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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 17-May-1980
Final Round 8
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Royce Hart
71 10.11
148 22.16
Essendon Coach: Barry Davis
Essendon logo
Waverley Park Essendon by 77 ESS by 77
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 22 Ted Whitten — · Position unavailable 31 Kelvin Templeton — · Position unavailable 6 Gary Cowton — · Position unavailable 53 Stan Davidson — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Edmond — · Position unavailable 35 Terry Wheeler — · Position unavailable 30 Ross Abbey — · Position unavailable 33 John Reid — · Position unavailable 17 Greg Towns — · Position unavailable 25 Geoff Jennings — · Position unavailable 1 Ian Hampshire — · Position unavailable 16 Alan Atkinson — · Position unavailable 5 Bruce Reid — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable 8 Ian Morrison — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 12 Robert Anderson — · Position unavailable 38 Jeff Berry — · Position unavailable 2 Shane Loveless — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 34 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 11 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 23 Grant Fowler — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 22 Wayne Foreman — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 39 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 37 Ian Marsh — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 7 Frank Dunell — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 1 Peter Keenan — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 13 Ken Mansfield — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS6.40.22.42.171
ESS4.04.54.610.5148

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Terry DaniherESS
Behinds
5
Kelvin TempletonFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals22
9Behinds12
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

300Disposals307
193Kicks213
107Handballs94

Clearance / Contest

33Hitouts29

Other

45Marks86
33Frees For28
28Frees Against33

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Footscray by 77 points, 148–71.

Essendon extended a 25-point three-quarter-time lead with a 65–13 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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