How many people were in the crowd when Essendon was the home team?
CREATE TABLE table_name_78 (crowd VARCHAR, home_team VARCHAR)
SELECT COUNT(crowd) FROM table_name_78 WHERE home_team = "essendon"
### Context: CREATE TABLE table_name_78 (crowd VARCHAR, home_team VARCHAR) ### Question: How many people were in the crowd when Essendon was the home team? ### Answer: SELECT COUNT(crowd) FROM table_name_78 WHERE home_team = "essendon"