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Essendon vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 21-Sep-1968
Final Preliminary Final
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Jack Clarke
91 11.25
67 9.13
Geelong Coach: Peter Pianto
Geelong logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 24 ESS by 24
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

14 Russell Blew — · Position unavailable 28 Alec Epis — · Position unavailable 30 John Ellis — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 35 Geoff Pryor — · Position unavailable 20 Ted Fordham — · Position unavailable 6 Geoff Gosper — · Position unavailable 26 Paul Sproule — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 5 David Shaw — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 23 Ken Fraser — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 16 Bruce Lake — · Position unavailable 18 Greg Brown — · Position unavailable 36 Neil Evans — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

35 Bill Goggin — · Position unavailable 1 Wayne Closter — · Position unavailable 2 Denis Marshall — · Position unavailable 11 Ron Hosking — · Position unavailable 8 Chris Mitchell — · Position unavailable 34 Peter Walker — · Position unavailable 27 Geoff Rosenow — · Position unavailable 3 Ken Newland — · Position unavailable 36 Tony Polinelli — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Ainsworth — · Position unavailable 10 John Sharrock — · Position unavailable 17 Sam Newman — · Position unavailable 26 Bill Ryan — · Position unavailable 15 Terry Farman — · Position unavailable 4 Phil Stevens — · Position unavailable 6 Gareth Andrews — · Position unavailable 23 Doug Wade — · Position unavailable 30 John Scarlett — · Position unavailable 18 Ken Gladman — · Position unavailable 28 Hugh Strahan — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.64.43.81.791
GEE5.33.30.41.367

Match Leaders

Goals
3
3 tied leaders
Alan NoonanESS
Behinds
6
John SharrockGEE
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

ESSGEE

Scoring / Attack

11Goals9
24Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

289Disposals302
249Kicks246
40Handballs56

Clearance / Contest

34Hitouts35

Other

86Marks79

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Geelong by 24 points, 91–67.

Essendon extended a 20-point three-quarter-time lead with a 13–9 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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