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Essendon vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 7-Jul-1979
Final Round 14
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
71 10.11
50 6.14
Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
Footscray logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 21 ESS 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

13 Ken Mansfield — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 2 Alan Reid — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 36 Denis Scanlon — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Robins — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 7 Frank Dunell — · Position unavailable 15 Wayne Primmer — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 26 Robert Shaw — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 20 Kelvin Steel — · Position unavailable 39 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 3 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 11 Mick Kelly — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 17 Alby Smedts — · Position unavailable 9 John Moylan — · Position unavailable 10 Mick Egan — · Position unavailable 28 Ian Low — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 26 Richard Murrie — · Position unavailable 27 Neil Bristow — · Position unavailable 24 Robert McGhie — · Position unavailable 16 Steve Hoffman — · Position unavailable 6 Gary Cowton — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 33 John Reid — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS0.25.32.23.471
FTS1.51.32.42.250

Match Leaders

Goals
3
3 tied leaders
Steven TaubertESS
Behinds
3
Doug HawkinsFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSFTS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals6
7Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

299Disposals306
211Kicks216
88Handballs90

Clearance / Contest

29Hitouts25

Other

80Marks52
45Frees For48
48Frees Against45

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Footscray by 21 points, 71–50.

Essendon extended a 13-point three-quarter-time lead with a 22–14 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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