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Essendon vs Western Bulldogs Match Centre

Sunday 1-Jun-1997
Final Round 10
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
114 17.12
136 20.16
Western Bulldogs Coach: Terry Wallace
Western Bulldogs logo
M.C.G. Western Bulldogs by 22 WBD by 22
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

24 Joe Misiti — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Prior — · Position unavailable 33 Blake Caracella — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable 22 Ben Doolan — · Position unavailable 7 Chris Daniher — · Position unavailable 38 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 46 Gary Moorcroft — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Barnard — · Position unavailable 5 James Hird — · Position unavailable 3 Ryan OConnor — · Position unavailable 47 Ricky Olarenshaw — · Position unavailable 39 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Fraser — · Position unavailable 35 Barry Young — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 27 Steven Alessio — · Position unavailable 31 Dustin Fletcher — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Somerville — · Position unavailable 20 Peter Berbakov — · Position unavailable
Away team

Western Bulldogs

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

36 Jose Romero — · Position unavailable 6 Brad Johnson — · Position unavailable 7 Scott West — · Position unavailable 5 Rohan Smith — · Position unavailable 28 Paul Dimattina — · Position unavailable 39 Tony Liberatore — · Position unavailable 3 Chris Grant — · Position unavailable 21 Matthew Dent — · Position unavailable 24 Brad Wira — · Position unavailable 14 Luke Darcy — · Position unavailable 8 Daniel Southern — · Position unavailable 38 Sedat Sir — · Position unavailable 2 Steven Kolyniuk — · Position unavailable 10 Brett Montgomery — · Position unavailable 1 Simon Minton-Connell — · Position unavailable 15 Scott Wynd — · Position unavailable 12 James Cook — · Position unavailable 16 Matthew Croft — · Position unavailable 32 Craig Ellis — · Position unavailable 4 Nigel Kellett — · Position unavailable 34 Mark West — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.34.45.25.3114
WBD8.45.42.35.5136

Match Leaders

Goals
6
Matthew LloydESS
Behinds
3
Brett MontgomeryWBD
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
5
Tony LiberatoreWBD

Team Stats

ESSWBD

Scoring / Attack

17Goals20
8Behinds13
1Behinds Rushed5

Possession

274Disposals313
174Kicks199
100Handballs114

Clearance / Contest

28Tackles27
22Hitouts24

Other

80Marks82
12Frees For19
19Frees Against12

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Western Bulldogs beat Essendon by 22 points, 136–114.

Western Bulldogs extended a 20-point three-quarter-time lead with a 35–33 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. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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