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Written by Shane Richmond
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 | Fremantle's undefeated Premiership season has taken another crucial blow, with their second defeat in a row. A slow start by the Dockers was quickly turned around in the second quarter and a third quarter burst from Chris Tarrant saw them hit the lead. But some highly suspicious fifty metre penalties got the Bombers back in front and the undermanned Fremantle ran out of puff, finishing 10 points shy. |  
| Scores |  | | | | | Essendon | 5.2 | 8.5 | 15.6 | 19.8 | 122 | | Fremantle | 2.3 | 6.5 | 12.8 | 17.10 | 112 | |
 | Goals | | | | | Fremantle | | | | M.Pavlich | 4 | | | C.Tarrant | 4 | | | P.Bell | 2 | | | D.Solomon | 1 | | | B.Peake | 1 | | | R.Crowley | 1 | | | D.Gilmore | 1 | | | J.Carr | 1 | | | P.Hasleby | 1 | | | M.Carr | 1 | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Essendon | | | | S.Lucas | 5 | | | M.Lloyd | 4 | | | M.McVeigh | 2 | | | J.Hird | 1 | | | A.Monfries | 1 | | | A.Lovett | 1 | | | H.Slattery | 1 | | | B.Stanton | 1 | | | J.Laycock | 1 | | | A.Davey | 1 | | | L.Jetta | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Clinto Wolf Medal Votes | | | | Paul Hasleby | 3 | | Matthew Pavlich | 2 | | Aaron Sandilands | 1 | |
Fremantle have had a lot of bad luck with the weather in Melbourne over the years. There was the day in Geelong it rained so much that Byron Schammer was lost for a week in the centre square mud; the day at the MCG it was so windy, part of the scoreboard blew off; and the day at Optus Oval they had to leave Aaron Sandilands out of the side because they were scared he might attract lightning. So, it was with great merriment they hopped on the team bus to play Essendon in bright, warm sunshine. It was a glorious day for football, unfortunately they were going to be playing it indoors. ...more | | |
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