Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 3-Apr-1976 2:10 PM·Western Oval·25,724 att.
Footscray
16.16 (112)
vs
Essendon
16.17 (113)
Essendon won by 1

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray2.3 (15)8.9 (57)11.10 (76)16.16 (112)16.16 (112)
Essendon9.7 (61)13.7 (85)15.13 (103)16.17 (113)16.17 (113)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#30 Ross Abbey17421512
#15 Dennis Collins1552021
#24 Gary Dempsey14822151121
#32 Ian Dunstan651131
#5 Peter Featherby106161
#27 Jeff Gieschen12123
#7 Ray Huppatz25328423
#25 Geoff Jennings2432751
#28 Ian Low1331651
#6 Alan Lynch51631
#8 Ian Morrison11114
#6 Ken Newland98178248
#21 Stephen Power125171
#2 Bernie Quinlan101111144
#18 Ian Salmon57123
#9 Laurie Sandilands66122
#3 Alan Stoneham1051521
#31 Kelvin Templeton51624
#35 Terry Wheeler1414
#22 Ted Whitten22421

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#11 Robert Amos16218611
#4 Ron Andrews17219101
#3 Steve Beaumont13417112
#19 Robin Close16117246
#31 Max Crow1642011223
#30 Russell Ellen6611
#21 Ken Fletcher172196
#38 Garry Foulds441
#18 Barry Grinter773
#23 Peter Hickmott204243
#27 Simon Madden665414
#34 Laurie Moloney1010
#25 Graham Moss129218110
#10 Alan Noonan1131452
#5 Gary Parkes151166
#8 Greg Perry
#6 Ken Roberts111124
#24 Stephen Robins66
#12 Brian Walsh13114622
#33 Andrew Wilson2032351