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Essendon vs Brisbane Lions Match Centre

Saturday 3-May-1997
Final Round 6
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
102 15.12
71 9.17
Brisbane Lions Coach: John Northey
Brisbane Lions logo
M.C.G. Essendon by 31 ESS by 31
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 2 Mark Mercuri — · Position unavailable 38 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 39 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable 22 Ben Doolan — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 14 David Calthorpe — · Position unavailable 7 Chris Daniher — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 3 Ryan OConnor — · Position unavailable 31 Dustin Fletcher — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 33 Blake Caracella — · Position unavailable 20 Peter Berbakov — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable 9 Che Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 32 Justin Blumfield — · Position unavailable 23 Peter Cransberg — · Position unavailable 12 Michael Symons — · Position unavailable 21 Dean Wallis — · Position unavailable
Away team

Brisbane Lions

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 21

18 Craig Lambert — · Position unavailable 42 Tristan Lynch — · Position unavailable 1 Richard Champion — · Position unavailable 6 Adrian Fletcher — · Position unavailable 32 Shaun Hart — · Position unavailable 3 Michael Voss — · Position unavailable 28 Ben Robbins — · Position unavailable 27 Clark Keating — · Position unavailable 41 Matthew Kennedy — · Position unavailable 10 Marcus Ashcroft — · Position unavailable 16 Matthew Clarke — · Position unavailable 44 Nigel Lappin — · Position unavailable 26 John Barker — · Position unavailable 25 Andrew Bews — · Position unavailable 14 Danny Dickfos — · Position unavailable 11 Alastair Lynch — · Position unavailable 23 Justin Leppitsch — · Position unavailable 2 Chris Johnson — · Position unavailable 4 Craig McRae — · Position unavailable 5 Nathan Chapman — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Scott — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS1.54.36.14.3102
BRI2.52.62.33.371

Match Leaders

Goals
3
3 tied leaders
Scott LucasESS
Behinds
5
Ryan OConnorESS
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
7
Ben RobbinsBRI

Team Stats

ESSBRI

Scoring / Attack

15Goals9
11Behinds11
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

353Disposals265
218Kicks180
135Handballs85

Clearance / Contest

20Tackles40
7Hitouts23

Other

87Marks72
19Frees For16
16Frees Against19

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Essendon beat Brisbane Lions by 31 points, 102–71.

Essendon extended a 25-point three-quarter-time lead with a 27–21 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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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
People First Stadium
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