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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Monday 3-Apr-1972
Final Round 1
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
67 9.13
128 18.20
Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham
Essendon logo
Western Oval Essendon by 61 ESS by 61
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 6 George Bisset — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 23 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 8 Alan Mannix — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 20 Les Bartlett — · Position unavailable 5 Robert McGhie — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 28 Trevor Zeltner — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 18 Ian Salmon — · Position unavailable 36 Charles Pagnoccolo — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 34 Graeme Cook — · Position unavailable 27 Garry Baker — · Position unavailable 11 Laurie Rippon — · Position unavailable 35 Ken Marks — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 8 Des Tuddenham — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 11 Geoff Blethyn — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 29 Ken Hogan — · Position unavailable 34 Laurie Moloney — · Position unavailable 36 Greg Perry — · Position unavailable 44 Len Halley — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 9 John Cassin — · Position unavailable 27 Sandy Talbot — · Position unavailable 40 Hugh Delahunty — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS2.34.41.22.467
ESS7.70.57.54.3128

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Geoff BlethynESS
Behinds
5
Geoff BlethynESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

9Goals18
11Behinds18
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

264Disposals272
222Kicks235
42Handballs37

Clearance / Contest

0Hitouts0

Other

52Marks71

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Footscray by 61 points, 128–67.

Essendon extended a 50-point three-quarter-time lead with a 27–16 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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