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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 31-Aug-1968
Final Round 20
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Charlie Sutton
85 12.13
112 15.22
Essendon Coach: Jack Clarke
Essendon logo
Western Oval Essendon by 27 ESS by 27
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
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

6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 6 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 36 Ricky Spargo — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 3 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 5 Ian Bryant — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 33 Ivan Marsh — · Position unavailable 29 Fred Cook — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 1 Ken Greenwood — · Position unavailable 34 Graeme Bean — · Position unavailable 20 Les Bartlett — · Position unavailable 25 John Jillard — · Position unavailable 18 Kevin Delmenico — · Position unavailable 2 Peter Hines — · Position unavailable 37 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 22 Ron McGowan — · Position unavailable 30 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

20 Ted Fordham — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 14 Russell Blew — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 23 Ken Fraser — · Position unavailable 29 Kevin Egan — · Position unavailable 9 Bruce Waite — · Position unavailable 46 Vic Papp — · Position unavailable 30 John Ellis — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 4 Lindsay McGie — · Position unavailable 35 Geoff Pryor — · Position unavailable 28 Alec Epis — · Position unavailable 27 John Fanning — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 6 Geoff Gosper — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS2.24.44.42.385
ESS4.62.35.54.8112

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Charlie PayneESS
Behinds
7
Alan NoonanESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

12Goals15
11Behinds20
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

296Disposals286
260Kicks231
36Handballs55

Clearance / Contest

29Hitouts29

Other

79Marks78

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Footscray by 27 points, 112–85.

Essendon extended a 10-point three-quarter-time lead with a 32–15 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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