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Fitzroy vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 23-May-1970
Final Round 8
Fitzroy logo
Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen
68 9.14
71 11.5
Essendon Coach: Jack Clarke
Essendon logo
Junction Oval Essendon by 3 ESS by 3
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The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home 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 3 Mike Andrews — · Position unavailable 2 Norm Dare — · Position unavailable 15 David Rhodes — · Position unavailable 21 Alan Thompson — · Position unavailable 19 Darryl Herrod — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Padley — · Position unavailable 1 Kevin Murray — · Position unavailable 17 John Duckworth — · Position unavailable 11 Noel Zunneberg — · Position unavailable 23 Norm Brown — · Position unavailable 32 Russell Crow — · Position unavailable 6 Bruce Baker — · Position unavailable 18 Leigh Robertson — · Position unavailable 28 Paul Shanahan — · Position unavailable 33 David Wall — · Position unavailable 24 Bill Sykes — · Position unavailable 36 Harvey Merrigan — · Position unavailable 31 Gary Lazarus — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

6 Geoff Gosper — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 26 Paul Sproule — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 38 Eddie Lake — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 2 Bob Greenwood — · Position unavailable 8 Bruce Neish — · Position unavailable 41 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 33 Doug Tassell — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 35 Geoff Pryor — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 11 Geoff Blethyn — · Position unavailable 39 David Starbuck — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 4 Gary Grainger — · Position unavailable 40 Wayne Headlam — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FIT3.02.64.40.468
ESS5.02.23.21.171

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Geoff BlethynESS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
John NewnhamFIT
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FITESS

Scoring / Attack

9Goals11
14Behinds5
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

309Disposals298
257Kicks238
52Handballs60

Clearance / Contest

26Hitouts27

Other

87Marks80

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Fitzroy by 3 points, 71–68.

Scores were level at three-quarter time. Essendon then won the last quarter 7–4 to settle the match.

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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