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Essendon vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 18-Aug-1956
Final Round 18
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
97 14.13
69 9.15
Geelong Coach: Reg Hickey
Geelong logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 28 ESS by 28
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 20

7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 35 Bob Shearman — · Position unavailable 19 Doug Bigelow — · Position unavailable 13 Fred Gallagher — · Position unavailable 30 Geoff Leek — · Position unavailable 16 Graham Willey — · Position unavailable 9 Greg Sewell — · Position unavailable 31 Hugh Mitchell — · Position unavailable 1 Jack Clarke — · Position unavailable 23 Jack Harrington — · Position unavailable 21 Jack Knowles — · Position unavailable 22 Jeff Gamble — · Position unavailable 14 Jim Heenan — · Position unavailable 3 John Gill — · Position unavailable 33 John Towner — · Position unavailable 34 Mal Pascoe — · Position unavailable 12 Morton Diston — · Position unavailable 18 Reg Burgess — · Position unavailable 24 Robert Fox — · Position unavailable 2 Stan Booth — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

4 Bob Davis — · Position unavailable 23 Bob Gazzard — · Position unavailable 37 Bob Wiltshire — · Position unavailable 18 Bruce Ferrari — · Position unavailable 32 Clive Brown — · Position unavailable 22 Fred Le Deux — · Position unavailable 3 Fred Wooller — · Position unavailable 19 Geoff Umbers — · Position unavailable 21 Geoff Williams — · Position unavailable 10 John Haygarth — · Position unavailable 20 John OConnell — · Position unavailable 17 John ONeill — · Position unavailable 14 Les Borrack — · Position unavailable 31 Max Sutcliffe — · Position unavailable 28 Neil Trezise — · Position unavailable 27 Noel Rayson — · Position unavailable 26 Norm Sharp — · Position unavailable 6 Peter Pianto — · Position unavailable 29 Roger Bullen — · Position unavailable 12 Ron Hovey — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.33.24.55.397
GEE1.24.71.43.269

Match Leaders

Goals
3
3 tied leaders
Graham WilleyESS
Behinds
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SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSGEE

Scoring / Attack

14Goals9
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Geelong by 28 points, 97–69.

Essendon extended a 15-point three-quarter-time lead with a 33–20 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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