Melbourne held the upper hand for the first 3 quarters of this clash at VFL Park but in the final term Essendon banged on another 8 goals while the Demons could only manage 2 behinds, leaving the Bombers 36 points ahead when the final siren sounded - 20.17.137 to 14.17.101.
Essendon 20.17 (137) (Goals: Crow 3, Simon Madden 3, Watson 3, Copping 2, Hawker 2, Schultz, Justin Madden, Reid, Waterson, Terry Daniher, Buhagiar, Otway) defeated Melbourne 14.17 (101) (Goals: Jackson 6, Gerard Healy 4, Elshaug 2, Ted Fidge, Sutcliffe)
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