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Geelong vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 8-Jul-1972
Final Round 14
Geelong logo
Geelong Coach: Bill McMaster
70 10.10
60 9.6
Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham
Essendon logo
Kardinia Park Geelong by 10 GEE by 10
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

40 Ian Nankervis — · Position unavailable 24 Tony Gilmore — · Position unavailable 3 Ken Newland — · Position unavailable 14 David Clarke — · Position unavailable 13 Paul Sarah — · Position unavailable 4 Phil Stevens — · Position unavailable 6 Gareth Andrews — · Position unavailable 28 Hugh Strahan — · Position unavailable 39 Kevin Higgins — · Position unavailable 17 Sam Newman — · Position unavailable 5 David Barkley — · Position unavailable 26 Bill Ryan — · Position unavailable 19 Robert Whatman — · Position unavailable 11 Tim Evans — · Position unavailable 22 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 23 Doug Wade — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Ainsworth — · Position unavailable 30 John Scarlett — · Position unavailable 10 Michael Woolnough — · Position unavailable 12 Jim Wright — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

12 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 8 Des Tuddenham — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 18 Barry Grinter — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 44 Len Halley — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 40 Hugh Delahunty — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 34 Laurie Moloney — · Position unavailable 17 Darryl Gerlach — · Position unavailable 11 Geoff Blethyn — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 36 Greg Perry — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 33 Andrew Wilson — · Position unavailable 9 John Cassin — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
GEE2.14.53.31.170
ESS3.22.20.24.060

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Geoff BlethynESS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
David ClarkeGEE
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Tackles
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Team Stats

GEEESS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals9
10Behinds6
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

302Disposals239
268Kicks217
34Handballs22

Clearance / Contest

23Hitouts22

Other

92Marks65

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Essendon by 10 points, 70–60.

Geelong took a 27-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 10 by the final siren, scoring 24 points to 7 in the 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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