Match Recap
Round 8·Sat, 22-May-1971 2:10 PM·Western Oval·21,295 att.
Footscray
17.17 (119)
vs
Essendon
12.7 (79)
Footscray won by 40

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray5.3 (33)9.6 (60)12.13 (85)17.17 (119)17.17 (119)
Essendon2.1 (13)6.3 (39)9.6 (60)12.7 (79)12.7 (79)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#6 George Bisset1642023
#26 Don Brown2241
#10 Gordon Casey205254
#15 David Darcy12124
#24 Gary Dempsey1181912119
#23 Stuart Magee2711389
#8 Alan Mannix174215
#22 Ron McGowan154193
#19 Gary Merrington115165
#36 Charles Pagnoccolo1282021
#2 Bernie Quinlan19221933
#11 Laurie Rippon731043
#14 Barry Round92115413
#18 Ian Salmon141154312
#9 Laurie Sandilands61731
#29 Grant Simmons13134
#37 Harry Skreja8412213
#28 Les Stillman10313112
#16 David Thorpe3384191
#4 Peter Welsh4412

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#25 Ian Anderson1111
#11 Geoff Blethyn7751
#28 Peter Daniel111127
#32 Barry Davis2022281
#40 Hugh Delahunty142166
#41 Bruce Dodson9941
#21 Ken Fletcher18185
#17 Darryl Gerlach171185
#2 Bob Greenwood1515511
#15 Don Gross24226411
#14 Wayne Headlam941356
#24 Don McKenzie11115210
#10 Alan Noonan101053
#7 Charlie Payne61731
#3 Ian Payne17219311
#12 Graeme Schultz1611721
#35 Ray Smith134175
#26 Paul Sproule13316421
#27 Sandy Talbot332
#22 John Williams241257