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Essendon vs Fitzroy Match Centre

Saturday 28-Aug-1971
Final Round 22
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: John Birt
84 12.12
95 13.17
Fitzroy Coach: Graham Donaldson
Fitzroy logo
Windy Hill Fitzroy by 11 FIT by 11
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

1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 39 David Starbuck — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 42 John Cassin — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 14 Wayne Headlam — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Parkes — · Position unavailable 2 Bob Greenwood — · Position unavailable 34 Laurie Moloney — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 41 Bruce Dodson — · Position unavailable 40 Hugh Delahunty — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 8 Bruce Neish — · Position unavailable 52 Allan Graco — · Position unavailable
Away team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

14 Barry Padley — · Position unavailable 5 John Murphy — · Position unavailable 47 Renato Serafini — · Position unavailable 22 Shane Molloy — · Position unavailable 7 Warwick Irwin — · Position unavailable 1 Kevin Murray — · Position unavailable 34 Doug Searl — · Position unavailable 32 Russell Crow — · Position unavailable 12 Ray Sault — · Position unavailable 24 Bill Sykes — · Position unavailable 15 David Rhodes — · Position unavailable 33 David Wall — · Position unavailable 23 Norm Brown — · Position unavailable 13 Alex Ruscuklic — · Position unavailable 38 Paul Shanahan — · Position unavailable 21 Alan Thompson — · Position unavailable 28 Trevor Lloyd — · Position unavailable 36 Harvey Merrigan — · Position unavailable 8 Laurie Richards — · Position unavailable 11 Noel Zunneberg — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS4.53.04.51.284
FIT1.44.74.44.295

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
John MurphyFIT
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Alan NoonanESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSFIT

Scoring / Attack

12Goals13
11Behinds17
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

268Disposals305
235Kicks245
33Handballs60

Clearance / Contest

22Hitouts34

Other

85Marks87

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Fitzroy beat Essendon by 11 points, 95–84.

Fitzroy came from 7 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Essendon 26–8 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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