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Geelong vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 28-Mar-1981
Final Round 1
Geelong logo
Geelong Coach: Bill Goggin
77 10.17
71 10.11
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
Kardinia Park Geelong by 6 GEE by 6
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

11 Peter Featherby — · Position unavailable 16 Rod Blake — · Position unavailable 40 Ian Nankervis — · Position unavailable 19 Neville Bruns — · Position unavailable 9 Michael Turner — · Position unavailable 20 Ray Card — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Malarkey — · Position unavailable 10 John Mossop — · Position unavailable 39 Stephen Lunn — · Position unavailable 37 Tommy Floyd — · Position unavailable 33 Bruce Nankervis — · Position unavailable 24 Mark Bos — · Position unavailable 3 Peter Johnston — · Position unavailable 4 Terry Bright — · Position unavailable 6 Garry Sidebottom — · Position unavailable 17 Steve Reynoldson — · Position unavailable 34 Zane Taylor — · Position unavailable 18 Murray Witcombe — · Position unavailable 22 Paul Jeffreys — · Position unavailable 1 Malcolm Reed — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

20 Tony Buhagiar — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 2 Alan Reid — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 1 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 39 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 17 Stephen Carey — · Position unavailable 23 Grant Fowler — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 30 Neil Besanko — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 8 Phil Carman — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
GEE3.43.52.52.377
ESS3.21.35.31.371

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Tony BuhagiarESS
Behinds
3
2 tied leaders
Terry BrightGEE
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Tackles
Not available yet

Team Stats

GEEESS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals10
15Behinds11
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

303Disposals294
220Kicks208
83Handballs86

Clearance / Contest

24Hitouts23

Other

73Marks69
46Frees For31
32Frees Against46

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Essendon by 6 points, 77–71.

Scores were level at three-quarter time. Geelong then won the last quarter 15–9 to settle the match.

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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