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Essendon vs Geelong Match Centre

Saturday 9-May-1998
Final Round 7
Essendon logo
Essendon Coach: Kevin Sheedy
70 11.4
79 12.7
Geelong Coach: Gary Ayres
Geelong logo
M.C.G. Geelong by 9 GEE by 9
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 22

24 Joe Misiti — · Position unavailable 33 Blake Caracella — · Position unavailable 38 Sean Denham — · Position unavailable 2 Mark Mercuri — · Position unavailable 6 Sean Wellman — · Position unavailable 11 Damien Hardwick — · Position unavailable 32 Justin Blumfield — · Position unavailable 25 Scott Lucas — · Position unavailable 8 Darren Bewick — · Position unavailable 15 Michael Prior — · Position unavailable 31 Dustin Fletcher — · Position unavailable 1 Andrew Ukovic — · Position unavailable 18 Matthew Lloyd — · Position unavailable 28 Andrew Bomford — · Position unavailable 29 Gary Moorcroft — · Position unavailable 36 Simon Eastaugh — · Position unavailable 3 Ryan OConnor — · Position unavailable 7 Dean Solomon — · Position unavailable 22 Ben Doolan — · Position unavailable 47 Ricky Olarenshaw — · Position unavailable 26 Chris Heffernan — · Position unavailable 9 Che Cockatoo-Collins — · Position unavailable
Away team

Geelong

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 22

13 Glenn Kilpatrick — · Position unavailable 7 Ben Graham — · Position unavailable 12 Brad Sholl — · Position unavailable 31 David Mensch — · Position unavailable 17 Tim McGrath — · Position unavailable 29 Daniel Lowther — · Position unavailable 9 Clint Bizzell — · Position unavailable 27 Brenton Sanderson — · Position unavailable 6 John Barnes — · Position unavailable 2 Leigh Colbert — · Position unavailable 26 Barry Stoneham — · Position unavailable 37 Sean Simpson — · Position unavailable 18 Paul Lynch — · Position unavailable 43 Tim Finocchiaro — · Position unavailable 8 Ronnie Burns — · Position unavailable 21 Michael Mansfield — · Position unavailable 14 Brett Spinks — · Position unavailable 4 Jason Snell — · Position unavailable 33 Paul Corrigan — · Position unavailable 34 James Rahilly — · Position unavailable 22 Tim Hargreaves — · Position unavailable 30 Craig Biddiscombe — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
ESS3.03.01.14.370
GEE2.13.34.33.079

Match Leaders

Goals
5
Brett SpinksGEE
Behinds
2
Clint BizzellGEE
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Tackles
5
2 tied leaders
Glenn KilpatrickGEE

Team Stats

ESSGEE

Scoring / Attack

11Goals12
2Behinds4
53Inside 50s48
0Behinds Rushed6

Possession

313Disposals277
198Kicks197
115Handballs80

Clearance / Contest

30Clearances33
35Tackles36
16Hitouts33

Other

76Marks79
17Frees For24
24Frees Against17
35Rebound 50s39
43Clangers20

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Geelong beat Essendon by 9 points, 79–70.

Geelong took a 18-point lead into the last quarter. Essendon cut that back to 9 by the final siren, scoring 27 points to 18 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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