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Geelong vs Essendon Match Centre

Sunday 20-Apr-1997
Final Round 4
Geelong logo
Geelong Coach: Gary Ayres
85 11.19
78 11.12
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
M.C.G. Geelong by 7 GEE by 7
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

32 Garry Hocking — · Position unavailable 13 Glenn Kilpatrick — · Position unavailable 28 Martin McKinnon — · Position unavailable 19 Derek Hall — · Position unavailable 31 David Mensch — · Position unavailable 27 Brenton Sanderson — · Position unavailable 23 Liam Pickering — · Position unavailable 20 Carl Steinfort — · Position unavailable 6 John Barnes — · Position unavailable 17 Tim McGrath — · Position unavailable 3 Adam Houlihan — · Position unavailable 26 Barry Stoneham — · Position unavailable 8 Ronnie Burns — · Position unavailable 22 Tim Hargreaves — · Position unavailable 2 Leigh Colbert — · Position unavailable 12 Brad Sholl — · Position unavailable 7 Paul Couch — · Position unavailable 36 Ben Graham — · Position unavailable 4 Matthew Robbins — · Position unavailable 30 Craig Biddiscombe — · Position unavailable 16 Bill Brownless — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

24 Joe Misiti — · Position unavailable 38 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 7 Chris Daniher — · Position unavailable 20 Peter Berbakov — · Position unavailable 31 Dustin Fletcher — · Position unavailable 32 Justin Blumfield — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Prior — · Position unavailable 14 David Calthorpe — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Fraser — · Position unavailable 9 Che Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 28 Andrew Bomford — · Position unavailable 39 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable 3 Ryan OConnor — · Position unavailable 13 Michael Long — · Position unavailable 12 Michael Symons — · Position unavailable 27 Steven Alessio — · Position unavailable 5 James Hird — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
GEE2.40.76.63.285
ESS4.41.45.21.278

Match Leaders

Goals
3
2 tied leaders
Martin McKinnonGEE
Behinds
4
Martin McKinnonGEE
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
4
2 tied leaders
Che Cockatoo-CollinsESS

Team Stats

GEEESS

Scoring / Attack

11Goals11
18Behinds10
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

308Disposals271
206Kicks170
102Handballs101

Clearance / Contest

21Tackles39
26Hitouts6

Other

84Marks62
14Frees For16
16Frees Against14

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Essendon by 7 points, 85–78.

Geelong came from 5 points down at three-quarter time, outscoring Essendon 20–8 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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