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Essendon vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 20-Jul-1985
Final Round 16
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
112 17.10
88 13.10
Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
Footscray logo
Windy Hill Essendon by 24 ESS by 24
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

1 Merv Neagle — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 13 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 26 Mark Thompson — · Position unavailable 8 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 7 Frank Dunell — · Position unavailable 23 Rene Kink — · Position unavailable 4 Leon Baker — · Position unavailable 38 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 16 Peter Banfield — · Position unavailable 14 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 28 Paul Weston — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 35 Chris Waterson — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 41 Steven Clark — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

24 Stephen Wallis — · Position unavailable 33 Brian Royal — · Position unavailable 51 Michael McLean — · Position unavailable 49 Brian Cordy — · Position unavailable 32 Peter Foster — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Buhagiar — · Position unavailable 27 Stephen Macpherson — · Position unavailable 11 Allen Daniels — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Edmond — · Position unavailable 4 Brad Hardie — · Position unavailable 43 Rod MacPherson — · Position unavailable 1 Andrew Purser — · Position unavailable 17 Phil Maylin — · Position unavailable 37 Neil Peart — · Position unavailable 9 Les Bamblett — · Position unavailable 2 Jim Sewell — · Position unavailable 18 Simon Beasley — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS6.16.33.42.2112
FTS2.52.12.17.388

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Tony ElshaugESS
Behinds
2
5 tied leaders
Leon BakerESS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

ESSFTS

Scoring / Attack

17Goals13
10Behinds7
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

340Disposals268
204Kicks190
136Handballs78

Clearance / Contest

30Hitouts10

Other

57Marks63
34Frees For41
41Frees Against34

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Footscray by 24 points, 112–88.

Essendon took a 55-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 24 by the final siren, scoring 45 points to 14 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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