Essendon vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 24-Jun-1972
Final Round 12
Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham
99 14.15
133 19.19
Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
Windy Hill Footscray by 34

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.15.73.13.699
FTS1.87.34.27.6133

Match Leaders

Goals
11
Geoff BlethynESS
Behinds
4
Bernie QuinlanFTS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

ESSFTS

Scoring / Attack

14Goals19
14Behinds16
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

230Disposals285
208Kicks236
22Handballs49

Clearance / Contest

28Hitouts23

Other

55Marks60

How the match finished

Footscray beat Essendon by 34 points, 133–99.

Footscray extended a 10-point three-quarter-time lead with a 48–24 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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