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Essendon vs Collingwood Match Centre

Saturday 28-Jul-1979
Final Round 17
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
71 9.17
92 14.8
Collingwood Coach: Tom Hafey
Collingwood logo
Windy Hill Collingwood by 21 COL 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

38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 29 Allan Davis — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 13 Ken Mansfield — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 48 Craig Barbary — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 20 Kelvin Steel — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Robins — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 26 Robert Shaw — · Position unavailable
Away team

Collingwood

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

23 Ray Shaw — · Position unavailable 25 Bill Picken — · Position unavailable 5 Ronnie Wearmouth — · Position unavailable 14 Kevin Morris — · Position unavailable 8 Allan Edwards — · Position unavailable 21 Graeme Anderson — · Position unavailable 2 Bill Valli — · Position unavailable 36 Rene Kink — · Position unavailable 3 Stan Magro — · Position unavailable 28 Terry Wight — · Position unavailable 34 Russell Ohlsen — · Position unavailable 6 Peter McCormack — · Position unavailable 9 Craig Stewart — · Position unavailable 27 Kevin Worthington — · Position unavailable 26 Ray Byrne — · Position unavailable 12 Denis Banks — · Position unavailable 20 Ross Brewer — · Position unavailable 19 Craig Davis — · Position unavailable 30 Peter Moore — · Position unavailable 17 Geoffrey Austen — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.22.33.62.671
COL4.24.13.13.492

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Craig DavisCOL
Behinds
2
7 tied leaders
Peter BennettESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSCOL

Scoring / Attack

9Goals14
17Behinds8
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

335Disposals293
222Kicks205
113Handballs88

Clearance / Contest

32Hitouts26

Other

72Marks45
51Frees For49
49Frees Against51

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Collingwood beat Essendon by 21 points, 92–71.

Collingwood extended a 17-point three-quarter-time lead with a 22–18 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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