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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 22-May-1971
Final Round 8
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Ted Whitten
119 17.17
79 12.7
Essendon Coach: John Birt
Essendon logo
Western Oval Footscray by 40 FTS by 40
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 23 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 8 Alan Mannix — · Position unavailable 6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 36 Charles Pagnoccolo — · Position unavailable 22 Ron McGowan — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 18 Ian Salmon — · Position unavailable 29 Grant Simmons — · Position unavailable 28 Les Stillman — · Position unavailable 15 David Darcy — · Position unavailable 37 Harry Skreja — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Rippon — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 26 Don Brown — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 3 Ian Payne — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 12 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 35 Ray Smith — · Position unavailable 40 Hugh Delahunty — · Position unavailable 26 Paul Sproule — · Position unavailable 2 Bob Greenwood — · Position unavailable 14 Wayne Headlam — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 41 Bruce Dodson — · Position unavailable 11 Geoff Blethyn — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 27 Sandy Talbot — · Position unavailable 25 Ian Anderson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS5.34.33.75.4119
ESS2.14.23.33.179

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Barry RoundFTS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Bernie QuinlanFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

17Goals12
13Behinds7
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

341Disposals282
266Kicks258
75Handballs24

Clearance / Contest

19Hitouts17

Other

89Marks91

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Essendon by 40 points, 119–79.

Footscray extended a 25-point three-quarter-time lead with a 34–19 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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