Essendon vs St Kilda Match Centre

Saturday 5-Aug-1978
Final Round 18
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
82 11.16
121 18.13
St Kilda Coach: Michael Patterson
Windy Hill St Kilda by 39

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.32.53.33.582
STK8.54.14.22.5121

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Wayne PrimmerESS
Behinds
3
Jeff SarauSTK
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

ESSSTK

Scoring / Attack

11Goals18
12Behinds12
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

292Disposals285
212Kicks197
80Handballs88

Clearance / Contest

28Hitouts23

Other

80Marks69

How the match finished

St Kilda beat Essendon by 39 points, 121–82.

St Kilda took a 45-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 39 by the final siren, scoring 23 points to 17 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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