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Essendon vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 7-Aug-1971
Final Round 19
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: John Birt
65 7.23
66 9.12
Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
Footscray logo
Windy Hill Footscray by 1 FTS by 1
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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 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 42 John Cassin — · Position unavailable 39 David Starbuck — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 8 Bruce Neish — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Parkes — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 44 Len Halley — · Position unavailable 40 Hugh Delahunty — · Position unavailable 38 Eddie Lake — · Position unavailable 52 Allan Graco — · Position unavailable 3 Ian Payne — · Position unavailable 14 Wayne Headlam — · Position unavailable 33 Andrew Wilson — · Position unavailable 49 Mick Bates — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 35 Ray Smith — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 23 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 40 Robert McGhie — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 15 David Darcy — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 36 Charles Pagnoccolo — · Position unavailable 8 Alan Mannix — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Rippon — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 29 Grant Simmons — · Position unavailable 38 Bob Cockerell — · Position unavailable 18 Ian Salmon — · Position unavailable 48 Colin Dell — · Position unavailable 41 Tad Joniec — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS1.43.23.110.665
FTS0.24.54.11.466

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
Hugh DelahuntyESS
Behinds
7
Barry DavisESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSFTS

Scoring / Attack

7Goals9
21Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

296Disposals301
257Kicks241
39Handballs60

Clearance / Contest

18Hitouts18

Other

73Marks81

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Essendon by 1 point, 66–65.

Footscray came from 3 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Essendon 10–6 in the final term to take the win.

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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