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Essendon vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 22-Jul-1978
Final Round 16
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
86 13.8
107 15.17
Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
Footscray logo
Waverley Park Footscray by 21 FTS by 21
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 15 Wayne Primmer — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 29 Allan Davis — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Burdett — · Position unavailable 30 Neil Besanko — · Position unavailable 3 Michael Redenbach — · Position unavailable 36 Denis Scanlon — · Position unavailable 22 Larry Watson — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 20 Terry Cahill — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 42 Wayne Foreman — · Position unavailable 34 Jack Dinatale — · Position unavailable 30 Ross Abbey — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 28 Ian Low — · Position unavailable 11 Mick Kelly — · Position unavailable 26 Richard Murrie — · Position unavailable 33 John Reid — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 17 Alby Smedts — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.23.14.24.386
FTS3.62.65.15.4107

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Wayne PrimmerESS
Behinds
4
Kelvin TempletonFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSFTS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals15
8Behinds15
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

295Disposals364
215Kicks244
80Handballs120

Clearance / Contest

25Hitouts24

Other

77Marks58

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Essendon by 21 points, 107–86.

Footscray extended a 14-point three-quarter-time lead with a 34–27 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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