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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 29-Aug-1959
Final Round 18
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
74 10.14
117 17.15
Essendon Coach: Dick Reynolds
Essendon logo
Western Oval Essendon by 43 ESS by 43
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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 20

12 Alex Gardiner — · Position unavailable 11 Arthur Edwards — · Position unavailable 29 Bernie Lee — · Position unavailable 8 Bob Spargo — · Position unavailable 38 Brian Prior — · Position unavailable 10 Don Darcey — · Position unavailable 17 Graham Ion — · Position unavailable 33 John Brereton — · Position unavailable 28 John Clegg — · Position unavailable 23 John Hoiles — · Position unavailable 25 John Jillard — · Position unavailable 14 John Schultz — · Position unavailable 10 John Westacott — · Position unavailable 7 Lyle Anderson — · Position unavailable 35 Peter Wood — · Position unavailable 18 Ray Baxter — · Position unavailable 26 Ray Walker — · Position unavailable 31 Ron Howard — · Position unavailable 3 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 2 Terry Devery — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

15 Alby Murdoch — · Position unavailable 28 Alec Epis — · Position unavailable 47 Barry Capuano — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Mackie — · Position unavailable 35 Bob Shearman — · Position unavailable 34 Brian Sampson — · Position unavailable 4 Col Hebbard — · Position unavailable 5 David Shaw — · Position unavailable 30 Geoff Leek — · Position unavailable 31 Hugh Mitchell — · Position unavailable 10 Ian Shelton — · Position unavailable 1 Jack Clarke — · Position unavailable 11 John Birt — · Position unavailable 33 John Towner — · Position unavailable 23 Ken Fraser — · Position unavailable 29 Ken Peucker — · Position unavailable 7 Lance Mann — · Position unavailable 36 Paul Doran — · Position unavailable 18 Reg Burgess — · Position unavailable 8 Ron Evans — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS2.34.71.13.374
ESS8.22.25.62.5117

Match Leaders

Goals
3
6 tied leaders
Brian PriorFTS
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals17
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

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How the match finished

Essendon beat Footscray by 43 points, 117–74.

Essendon took a 47-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 43 by the final siren, scoring 21 points to 17 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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