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Essendon vs Footscray Match Centre

Friday 30-Aug-1996
Final Round 22
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
79 11.13
76 11.10
Footscray Coach: Terry Wallace
Footscray logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 3 ESS by 3
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

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Home team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

5 James Hird — · Position unavailable 47 Ricky Olarenshaw — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 4 Gavin Wanganeen — · Position unavailable 2 Mark Mercuri — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Barnard — · Position unavailable 35 Barry Young — · Position unavailable 34 Justin Blumfield — · Position unavailable 22 Ben Doolan — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Somerville — · Position unavailable 39 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Wallis — · Position unavailable 14 David Calthorpe — · Position unavailable 9 Che Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 27 Steven Alessio — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable 31 Dustin Fletcher — · Position unavailable
Away team

Footscray

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

36 Jose Romero — · Position unavailable 3 Chris Grant — · Position unavailable 45 Brad Wira — · Position unavailable 14 Luke Darcy — · Position unavailable 5 Rohan Smith — · Position unavailable 24 Stephen Wallis — · Position unavailable 4 Nigel Kellett — · Position unavailable 39 Tony Liberatore — · Position unavailable 23 Michael Martin — · Position unavailable 7 Scott West — · Position unavailable 37 Daniel Hargraves — · Position unavailable 2 Steven Kolyniuk — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Kretiuk — · Position unavailable 38 Sedat Sir — · Position unavailable 32 Craig Ellis — · Position unavailable 15 Scott Wynd — · Position unavailable 8 Daniel Southern — · Position unavailable 25 Jason Watts — · Position unavailable 6 Brad Johnson — · Position unavailable 30 Scott Allen — · Position unavailable 34 Mark West — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS2.24.62.23.379
FTS2.22.13.34.476

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Mark MercuriESS
Behinds
3
Peter SomervilleESS
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Tackles
5
Gary ODonnellESS

Team Stats

ESSFTS

Scoring / Attack

11Goals11
11Behinds6
4Behinds Rushed2

Possession

309Disposals287
183Kicks200
126Handballs87

Clearance / Contest

27Tackles19
18Hitouts15

Other

103Marks81
12Frees For23
23Frees Against12

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Footscray by 3 points, 79–76.

Essendon took a 10-point lead into the last quarter. Footscray cut that back to 3 by the final siren, scoring 28 points to 21 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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