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Essendon vs Fitzroy Match Centre

Saturday 11-May-1968
Final Round 5
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Jack Clarke
112 16.16
81 11.15
Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen
Fitzroy logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 31 ESS by 31
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

32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 8 Bob Greenwood — · Position unavailable 30 John Ellis — · Position unavailable 14 Russell Blew — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 35 Geoff Pryor — · Position unavailable 20 Ted Fordham — · Position unavailable 29 Kevin Egan — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 5 David Shaw — · Position unavailable 6 Geoff Gosper — · Position unavailable 16 Bruce Lake — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 26 Paul Sproule — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 25 Ian Anderson — · Position unavailable 4 Lindsay McGie — · Position unavailable 2 Wally Buhaj — · Position unavailable 45 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable
Away team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

5 John Murphy — · Position unavailable 20 John Newnham — · Position unavailable 1 Kevin Murray — · Position unavailable 10 John Benison — · Position unavailable 7 Ian McCrae — · Position unavailable 24 Bill Walford — · Position unavailable 3 Mike Andrews — · Position unavailable 16 Daryl Peoples — · Position unavailable 17 Paul OBrien — · Position unavailable 6 Wayne Eastman — · Position unavailable 9 Treva McGregor — · Position unavailable 15 David Sykes — · Position unavailable 31 Gary Lazarus — · Position unavailable 23 Norm Brown — · Position unavailable 12 Alex Ruscuklic — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Wood — · Position unavailable 12 Max Cole — · Position unavailable 32 Russell Crow — · Position unavailable 4 Barry McKenzie — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Padley — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.46.55.32.4112
FIT3.73.22.33.381

Match Leaders

Goals
3
4 tied leaders
Bob GreenwoodESS
Behinds
4
Charlie PayneESS
SuperCoach
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSFIT

Scoring / Attack

16Goals11
15Behinds15
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

291Disposals297
243Kicks223
48Handballs74

Clearance / Contest

36Hitouts42

Other

81Marks65

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Fitzroy by 31 points, 112–81.

Essendon took a 36-point lead into the last quarter. Fitzroy cut that back to 31 by the final siren, scoring 21 points to 16 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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