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Essendon vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 9-Aug-1980
Final Round 19
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
116 18.8
74 11.8
Footscray Coach: Royce Hart
Footscray logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 42 ESS by 42
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

11 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 2 Alan Reid — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 30 Neil Besanko — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 13 Ken Mansfield — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 17 Stephen Carey — · Position unavailable 22 Wayne Foreman — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 36 Denis Scanlon — · Position unavailable 23 Grant Fowler — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Light — · Position unavailable 28 Greg Flanegan — · Position unavailable 44 Justin Madden — · Position unavailable 21 Ken Fletcher — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

32 Ian Dunstan — · Position unavailable 24 Peter Hickmott — · Position unavailable 53 Stan Davidson — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 17 Greg Towns — · Position unavailable 38 Jeff Berry — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 10 Mick Egan — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Edmond — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 33 John Reid — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable 28 Alan McConnell — · Position unavailable 40 Brian Perrin — · Position unavailable 5 Bruce Reid — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 2 Shane Loveless — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.48.03.24.2116
FTS2.11.44.14.274

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Kelvin TempletonFTS
Behinds
2
Ken MansfieldESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSFTS

Scoring / Attack

18Goals11
6Behinds5
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

316Disposals292
203Kicks192
113Handballs100

Clearance / Contest

39Hitouts28

Other

57Marks44
47Frees For39
39Frees Against47

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Footscray by 42 points, 116–74.

The 42-point gap at three-quarter time held through the final term, when both sides added 26 points.

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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