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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 27-Apr-1985
Final Round 5
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
125 18.17
84 11.18
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
Western Oval Footscray by 41 FTS by 41
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home 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 1 Andrew Purser — · Position unavailable 17 Phil Maylin — · Position unavailable 43 Rod MacPherson — · Position unavailable 2 Jim Sewell — · Position unavailable 49 Brian Cordy — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 21 Tony Buhagiar — · Position unavailable 20 Jim Edmond — · Position unavailable 27 Stephen Macpherson — · Position unavailable 11 Allen Daniels — · Position unavailable 8 Rick Kennedy — · Position unavailable 35 Darren Baxter — · Position unavailable 9 Les Bamblett — · Position unavailable 51 Michael McLean — · Position unavailable 14 Robert Groenewegen — · Position unavailable 18 Simon Beasley — · Position unavailable 4 Brad Hardie — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

26 Mark Thompson — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 13 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 38 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 8 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 4 Leon Baker — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 28 Paul Weston — · Position unavailable 7 Frank Dunell — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable 35 Chris Waterson — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 14 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 17 Stephen Carey — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS3.44.77.24.4125
ESS4.32.50.35.784

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Les BamblettFTS
Behinds
4
Simon BeasleyFTS
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Tackles
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Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

18Goals11
16Behinds16
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

272Disposals310
223Kicks222
49Handballs88

Clearance / Contest

10Hitouts16

Other

81Marks71
34Frees For29
29Frees Against34

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Footscray beat Essendon by 41 points, 125–84.

Footscray took a 50-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 41 by the final siren, scoring 37 points to 28 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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