Essendon vs Footscray Match Centre

Saturday 27-Jun-1987
Final Round 14
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
52 7.10
64 9.10
Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
Windy Hill Footscray by 12

Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS0.24.21.22.452
FTS2.13.22.52.264

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Simon BeasleyFTS
Behinds
3
Peter FosterFTS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
4
3 tied leaders
Glenn HawkerESS

Team Stats

ESSFTS

Scoring / Attack

7Goals9
8Behinds9
4Behinds Rushed2

Possession

226Disposals210
168Kicks160
58Handballs50

Clearance / Contest

31Tackles22
31Hitouts6

Other

35Marks46
41Frees For30
30Frees Against41

How the match finished

Footscray beat Essendon by 12 points, 64–52.

Footscray took a 14-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 12 by the final siren, scoring 16 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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