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Western Bulldogs vs Essendon Match Centre

Saturday 2-May-1998
Final Round 6
Western Bulldogs logo
Western Bulldogs Coach: Terry Wallace
97 13.19
89 13.11
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
Essendon logo
Princes Park Western Bulldogs by 8 WBD by 8
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Western Bulldogs

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 22

17 Nathan Brown — · Position unavailable 7 Scott West — · Position unavailable 18 Leon Cameron — · Position unavailable 16 Matthew Croft — · Position unavailable 36 Jose Romero — · Position unavailable 14 Luke Darcy — · Position unavailable 6 Brad Johnson — · Position unavailable 32 Craig Ellis — · Position unavailable 5 Rohan Smith — · Position unavailable 9 Paul Hudson — · Position unavailable 15 Scott Wynd — · Position unavailable 21 Matthew Dent — · Position unavailable 8 Daniel Southern — · Position unavailable 4 Simon Garlick — · Position unavailable 11 Todd Curley — · Position unavailable 24 Brad Wira — · Position unavailable 2 Steven Kolyniuk — · Position unavailable 26 Simon Cox — · Position unavailable 35 Steven Kretiuk — · Position unavailable 10 Brett Montgomery — · Position unavailable 23 Michael Martin — · Position unavailable 1 Simon Minton-Connell — · Position unavailable
Away team

Essendon

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 22

36 Simon Eastaugh — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 11 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable 47 Ricky Olarenshaw — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 31 Dustin Fletcher — · Position unavailable 24 Joe Misiti — · Position unavailable 33 Blake Caracella — · Position unavailable 32 Justin Blumfield — · Position unavailable 7 Dean Solomon — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Prior — · Position unavailable 29 Gary Moorcroft — · Position unavailable 28 Andrew Bomford — · Position unavailable 1 Andrew Ukovic — · Position unavailable 10 Gary ODonnell — · Position unavailable 9 Che Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable 16 Paul Barnard — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 30 Mark Fraser — · Position unavailable 22 Ben Doolan — · Position unavailable 3 Ryan OConnor — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
WBD4.42.54.53.597
ESS4.25.22.52.289

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Scott LucasESS
Behinds
4
Scott LucasESS
SuperCoach
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Tackles
6
Gary ODonnellESS

Team Stats

WBDESS

Scoring / Attack

13Goals13
12Behinds10
52Inside 50s42
2Behinds Rushed4

Possession

319Disposals290
198Kicks200
121Handballs90

Clearance / Contest

25Clearances17
30Tackles34
35Hitouts15

Other

76Marks92
20Frees For22
21Frees Against20
27Rebound 50s36
24Clangers22

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Western Bulldogs beat Essendon by 8 points, 97–89.

Western Bulldogs came from 1 point down at three-quarter time, outscoring Essendon 23–14 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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