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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 4-May-1940
Final Round 2
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Joe Kelly
111 17.9
66 9.12
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
Western Oval Footscray by 45 FTS by 45
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The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

2 Alan Collins — · Position unavailable 28 Alf Sampson — · Position unavailable 24 Ambrose Palmer — · Position unavailable 3 Arthur Olliver — · Position unavailable 10 Bill Ryan — · Position unavailable 13 Bob Flanigan — · Position unavailable 26 Charlie Page — · Position unavailable 5 George Bennett — · Position unavailable 7 Harry Hickey — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Greenham — · Position unavailable 27 Jim May — · Position unavailable 14 Jim Miller — · Position unavailable 1 Jim Thoms — · Position unavailable 10 Joe Ryan — · Position unavailable 21 Len Murphy — · Position unavailable 17 Leo Ryan — · Position unavailable 4 Norm Ware — · Position unavailable 19 Reg Evenden — · Position unavailable 15 Ted Ellis — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 19

21 Cec Ruddell — · Position unavailable 18 Chris Lambert — · Position unavailable 3 Dick Reynolds — · Position unavailable 8 Elton Plummer — · Position unavailable 26 Fred Green — · Position unavailable 25 George Pattinson — · Position unavailable 20 Hugh Torney — · Position unavailable 5 Jack Caesar — · Position unavailable 19 Jack Cassin — · Position unavailable 10 Leo Maynes — · Position unavailable 24 Les Begley — · Position unavailable 33 Les Griggs — · Position unavailable 23 Max Smith — · Position unavailable 4 Murray Exelby — · Position unavailable 28 Ray Watts — · Position unavailable 2 Ron Smith — · Position unavailable 29 Tom Reynolds — · Position unavailable 15 Wally Buttsworth — · Position unavailable 11 William Luff — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS6.21.16.54.1111
ESS1.14.42.12.666

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Charlie PageFTS
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

17Goals9
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Footscray beat Essendon by 45 points, 111–66.

Footscray extended a 38-point three-quarter-time lead with a 25–18 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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