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Fitzroy vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 21-Apr-1956
Final Round 2
Fitzroy logo
Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen
79 10.19
57 7.15
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
Brunswick St Fitzroy by 22 FIT by 22
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The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Alan Gale — · Position unavailable 8 Bill Stephen — · Position unavailable 23 Bob Henderson — · Position unavailable 3 Brian Pert — · Position unavailable 24 Bryan Lane — · Position unavailable 11 Colin Davey — · Position unavailable 30 Don Furness — · Position unavailable 15 Eddie Goodger — · Position unavailable 29 Graeme MacKenzie — · Position unavailable 4 Jack Gervasoni — · Position unavailable 14 Jack MacGregor — · Position unavailable 1 James Chapman — · Position unavailable 2 Kevin Murray — · Position unavailable 21 Leo Smyth — · Position unavailable 34 Matt Cunningham — · Position unavailable 17 Norm Johnstone — · Position unavailable 9 Rod Vernon — · Position unavailable 18 Ron Smith — · Position unavailable 5 Tony Ongarello — · Position unavailable 10 Vin Williams — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 Alan Dale — · Position unavailable 7 Bill Hutchison — · Position unavailable 15 Bob Taylor — · Position unavailable 19 Doug Bigelow — · Position unavailable 13 Fred Gallagher — · Position unavailable 4 Fred Lynch — · 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 22 Jeff Gamble — · Position unavailable 14 Jim Heenan — · Position unavailable 3 John Gill — · Position unavailable 34 Mal Pascoe — · Position unavailable 18 Reg Burgess — · Position unavailable 24 Robert Fox — · Position unavailable 25 Roy McConnell — · Position unavailable 2 Stan Booth — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FIT3.65.41.21.779
ESS2.51.43.41.257

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Tony OngarelloFIT
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FITESS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals7
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Fitzroy beat Essendon by 22 points, 79–57.

Fitzroy extended a 17-point three-quarter-time lead with a 13–8 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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