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Fitzroy vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 4-Jul-1981
Final Round 15
Fitzroy logo
Fitzroy Coach: Robert Walls
61 8.13
80 11.14
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
Junction Oval Essendon by 19 ESS by 19
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The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Fitzroy

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

18 Leigh Carlson — · Position unavailable 7 Peter Francis — · Position unavailable 3 Grant Lawrie — · Position unavailable 27 Les Parish — · Position unavailable 19 David McMahon — · Position unavailable 29 Garry Wilson — · Position unavailable 16 Chris Hansen — · Position unavailable 17 Michael Poynton — · Position unavailable 41 Lee Murnane — · Position unavailable 5 Bernie Quinlan — · Position unavailable 10 Laurie Serafini — · Position unavailable 23 Gerald McCarthy — · Position unavailable 4 Ross Thornton — · Position unavailable 34 Leigh McConnon — · Position unavailable 6 Ron Alexander — · Position unavailable 9 Matthew Rendell — · Position unavailable 2 Brian Brown — · Position unavailable 32 Glenn Coleman — · Position unavailable 3 John Cassin — · Position unavailable 12 Mick Conlan — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

38 Peter Bennett — · Position unavailable 20 Tony Buhagiar — · Position unavailable 1 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 2 Alan Reid — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 22 Wayne Foreman — · Position unavailable 34 Michael Thomson — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 15 Geoff Burdett — · Position unavailable 14 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 11 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 42 Russell Muir — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 44 Justin Madden — · Position unavailable 23 Grant Fowler — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FIT1.22.22.43.561
ESS2.45.12.42.580

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Michael PoyntonFIT
Behinds
3
Max CrowESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FITESS

Scoring / Attack

8Goals11
7Behinds12
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

235Disposals307
187Kicks218
48Handballs89

Clearance / Contest

27Hitouts38

Other

43Marks62
34Frees For36
36Frees Against34

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Fitzroy by 19 points, 80–61.

Essendon took a 25-point lead into the last quarter. Fitzroy cut that back to 19 by the final siren, scoring 23 points to 17 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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