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Footscray vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 28-Jul-1979
Final Round 17
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
82 12.10
122 18.14
Geelong Coach: Rod Olsson
Geelong logo
Western Oval Geelong by 40 GEE by 40
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
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

32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable 26 Richard Murrie — · Position unavailable 6 Gary Cowton — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 11 Mick Kelly — · Position unavailable 9 John Moylan — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 10 Mick Egan — · Position unavailable 17 Alby Smedts — · Position unavailable 33 John Reid — · Position unavailable 34 Michael McKenna — · Position unavailable 5 Bruce Reid — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Edmond — · Position unavailable 19 Gordon Polson — · Position unavailable 52 William Berry — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

8 Kevin Sheehan — · Position unavailable 14 David Clarke — · Position unavailable 40 Ian Nankervis — · Position unavailable 12 John Burns — · Position unavailable 19 Neville Bruns — · Position unavailable 6 Peter Featherby — · Position unavailable 4 Terry Bright — · Position unavailable 28 Andy Preston — · Position unavailable 26 Jack Hawkins — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Malarkey — · Position unavailable 20 Ray Card — · Position unavailable 9 Michael Turner — · Position unavailable 33 Bruce Nankervis — · Position unavailable 16 Rod Blake — · Position unavailable 24 Bryan Cousins — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Johnston — · Position unavailable 29 Mario Bortolotto — · Position unavailable 25 Jeff Fehring — · Position unavailable 2 Glenn Middlemiss — · Position unavailable 18 Murray Witcombe — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS2.04.32.34.482
GEE4.53.37.54.1122

Match Leaders

Goals
5
3 tied leaders
Ian MorrisonFTS
Behinds
4
Peter JohnstonGEE
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSGEE

Scoring / Attack

12Goals18
10Behinds12
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

289Disposals322
201Kicks239
88Handballs83

Clearance / Contest

27Hitouts31

Other

51Marks84
36Frees For44
44Frees Against36

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Footscray by 40 points, 122–82.

Geelong took a 43-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 40 by the final siren, scoring 28 points to 25 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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