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Essendon vs Hawthorn Match Centre

Saturday 12-Aug-1961
Final Round 16
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: John Coleman
72 10.12
79 11.13
Hawthorn Coach: John Kennedy
Hawthorn logo
Windy Hill Hawthorn by 7 HAW by 7
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

15 Alby Murdoch — · Position unavailable 28 Alec Epis — · Position unavailable 12 Barry Capuano — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 4 Col Hebbard — · Position unavailable 5 David Shaw — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 17 George Moloney — · Position unavailable 18 Graeme Beissel — · Position unavailable 9 Greg Sewell — · Position unavailable 31 Hugh Mitchell — · Position unavailable 10 Ian Shelton — · Position unavailable 11 John Birt — · Position unavailable 19 John Somerville — · Position unavailable 23 Ken Fraser — · Position unavailable 25 Ken Timms — · Position unavailable 36 Paul Doran — · Position unavailable 8 Ron Evans — · Position unavailable 14 Russell Blew — · Position unavailable 2 Terry Rodgers — · Position unavailable
Away team

Hawthorn

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

9 Brendan Edwards — · Position unavailable 26 Cam McPherson — · Position unavailable 30 Colin Youren — · Position unavailable 31 Garry Young — · Position unavailable 2 Graham Arthur — · Position unavailable 10 Graham Cooper — · Position unavailable 7 Ian Law — · Position unavailable 14 Ian Mort — · Position unavailable 19 John Cunningham — · Position unavailable 5 John Fisher — · Position unavailable 28 John McArthur — · Position unavailable 23 John Peck — · Position unavailable 12 John Winneke — · Position unavailable 1 Les Kaine — · Position unavailable 11 Malcolm Hill — · Position unavailable 4 Morton Browne — · Position unavailable 22 Phil Hay — · Position unavailable 29 Reg Poole — · Position unavailable 3 Ron Nalder — · Position unavailable 20 Sted Hay — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS1.33.23.53.272
HAW5.42.23.31.479

Match Leaders

Goals
3
3 tied leaders
John BirtESS
Behinds
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSHAW

Scoring / Attack

10Goals11
0Behinds0
0Behinds Rushed0

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Hawthorn beat Essendon by 7 points, 79–72.

Hawthorn took a 17-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 7 by the final siren, scoring 20 points to 10 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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