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Essendon vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 29-Aug-1981
Final Round 22
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
47 6.11
55 7.13
Geelong Coach: Bill Goggin
Geelong logo
Waverley Park Geelong by 8 GEE by 8
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

33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 1 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 20 Tony Buhagiar — · Position unavailable 23 Grant Fowler — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 17 Stephen Carey — · Position unavailable 11 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 39 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 14 Graeme Schultz — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 28 Neville Fields — · Position unavailable 44 Justin Madden — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 2 Alan Reid — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

18 Murray Witcombe — · Position unavailable 33 Bruce Nankervis — · Position unavailable 19 Neville Bruns — · Position unavailable 11 Peter Featherby — · Position unavailable 27 Brian Peake — · Position unavailable 35 Robert Neal — · Position unavailable 40 Ian Nankervis — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Malarkey — · Position unavailable 9 Michael Turner — · Position unavailable 4 Terry Bright — · Position unavailable 17 Steve Reynoldson — · Position unavailable 31 Richard Murrie — · Position unavailable 26 Jack Hawkins — · Position unavailable 10 John Mossop — · Position unavailable 15 Bernard Toohey — · Position unavailable 21 Mark Yeates — · Position unavailable 22 Paul Jeffreys — · Position unavailable 16 Rod Blake — · Position unavailable 24 Mark Bos — · Position unavailable 39 Stephen Lunn — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS1.31.13.21.547
GEE2.31.42.52.155

Match Leaders

Goals
2
3 tied leaders
Max CrowESS
Behinds
3
Tony BuhagiarESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSGEE

Scoring / Attack

6Goals7
11Behinds10
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

276Disposals262
202Kicks209
74Handballs53

Clearance / Contest

43Hitouts24

Other

50Marks46
41Frees For36
36Frees Against41

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Essendon by 8 points, 55–47.

Geelong extended a 6-point three-quarter-time lead with a 13–11 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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