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Geelong vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 3-Sep-1966
Final Semi Final
Geelong logo
Geelong Coach: Peter Pianto
86 12.14
96 15.6
Essendon Coach: John Coleman
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 10 ESS by 10
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

11 Ron Hosking — · Position unavailable 1 Wayne Closter — · Position unavailable 26 Bill Ryan — · Position unavailable 10 John Sharrock — · Position unavailable 4 Alistair Lord — · Position unavailable 5 Graham Farmer — · Position unavailable 36 Tony Polinelli — · Position unavailable 9 John Devine — · Position unavailable 34 Peter Walker — · Position unavailable 2 Denis Marshall — · Position unavailable 8 Paul Vinar — · Position unavailable 17 Sam Newman — · Position unavailable 35 Bill Goggin — · Position unavailable 27 Geoff Rosenow — · Position unavailable 3 Ken Newland — · Position unavailable 23 Doug Wade — · Position unavailable 31 Roy West — · Position unavailable 20 Alan Teasdale — · Position unavailable 16 Colin Eales — · Position unavailable 33 Alan Barr — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

23 Ken Fraser — · Position unavailable 29 Kevin Egan — · Position unavailable 11 John Birt — · Position unavailable 5 David Shaw — · Position unavailable 1 Jack Clarke — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 6 Geoff Gosper — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 35 Geoff Pryor — · Position unavailable 3 Ian Payne — · Position unavailable 19 John Somerville — · Position unavailable 20 Ted Fordham — · Position unavailable 28 Alec Epis — · Position unavailable 18 Greg Brown — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 31 Hugh Mitchell — · Position unavailable 27 Jim Forsyth — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
GEE3.40.14.45.586
ESS6.14.43.12.096

Match Leaders

Goals
3
3 tied leaders
Alistair LordGEE
Behinds
4
Doug WadeGEE
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

GEEESS

Scoring / Attack

12Goals15
14Behinds6
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

279Disposals267
237Kicks233
42Handballs34

Clearance / Contest

53Hitouts37

Other

68Marks69

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Geelong by 10 points, 96–86.

Essendon took a 33-point lead into the last quarter. Geelong cut that back to 10 by the final siren, scoring 35 points to 12 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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