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Collingwood vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 16-Aug-1997
Final Round 20
Collingwood logo
Collingwood Coach: Tony Shaw
91 13.13
81 12.9
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Collingwood by 10 COL by 10
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The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Collingwood

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

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28 Gavin Crosisca — · Position unavailable 5 Nathan Buckley — · Position unavailable 29 Scott Russell — · Position unavailable 26 Gavin Brown — · Position unavailable 2 Tony Francis — · Position unavailable 30 Paul Sharkey — · Position unavailable 12 Andrew Schauble — · Position unavailable 10 Paul Williams — · Position unavailable 44 Richard Osborne — · Position unavailable 14 Shane Watson — · Position unavailable 27 Alex McDonald — · Position unavailable 1 Damian Monkhorst — · Position unavailable 36 Saverio Rocca — · Position unavailable 33 Chad Liddell — · Position unavailable 6 Stephen Patterson — · Position unavailable 23 Anthony Rocca — · Position unavailable 43 Luke Godden — · Position unavailable 9 Matthew Francis — · Position unavailable 48 Mal Michael — · Position unavailable 4 Aaron James — · Position unavailable 19 Graham Wright — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable 32 Justin Blumfield — · Position unavailable 33 Blake Caracella — · Position unavailable 46 Gary Moorcroft — · Position unavailable 39 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable 38 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Prior — · Position unavailable 42 Jason Johnson — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Cransberg — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 9 Che Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Fraser — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Somerville — · Position unavailable 35 Barry Young — · Position unavailable 7 Chris Daniher — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Harvey — · Position unavailable 3 Ryan OConnor — · Position unavailable 17 Robert Stevenson — · Position unavailable 26 Chris Heffernan — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
COL2.27.44.40.391
ESS1.43.03.25.381

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Saverio RoccaCOL
Behinds
3
Matthew LloydESS
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Tackles
4
5 tied leaders
Tony FrancisCOL

Team Stats

COLESS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals12
9Behinds7
5Behinds Rushed1

Possession

274Disposals264
162Kicks186
112Handballs78

Clearance / Contest

32Tackles26
19Hitouts16

Other

54Marks55
15Frees For21
21Frees Against15

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Collingwood beat Essendon by 10 points, 91–81.

Collingwood took a 40-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 10 by the final siren, scoring 33 points to 3 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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