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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 3-Apr-1976
Final Round 1
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Bill Goggin
112 16.16
113 16.17
Essendon Coach: Bill Stephen
Essendon logo
Western Oval Essendon by 1 ESS by 1
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

7 Ray Huppatz — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 30 Ross Abbey — · Position unavailable 15 Dennis Collins — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Newland — · Position unavailable 28 Ian Low — · Position unavailable 5 Peter Featherby — · Position unavailable 3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 27 Jeff Gieschen — · Position unavailable 9 Laurie Sandilands — · Position unavailable 18 Ian Salmon — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 2 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 6 Alan Lynch — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

23 Peter Hickmott — · Position unavailable 33 Andrew Wilson — · Position unavailable 25 Graham Moss — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 11 Robert Amos — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 3 Steve Beaumont — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Parkes — · Position unavailable 12 Brian Walsh — · Position unavailable 10 Alan Noonan — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 34 Laurie Moloney — · Position unavailable 18 Barry Grinter — · Position unavailable 30 Russell Ellen — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Robins — · Position unavailable 38 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 8 Greg Perry — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS2.36.63.15.6112
ESS9.74.02.61.4113

Match Leaders

Goals
4
3 tied leaders
Kelvin TempletonFTS
Behinds
6
Robin CloseESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

16Goals16
16Behinds17
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

298Disposals273
225Kicks236
73Handballs37

Clearance / Contest

33Hitouts18

Other

71Marks83

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Footscray by 1 point, 113–112.

Essendon took a 27-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 1 by the final siren, scoring 36 points to 10 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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