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Richmond vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 15-Apr-1972
Final Round 3
Richmond logo
Richmond Coach: Tom Hafey
111 16.15
131 19.17
Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 20 ESS by 20
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

29 Kevin Bartlett — · Position unavailable 3 Roger Dean — · Position unavailable 2 Ian Stewart — · Position unavailable 38 Kevin Morris — · Position unavailable 30 Francis Bourke — · Position unavailable 17 Barry Richardson — · Position unavailable 22 Eric Moore — · Position unavailable 10 Kevin Sheedy — · Position unavailable 4 Royce Hart — · Position unavailable 24 Graeme Bond — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Cloke — · Position unavailable 1 Daryl Cumming — · Position unavailable 9 Craig McKellar — · Position unavailable 19 Ray Boyanich — · Position unavailable 8 Dick Clay — · Position unavailable 25 Eric Leech — · Position unavailable 20 Bill Beckwith — · Position unavailable 14 Marty McMillan — · Position unavailable 15 Brian Roberts — · Position unavailable 42 Grant Allford — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

8 Des Tuddenham — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 32 Barry Davis — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 11 Geoff Blethyn — · Position unavailable 29 Ken Hogan — · Position unavailable 7 Charlie Payne — · Position unavailable 9 John Cassin — · Position unavailable 18 Barry Grinter — · Position unavailable 4 Gary Grainger — · Position unavailable 27 Sandy Talbot — · Position unavailable 36 Greg Perry — · Position unavailable 34 Laurie Moloney — · Position unavailable 44 Len Halley — · Position unavailable 33 Andrew Wilson — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC4.32.42.58.3111
ESS6.44.56.53.3131

Match Leaders

Goals
9
Barry RichardsonRIC
Behinds
3
Geoff BlethynESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

RICESS

Scoring / Attack

16Goals19
14Behinds15
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

233Disposals262
203Kicks214
30Handballs48

Clearance / Contest

29Hitouts17

Other

49Marks64

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Richmond by 20 points, 131–111.

Essendon took a 50-point lead into the last quarter. Richmond cut that back to 20 by the final siren, scoring 51 points to 21 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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