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Essendon vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 11-Aug-1979
Final Round 19
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
96 14.12
56 8.8
Geelong Coach: Rod Olsson
Geelong logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 40 ESS by 40
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 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 29 Allan Davis — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Robins — · Position unavailable 20 Kelvin Steel — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 13 Ken Mansfield — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 48 Craig Barbary — · Position unavailable 36 Denis Scanlon — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 3 Barry Day — · Position unavailable 39 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 1 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

40 Ian Nankervis — · Position unavailable 19 Neville Bruns — · Position unavailable 14 David Clarke — · Position unavailable 33 Bruce Nankervis — · Position unavailable 8 Kevin Sheehan — · Position unavailable 6 Peter Featherby — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Malarkey — · Position unavailable 28 Andy Preston — · Position unavailable 26 Jack Hawkins — · Position unavailable 12 John Burns — · Position unavailable 16 Rod Blake — · Position unavailable 4 Terry Bright — · Position unavailable 7 Kelvin Matthews — · Position unavailable 20 Ray Card — · Position unavailable 29 Mario Bortolotto — · Position unavailable 9 Michael Turner — · Position unavailable 25 Jeff Fehring — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Johnston — · 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
ESS3.64.15.32.296
GEE2.24.10.22.356

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Tim WatsonESS
Behinds
2
4 tied leaders
Garry FouldsESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSGEE

Scoring / Attack

14Goals8
10Behinds6
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

301Disposals254
223Kicks207
78Handballs47

Clearance / Contest

34Hitouts30

Other

62Marks53
41Frees For50
50Frees Against41

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Geelong by 40 points, 96–56.

Essendon took a 41-point lead into the last quarter. Geelong cut that back to 40 by the final siren, scoring 15 points to 14 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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