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Geelong vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 30-Apr-1988
Final Round 5
Geelong logo
Geelong Coach: John Devine
116 17.14
92 13.14
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
Kardinia Park Geelong by 24 GEE by 24
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

3 Mark Bairstow — · Position unavailable 7 Paul Couch — · Position unavailable 18 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 28 Tim Darcy — · Position unavailable 8 Robert Scott — · Position unavailable 6 Dwayne Russell — · Position unavailable 19 Neville Bruns — · Position unavailable 9 Michael Turner — · Position unavailable 23 Michael Schulze — · Position unavailable 5 Gary Ablett — · Position unavailable 1 Steve Hocking — · Position unavailable 26 Barry Stoneham — · Position unavailable 24 Mark Bos — · Position unavailable 36 David Cameron — · Position unavailable 14 Darren Flanigan — · Position unavailable 15 Martin Christensen — · Position unavailable 29 Damian Drum — · Position unavailable 21 Mark Yeates — · Position unavailable 20 Darren Denneman — · Position unavailable 30 Damian Bourke — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

35 Gavin Keane — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Anderson — · Position unavailable 15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 36 Paul OBrien — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 33 Glenn Hawker — · Position unavailable 22 Bill Duckworth — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 44 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 34 Andrew Merryweather — · Position unavailable 6 Anthony Daniher — · Position unavailable 19 David Sullivan — · Position unavailable 28 David Flood — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
GEE5.24.24.44.6116
ESS2.34.65.12.492

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Gary AblettGEE
Behinds
4
2 tied leaders
Gary AblettGEE
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
6
Sean DenhamGEE

Team Stats

GEEESS

Scoring / Attack

17Goals13
13Behinds14
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

299Disposals294
207Kicks204
92Handballs90

Clearance / Contest

29Tackles21
18Hitouts19

Other

85Marks65
25Frees For18
18Frees Against25

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Essendon by 24 points, 116–92.

Geelong extended a 10-point three-quarter-time lead with a 30–16 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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