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Essendon vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 2-May-1987
Final Round 6
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
96 14.12
96 13.18
Geelong Coach: John Devine
Geelong logo
Windy Hill Draw Draw
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

14 Tony Elshaug — · Position unavailable 17 Peter Francis — · Position unavailable 13 Darren Williams — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 26 Mark Thompson — · Position unavailable 4 Leon Baker — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 9 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 22 Bill Duckworth — · Position unavailable 25 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 24 Brian Winton — · Position unavailable 31 Dean Bailey — · Position unavailable 12 Steven Clark — · Position unavailable 20 John Barnes — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Vander Haar — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

27 Andrew Bews — · Position unavailable 19 Neville Bruns — · Position unavailable 10 Darren Troy — · Position unavailable 47 Martin Christensen — · Position unavailable 45 Robert Scott — · Position unavailable 9 Michael Turner — · Position unavailable 6 Dwayne Russell — · Position unavailable 24 Mark Bos — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Ablett — · Position unavailable 17 Gavin Exell — · Position unavailable 30 Damian Bourke — · Position unavailable 51 Garry Hocking — · Position unavailable 2 Bruce Lindner — · Position unavailable 12 Craig Cleave — · Position unavailable 3 Mark Bairstow — · Position unavailable 16 Bill Brownless — · Position unavailable 4 Terry Bright — · Position unavailable 26 Barry Stoneham — · Position unavailable 39 Graeme Landy — · Position unavailable 23 Michael Schulze — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS5.23.32.24.596
GEE1.56.43.63.396

Match Leaders

Goals
4
John BarnesESS
Behinds
6
Michael TurnerGEE
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Tackles
6
Barry StonehamGEE

Team Stats

ESSGEE

Scoring / Attack

14Goals13
11Behinds17
2Behinds Rushed4

Possession

288Disposals280
178Kicks191
110Handballs89

Clearance / Contest

41Tackles32
18Hitouts24

Other

54Marks61
25Frees For26
25Frees Against26

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon and Geelong drew, finishing on 96 points apiece.

Essendon erased a 8-point three-quarter-time deficit, outscoring Geelong 29–21 in the last quarter to draw level.

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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