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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 28-Apr-1973
Final Round 4
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Bob Rose
67 8.19
115 17.13
Essendon Coach: Des Tuddenham
Essendon logo
Western Oval Essendon by 48 ESS by 48
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

23 Stuart Magee — · Position unavailable 16 David Thorpe — · Position unavailable 17 Adrian Gallagher — · Position unavailable 10 Gordon Casey — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 48 Dennis Collins — · Position unavailable 4 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable 40 Harry Frei — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 38 Terry Wilkins — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 25 Ron Jacks — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 19 Gary Merrington — · Position unavailable 14 Barry Round — · Position unavailable 18 Ian Salmon — · Position unavailable 37 Glenn Gingell — · Position unavailable 20 Les Bartlett — · Position unavailable 31 Graeme Austin — · Position unavailable 12 Colin Dell — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 8 Des Tuddenham — · Position unavailable 1 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 33 Andrew Wilson — · Position unavailable 25 Graham Moss — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Parkes — · Position unavailable 35 Ray Smith — · Position unavailable 16 Greg Perry — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 34 Laurie Moloney — · Position unavailable 39 Pat Wellington — · Position unavailable 24 Don McKenzie — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 22 John Williams — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 55 Ross Wright — · Position unavailable 40 Hugh Delahunty — · Position unavailable 28 Peter Daniel — · Position unavailable 15 Don Gross — · Position unavailable 30 Russell Ellen — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS3.80.43.42.367
ESS2.37.12.66.3115

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Pat WellingtonESS
Behinds
6
Gary MerringtonFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

8Goals17
17Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

261Disposals260
225Kicks222
36Handballs38

Clearance / Contest

28Hitouts24

Other

57Marks73

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Footscray by 48 points, 115–67.

Essendon extended a 24-point three-quarter-time lead with a 39–15 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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