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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 28-Mar-1987
Final Round 1
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
62 9.8
121 19.7
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
Waverley Park Essendon by 59 ESS by 59
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 11 Tony McGuinness — · Position unavailable 45 Michael Ford — · Position unavailable 27 Stephen Macpherson — · Position unavailable 33 Brian Royal — · Position unavailable 35 Darren Baxter — · Position unavailable 30 Brenton Vilcins — · Position unavailable 19 Zeno Tzatzaris — · Position unavailable 38 Angelo Petraglia — · Position unavailable 15 Murray Rance — · Position unavailable 2 Richard Cousins — · Position unavailable 1 Andrew Purser — · Position unavailable 12 Greg Eppelstun — · Position unavailable 40 Troy Moloney — · Position unavailable 39 Tony Liberatore — · Position unavailable 17 Phil Cronan — · Position unavailable 26 Peter Baxter — · Position unavailable 8 Rick Kennedy — · Position unavailable 18 Simon Beasley — · Position unavailable 51 Michael McLean — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

4 Leon Baker — · Position unavailable 8 Neil Clarke — · Position unavailable 6 Anthony Daniher — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 14 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 31 Dean Bailey — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 24 Brian Winton — · Position unavailable 13 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 17 Peter Francis — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 23 Trevor Spencer — · Position unavailable 12 Steven Clark — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS3.33.01.12.462
ESS2.15.26.36.1121

Match Leaders

Goals
7
Alan EzardESS
Behinds
3
Simon BeasleyFTS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
4
Roger MerrettESS

Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

9Goals19
6Behinds7
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

242Disposals334
162Kicks206
80Handballs128

Clearance / Contest

10Tackles33
20Hitouts34

Other

40Marks82
19Frees For22
25Frees Against19

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Footscray by 59 points, 121–62.

Essendon extended a 38-point three-quarter-time lead with a 37–16 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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