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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 28-Apr-1979
Final Round 4
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Don McKenzie
128 20.8
128 19.14
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
Essendon logo
Western Oval Draw Draw
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

42 Wayne Foreman — · Position unavailable 32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 33 John Reid — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 17 Alby Smedts — · Position unavailable 10 Mick Egan — · Position unavailable 28 Ian Low — · Position unavailable 21 Stephen Power — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 50 Robbie Peers — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 6 Gary Cowton — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 26 Richard Murrie — · Position unavailable 44 Mark Williams — · Position unavailable 43 Norm Tivendale — · Position unavailable 27 Neil Bristow — · Position unavailable
Away 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 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 2 Alan Reid — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 48 Craig Barbary — · Position unavailable 29 Allan Davis — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 1 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 36 Denis Scanlon — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Robins — · Position unavailable 30 Neil Besanko — · Position unavailable 26 Robert Shaw — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS7.32.36.05.2128
ESS4.67.26.32.3128

Match Leaders

Goals
8
Terry DaniherESS
Behinds
5
Terry DaniherESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

20Goals19
8Behinds13
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

295Disposals288
214Kicks213
81Handballs75

Clearance / Contest

21Hitouts33

Other

56Marks63
43Frees For41
42Frees Against44

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray and Essendon drew, finishing on 128 points apiece.

Footscray erased a 17-point three-quarter-time deficit, outscoring Essendon 32–15 in the last quarter to draw level.

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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