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Essendon vs Fitzroy Match Centre

Saturday 5-May-1979
Final Round 5
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
76 10.16
172 25.22
Fitzroy Coach: Bill Stephen
Fitzroy logo
Windy Hill Fitzroy by 96 FIT by 96
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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

9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 13 Ken Mansfield — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 26 Robert Shaw — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 48 Craig Barbary — · Position unavailable 36 Denis Scanlon — · Position unavailable 45 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 1 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 29 Allan Davis — · Position unavailable
Away team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

29 Garry Wilson — · Position unavailable 27 Graeme Allan — · Position unavailable 23 Gerald McCarthy — · Position unavailable 14 Kevin Higgins — · Position unavailable 19 David McMahon — · Position unavailable 43 Michael Poynton — · Position unavailable 5 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 13 Peter Keays — · Position unavailable 15 Max Richardson — · Position unavailable 7 Warwick Irwin — · Position unavailable 56 Leon Harris — · Position unavailable 36 Harvey Merrigan — · Position unavailable 10 Laurie Serafini — · Position unavailable 24 Bob Beecroft — · Position unavailable 16 Chris Hansen — · Position unavailable 35 Noel Mugavin — · Position unavailable 33 Neville Taylor — · Position unavailable 6 Ron Alexander — · Position unavailable 2 Brian Brown — · Position unavailable 11 Kevin OKeeffe — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS1.13.31.45.876
FIT7.94.59.35.5172

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Bob BeecroftFIT
Behinds
6
Paul Vander HaarESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSFIT

Scoring / Attack

10Goals25
15Behinds18
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

265Disposals348
197Kicks203
68Handballs145

Clearance / Contest

24Hitouts37

Other

55Marks59
45Frees For33
33Frees Against45

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Fitzroy beat Essendon by 96 points, 172–76.

Fitzroy took a 99-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 96 by the final siren, scoring 38 points to 35 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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