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Geelong vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 21-May-1977
Final Round 8
Geelong logo
Geelong Coach: Rod Olsson
94 13.16
87 13.9
Essendon Coach: Bill Stephen
Essendon logo
Kardinia Park Geelong by 7 GEE by 7
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

13 Paul Sarah — · Position unavailable 12 Mark Browne — · Position unavailable 40 Ian Nankervis — · Position unavailable 35 Robert Neal — · Position unavailable 14 David Clarke — · Position unavailable 21 Harvey Davis — · Position unavailable 33 Bruce Nankervis — · Position unavailable 9 Michael Turner — · Position unavailable 4 Terry Bright — · Position unavailable 39 Kevin Higgins — · Position unavailable 24 Bryan Cousins — · Position unavailable 32 Alan Woodman — · Position unavailable 17 Sam Newman — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Malarkey — · Position unavailable 26 Jack Hawkins — · Position unavailable 23 Larry Donohue — · Position unavailable 29 Peter Ruscuklic — · Position unavailable 20 Ray Card — · Position unavailable 16 Rod Blake — · Position unavailable 10 Michael Woolnough — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

12 Brian Walsh — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Robins — · Position unavailable 38 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 6 Ken Roberts — · Position unavailable 17 Colin Boyd — · Position unavailable 33 Andrew Wilson — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 36 Denis Scanlon — · Position unavailable 28 Greg Bell — · Position unavailable 19 Robin Close — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 41 Dean Hartigan — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 15 Wayne Primmer — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
GEE6.64.31.32.494
ESS1.32.26.24.287

Match Leaders

Goals
4
2 tied leaders
Larry DonohueGEE
Behinds
5
Paul SarahGEE
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Tackles
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Team Stats

GEEESS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals13
13Behinds8
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

285Disposals306
212Kicks232
73Handballs74

Clearance / Contest

26Hitouts27

Other

68Marks70

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Essendon by 7 points, 94–87.

Geelong took a 17-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 7 by the final siren, scoring 26 points to 16 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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