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Sydney vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 21-Sep-1996
Final Preliminary Final
Sydney logo
Sydney Coach: Rodney Eade
70 10.10
69 10.9
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
S.C.G. Sydney by 1 SYD by 1
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.

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14 Paul Kelly — · Position unavailable 19 Michael OLoughlin — · Position unavailable 12 Kevin Dyson — · Position unavailable 8 Daryn Cresswell — · Position unavailable 3 Dale Lewis — · Position unavailable 15 Greg Stafford — · Position unavailable 27 Wade Chapman — · Position unavailable 29 Simon Garlick — · Position unavailable 11 Stuart Maxfield — · Position unavailable 34 Troy Luff — · Position unavailable 39 Adam Heuskes — · Position unavailable 6 Andrew Dunkley — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Lockett — · Position unavailable 7 Brad Seymour — · Position unavailable 32 Daniel McPherson — · Position unavailable 9 Shannon Grant — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Bayes — · Position unavailable 1 Paul Roos — · Position unavailable 24 Derek Kickett — · Position unavailable 17 Jason Mooney — · Position unavailable 5 Craig OBrien — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

5 James Hird — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 39 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable 47 Ricky Olarenshaw — · Position unavailable 22 Ben Doolan — · Position unavailable 24 Joe Misiti — · Position unavailable 35 Barry Young — · Position unavailable 4 Gavin Wanganeen — · Position unavailable 38 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 7 Chris Daniher — · Position unavailable 31 Dustin Fletcher — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 34 Justin Blumfield — · Position unavailable 9 Che Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 12 Michael Symons — · Position unavailable 27 Steven Alessio — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Somerville — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Wallis — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
SYD1.35.32.12.370
ESS4.40.24.02.369

Match Leaders

Goals
3
3 tied leaders
Daryn CresswellSYD
Behinds
3
Tony LockettSYD
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
6
Kevin DysonSYD

Team Stats

SYDESS

Scoring / Attack

10Goals10
8Behinds9
0Behinds Rushed0

Possession

268Disposals325
192Kicks183
76Handballs142

Clearance / Contest

45Tackles29
18Hitouts18

Other

73Marks71
16Frees For18
18Frees Against16

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Sydney beat Essendon by 1 point, 70–69.

The 1-point gap at three-quarter time held through the final term, when both sides added 15 points.

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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