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Essendon vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 1-May-1971
Final Round 5
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: John Birt
141 21.15
108 16.12
Geelong Coach: Bill McMaster
Geelong logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 33 ESS by 33
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

15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 12 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 40 Hugh Delahunty — · Position unavailable 36 Roger Hampson — · Position unavailable 26 Paul Sproule — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 11 Geoff Blethyn — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 14 Wayne Headlam — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 4 Gary Grainger — · Position unavailable 41 Bruce Dodson — · Position unavailable 18 Barry Grinter — · Position unavailable 29 Ken Hogan — · Position unavailable 44 Len Halley — · Position unavailable 27 Sandy Talbot — · 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 31 Peter Brown — · Position unavailable 1 Wayne Closter — · Position unavailable 10 Michael Woolnough — · Position unavailable 26 Bill Ryan — · Position unavailable 14 David Clarke — · Position unavailable 40 Ian Nankervis — · Position unavailable 18 Peter Stephens — · Position unavailable 32 David Harris — · Position unavailable 3 Ken Newland — · Position unavailable 28 Hugh Strahan — · Position unavailable 4 Phil Stevens — · Position unavailable 15 Terry Farman — · Position unavailable 30 John Scarlett — · Position unavailable 22 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 23 Doug Wade — · Position unavailable 39 Warwick Yates — · Position unavailable 2 Stewart Palfreyman — · Position unavailable 24 Tony Gilmore — · Position unavailable 21 Brian Martella — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS8.45.15.43.6141
GEE2.08.24.52.5108

Match Leaders

Goals
5
3 tied leaders
Don GrossESS
Behinds
5
Geoff BlethynESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSGEE

Scoring / Attack

21Goals16
13Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

285Disposals314
237Kicks239
48Handballs75

Clearance / Contest

24Hitouts30

Other

81Marks63

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Geelong by 33 points, 141–108.

Essendon extended a 26-point three-quarter-time lead with a 24–17 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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