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Essendon vs Carlton Match Centre

Monday 31-Mar-1997
Final Round 1
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
106 16.10
99 15.9
Carlton Coach: David Parkin
Carlton logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 7 ESS by 7
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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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 31 Dustin Fletcher — · Position unavailable 2 Mark Mercuri — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Prior — · Position unavailable 14 David Calthorpe — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 24 Joe Misiti — · Position unavailable 38 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 13 Michael Long — · Position unavailable 47 Ricky Olarenshaw — · Position unavailable 12 Michael Symons — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 9 Che Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Barnard — · Position unavailable 32 Justin Blumfield — · Position unavailable 27 Steven Alessio — · Position unavailable 20 Peter Berbakov — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 7 Chris Daniher — · Position unavailable 3 Ryan OConnor — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Wallis — · Position unavailable
Away team

Carlton

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

2 Greg Williams — · Position unavailable 39 Ang Christou — · Position unavailable 5 Andrew McKay — · Position unavailable 23 Dean Rice — · Position unavailable 6 Matt Clape — · Position unavailable 21 Craig Bradley — · Position unavailable 18 Justin Murphy — · Position unavailable 34 Ron De Iulio — · Position unavailable 7 Brett Ratten — · Position unavailable 43 Anthony Koutoufides — · Position unavailable 24 Matthew Allan — · Position unavailable 16 Scott Camporeale — · Position unavailable 8 Lance Whitnall — · Position unavailable 32 Adrian Whitehead — · Position unavailable 22 Glenn Manton — · Position unavailable 31 Mick McGuane — · Position unavailable 35 Peter Dean — · Position unavailable 36 Aaron Hamill — · Position unavailable 27 Luke OSullivan — · Position unavailable 14 Michael Sexton — · Position unavailable 13 Mil Hanna — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS5.22.46.23.2106
CAR2.25.43.25.199

Match Leaders

Goals
4
3 tied leaders
James HirdESS
Behinds
2
2 tied leaders
Che Cockatoo-CollinsESS
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Tackles
4
2 tied leaders
Glenn MantonCAR

Team Stats

ESSCAR

Scoring / Attack

16Goals15
8Behinds8
5Behinds Rushed1

Possession

319Disposals305
206Kicks194
113Handballs111

Clearance / Contest

22Tackles33
18Hitouts22

Other

79Marks82
12Frees For19
19Frees Against12

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Carlton by 7 points, 106–99.

Essendon took a 18-point lead into the last quarter. Carlton cut that back to 7 by the final siren, scoring 31 points to 20 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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