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Richmond vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 11-Apr-1981
Final Round 3
Richmond logo
Richmond Coach: Tony Jewell
118 17.16
114 16.18
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Richmond by 4 RIC by 4
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Richmond

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

3 Dale Weightman — · Position unavailable 16 Bryan Wood — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Wiley — · Position unavailable 22 Barry Rowlings — · Position unavailable 4 Geoff Raines — · Position unavailable 14 Bruce Tempany — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Lee — · Position unavailable 33 David Cloke — · Position unavailable 11 Paul Sarah — · Position unavailable 29 Kevin Bartlett — · Position unavailable 18 Merv Keane — · Position unavailable 37 Michael Nugent — · Position unavailable 30 Francis Bourke — · Position unavailable 34 Graeme Landy — · Position unavailable 7 Mick Malthouse — · Position unavailable 19 Greg Strachan — · Position unavailable 8 Michael Roach — · Position unavailable 6 Stephen Mount — · Position unavailable 43 Matthew Wall — · Position unavailable 31 Peter Welsh — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 1 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 2 Alan Reid — · Position unavailable 6 Neale Daniher — · Position unavailable 39 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 4 Ron Andrews — · Position unavailable 20 Tony Buhagiar — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 31 Max Crow — · Position unavailable 23 Grant Fowler — · Position unavailable 8 Phil Carman — · Position unavailable 16 Steven Taubert — · Position unavailable 11 Alan Stoneham — · Position unavailable 17 Stephen Carey — · Position unavailable 30 Neil Besanko — · Position unavailable 36 Denis Scanlon — · Position unavailable 15 Geoff Burdett — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
RIC3.54.23.47.5118
ESS5.45.44.52.5114

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Garry FouldsESS
Behinds
4
Tony BuhagiarESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

RICESS

Scoring / Attack

17Goals16
15Behinds16
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

292Disposals267
208Kicks201
84Handballs66

Clearance / Contest

40Hitouts17

Other

48Marks50
47Frees For39
39Frees Against47

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Richmond beat Essendon by 4 points, 118–114.

Richmond came from 26 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Essendon 47–17 in the final term to take the win.

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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