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Sydney vs Essendon Match Centre

Friday 19-Apr-1991
Final Round 5
Sydney logo
Sydney Coach: Col Kinnear
130 19.16
161 24.17
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
S.C.G. Essendon by 31 ESS by 31
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Sydney

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

10 Barry Mitchell — · Position unavailable 15 Bernard Toohey — · Position unavailable 7 Dennis Carroll — · Position unavailable 2 Greg Williams — · Position unavailable 47 Leon Higgins — · Position unavailable 26 Stephen Wright — · Position unavailable 35 David Murphy — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Bayes — · Position unavailable 5 Ian Roberts — · Position unavailable 3 Dale Lewis — · Position unavailable 14 Paul Kelly — · Position unavailable 29 Neil Cordy — · Position unavailable 45 Warren McKenzie — · Position unavailable 32 Jason Love — · Position unavailable 6 Mark Eustice — · Position unavailable 39 Warwick Capper — · Position unavailable 40 Craig Nettelbeck — · Position unavailable 9 Wayne Henwood — · Position unavailable 23 Mark Athorn — · Position unavailable 19 Gareth John — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

15 Alan Ezard — · Position unavailable 14 Bradley Plain — · Position unavailable 13 Michael Long — · Position unavailable 12 Craig OBrien — · Position unavailable 35 Ian McMullin — · Position unavailable 11 Greg Anderson — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 37 Ed Considine — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 34 Peter Filandia — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Cransberg — · Position unavailable 27 Simon Madden — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Somerville — · Position unavailable 40 Adrian Burns — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Hamilton — · Position unavailable 4 Gavin Wanganeen — · Position unavailable 41 Andrew Manning — · Position unavailable 6 Anthony Daniher — · Position unavailable 45 Shane Heard — · Position unavailable 28 David Flood — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SYD6.42.79.12.4130
ESS4.66.33.611.2161

Match Leaders

Goals
8
Bradley PlainESS
Behinds
4
Warwick CapperSYD
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
4
3 tied leaders
Greg WilliamsSYD

Team Stats

SYDESS

Scoring / Attack

19Goals24
13Behinds11
1Behinds Rushed5

Possession

300Disposals278
198Kicks196
102Handballs82

Clearance / Contest

22Tackles19
14Hitouts20

Other

63Marks67
16Frees For15
15Frees Against16

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Sydney by 31 points, 161–130.

Essendon came from 21 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Sydney 68–16 in the final term to take the win.

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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