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Brisbane Lions vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 23-Aug-1997
Final Round 21
Brisbane Lions logo
Brisbane Lions Coach: John Northey
102 15.12
106 16.10
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
Gabba Essendon by 4 ESS by 4
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Brisbane Lions

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

12 Jason Akermanis — · Position unavailable 10 Marcus Ashcroft — · Position unavailable 14 Danny Dickfos — · Position unavailable 44 Nigel Lappin — · Position unavailable 34 Scott Bamford — · Position unavailable 8 Andrew Gowers — · Position unavailable 28 Ben Robbins — · Position unavailable 42 Tristan Lynch — · Position unavailable 2 Chris Johnson — · Position unavailable 33 Darryl White — · Position unavailable 5 Nathan Chapman — · Position unavailable 1 Richard Champion — · Position unavailable 36 Daniel Bradshaw — · Position unavailable 6 Adrian Fletcher — · Position unavailable 11 Alastair Lynch — · Position unavailable 16 Matthew Clarke — · Position unavailable 4 Craig McRae — · Position unavailable 23 Justin Leppitsch — · Position unavailable 15 Steven Lawrence — · Position unavailable 38 Dion Scott — · Position unavailable 26 John Barker — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

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33 Blake Caracella — · Position unavailable 9 Che Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 38 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 2 Mark Mercuri — · Position unavailable 39 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable 7 Chris Daniher — · Position unavailable 47 Ricky Olarenshaw — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 46 Gary Moorcroft — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 19 Peter Somerville — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Prior — · Position unavailable 35 Barry Young — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Fraser — · Position unavailable 20 Peter Berbakov — · Position unavailable 4 Daniel McAlister — · Position unavailable 44 Matthew Watson — · Position unavailable 17 Robert Stevenson — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Cransberg — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
BRI2.46.33.44.1102
ESS2.35.21.18.4106

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Matthew LloydESS
Behinds
3
Matthew LloydESS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
6
Adrian FletcherBRI

Team Stats

BRIESS

Scoring / Attack

15Goals16
10Behinds8
1Behinds Rushed5

Possession

261Disposals305
186Kicks195
75Handballs110

Clearance / Contest

25Tackles28
25Hitouts21

Other

76Marks71
18Frees For16
16Frees Against18

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Brisbane Lions by 4 points, 106–102.

Essendon came from 23 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Brisbane Lions 52–25 in the final term to take the win.

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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Games

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Grand Final

Grand Final Sat 26 Sep FINAL
Fremantle FRE
89–96
Brisbane Lions BRI
M.C.G.
AFLW
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
Geelong GEE
52–56
Melbourne MEL
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sat 7 Nov AFLW FINAL
North Melbourne NTH
49–13
Carlton CAR
IKON Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Sydney SYD
—–—
Western Bulldogs WBD
Henson Park
Qualifying & Elimination Finals Sun 8 Nov AFLW FULL TIME Final data pending
Gold Coast GCS
—–—
Hawthorn HAW
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