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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 29-Apr-1978
Final Round 5
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
110 15.20
93 13.15
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
Essendon logo
Western Oval Footscray by 17 FTS by 17
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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

42 Wayne Foreman — · Position unavailable 3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 24 Gary Dempsey — · Position unavailable 11 Mick Kelly — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 30 Ross Abbey — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 23 Lee Perussich — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 48 Angelo Tantsis — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Edmond — · Position unavailable 40 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 17 Alby Smedts — · Position unavailable 33 John Reid — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

29 Allan Davis — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 20 Terry Cahill — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 14 Bernie Jones — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 7 Geoff Burdett — · Position unavailable 15 Wayne Primmer — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 17 Colin Boyd — · Position unavailable 12 Michael Sheldon — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS1.55.33.66.6110
ESS5.36.21.81.293

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Kelvin TempletonFTS
Behinds
5
Kelvin TempletonFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

15Goals13
17Behinds14
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

295Disposals301
224Kicks216
71Handballs85

Clearance / Contest

20Hitouts22

Other

56Marks69

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Essendon by 17 points, 110–93.

Footscray came from 17 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Essendon 42–8 in the final term to take the win.

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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