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Footscray vs Essendon Match Centre

Sunday 6-Aug-1989
Final Round 18
Footscray logo
Footscray Coach: Mick Malthouse
23 3.5
51 7.9
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
Western Oval Essendon by 28 ESS by 28
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

16 Terry Wallace — · Position unavailable 7 Doug Hawkins — · Position unavailable 45 Michael Ford — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Wallis — · Position unavailable 33 Brian Royal — · Position unavailable 36 Matt Hannebery — · Position unavailable 2 Richard Cousins — · Position unavailable 35 Darren Baxter — · Position unavailable 32 Peter Foster — · Position unavailable 12 Greg Eppelstun — · Position unavailable 10 Mark Hunter — · Position unavailable 11 Tony McGuinness — · Position unavailable 22 Mark Cullen — · Position unavailable 6 Stuart Wigney — · Position unavailable 43 Matthew Hogg — · Position unavailable 23 Simon Atkins — · Position unavailable 8 Rick Kennedy — · Position unavailable 4 Darren Davies — · Position unavailable 31 Phillip OKeeffe — · Position unavailable 48 Nigel Kellett — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

3 Paul Salmon — · Position unavailable 32 Tim Watson — · Position unavailable 5 Terry Daniher — · Position unavailable 44 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 17 Kieran Sporn — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 31 Dean Bailey — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Anderson — · Position unavailable 14 Bradley Plain — · Position unavailable 4 Michael Long — · Position unavailable 10 Garry Foulds — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 12 Steven Clark — · Position unavailable 30 Kevin Walsh — · Position unavailable 29 David Grenvold — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Wallis — · Position unavailable 6 Anthony Daniher — · Position unavailable 22 Bill Duckworth — · Position unavailable 41 Andrew Manning — · Position unavailable 24 Michael Werner — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
FTS0.11.11.21.123
ESS1.21.20.35.251

Match Leaders

Goals
3
Simon MaddenESS
Behinds
2
2 tied leaders
Brian RoyalFTS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
4
2 tied leaders
Dean BaileyESS

Team Stats

FTSESS

Scoring / Attack

3Goals7
4Behinds8
1Behinds Rushed5

Possession

291Disposals330
210Kicks237
81Handballs93

Clearance / Contest

34Tackles27
10Hitouts22

Other

73Marks77
38Frees For37
37Frees Against38

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Footscray by 28 points, 51–23.

Essendon extended a 3-point three-quarter-time lead with a 32–7 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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