.43 8.6.54 13.6.84

ESSENDON 3.3.21 4.5.29 5.7.37 10.7.67

GOALS 

MELBOURNE Fritsch Turner 3 Melksham Pickett 2 Chandler Langdon Windsor

ESSENDON Martin 4 Duursma Langford 2 Durham Jones

BEST 

MELBOURNE Rivers Oliver Langdon Melksham Windsor Pickett

ESSENDON Ridley Martin Merrett McKay Shiel

THE TEAMS 

MELBOURNE

B T. McDonald, S. May, J. McVee 
HB T. Rivers, J. Lever, J. Bowey 
C E. Langdon, C. Oliver, A. Neal-Bullen 
HF K. Pickett, J. van Rooyen, T. Sparrow 
F K. Chandler, B. Fritsch, J. Melksham 
FOLL H. Petty, J. Viney, C. Salem
I/C A. Moniz-Wakefield, K. Tholstrup, D. Turner, C. Windsor SUB T. Woewodin
EMG T. Fullarton, B. Laurie, A. Tomlinson

IN H. Petty

OUT M. Gawn (ankle)

ESSENDON

B J. Ridley, B. McKay, D. Heppell 
HB N. Martin, M. Redman, A. McGrath 
C X. Duursma, S. Durham, A. Perkins 
HF M. Guelfi, H. Jones, N. Caddy 
F J. Stringer, P. Wright, K. Langford 
FOLL S. Draper, J. Caldwell, Z. Merrett 
I/C N. Cox, J. Gresham, J. Kelly, D. Shiel SUB N. Hind
EMG T. Goldstein, J. Laverde, W. Setterfield

IN D. Heppell 

OUT J. Laverde (omitted)