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Essendon vs Fitzroy Match Centre

Saturday 10-Aug-1940
Final Round 15
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
72 10.12
75 10.15
Fitzroy Coach: Dan Minogue
Fitzroy logo
Windy Hill Fitzroy by 3 FIT by 3
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

6 Allan Hird — · Position unavailable 3 Dick Reynolds — · Position unavailable 8 Elton Plummer — · Position unavailable 1 Ernie Coward — · Position unavailable 26 Fred Green — · Position unavailable 12 George Bell — · Position unavailable 22 Gordon Lane — · Position unavailable 20 Hugh Torney — · Position unavailable 30 Ivor McIvor — · Position unavailable 5 Jack Caesar — · Position unavailable 19 Jack Cassin — · Position unavailable 33 Les Griggs — · Position unavailable 4 Murray Exelby — · Position unavailable 7 Norm Baker — · Position unavailable 31 Norm Betson — · Position unavailable 28 Ray Watts — · Position unavailable 9 Ted Bryce — · Position unavailable 29 Tom Reynolds — · Position unavailable 15 Wally Buttsworth — · Position unavailable
Away team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

14 Alan Ruthven — · Position unavailable 1 Arch Knott — · Position unavailable 9 Arthur Hart — · Position unavailable 31 Bert Clay — · Position unavailable 20 Bruce Calverley — · Position unavailable 33 Claude Curtin — · Position unavailable 32 Clen Denning — · Position unavailable 3 Dan Murray — · Position unavailable 12 Des Calverley — · Position unavailable 18 Frank Curcio — · Position unavailable 6 Fred Hughson — · Position unavailable 26 Keith Stackpole — · Position unavailable 29 Len Smith — · Position unavailable 24 Lindsay Dyring — · Position unavailable 23 Maurie Hearn — · Position unavailable 5 Mick Hughson — · Position unavailable 27 Mickey Sharp — · Position unavailable 8 Norm Hillard — · Position unavailable 2 Shadrach James — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.31.33.34.372
FIT2.44.32.42.475

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Claude CurtinFIT
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSFIT

Scoring / Attack

10Goals10
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Fitzroy beat Essendon by 3 points, 75–72.

Fitzroy took a 14-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 3 by the final siren, scoring 27 points to 16 in the final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Quarter comparisons are included only when all four quarters add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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