WAFL Stats

[emuboy]

If there was an award for the most enigmatic WAFL team, it would surely go to West Perth, who have created all sorts of interesting stats over the years. 1981 was a good example, where West Perth thrashed East Fremantle by 178 points in one game, only to lose another game to the Sharks' cousins South Fremantle, the Bulldogs destroying the Falcons by a massive 180 points. In 1993, West Perth headed the ladder and made the Grand Final (they were no match for Claremont) after 3 successive wooden spoons in 1990-1992. They held an almost supernatural jinx over Subiaco from 1993-2005, and in 2010 thrashed the eventual premiers Swans in one game, but lost to the abysmal Peel Thunder in another.

Yesterday, West Perth performed another strange feat, when they thrashed Peel Thunder by 100 points, this coming a week after the Falcons were humbled by Claremont by 120 points.

Does anyone know the last time a WAFL side has gone from a century loss to a century win or vice versca in successive games, if indeed this has happened at all?

 

[UpForGrabs]

If there was an award for the most enigmatic WAFL team, it would surely go to West Perth, who have created all sorts of interesting stats over the years. 1981 was a good example, where West Perth thrashed East Fremantle by 178 points in one game, only to lose another game to the Sharks' cousins South Fremantle, the Bulldogs destroying the Falcons by a massive 180 points. In 1993, West Perth headed the ladder and made the Grand Final (they were no match for Claremont) after 3 successive wooden spoons in 1990-1992. They held an almost supernatural jinx over Subiaco from 1993-2005, and in 2010 thrashed the eventual premiers Swans in one game, but lost to the abysmal Peel Thunder in another.

Yesterday, West Perth performed another strange feat, when they thrashed Peel Thunder by 100 points, this coming a week after the Falcons were humbled by Claremont by 120 points.

Does anyone know the last time a WAFL side has gone from a century loss to a century win or vice versca in successive games, if indeed this has happened at all?

From what I can tell... it's a first.

The closest I'd seen between 100-point win and a 100-point loss (or vice versa) was two weeks by Perth in Rd 20 and 22, 2009 and Subiaco in Rds 9 and 11, 1993.

 

[brad5668]

Here's what I've got for Simon Beasley:

YEAR  M    G
1978  18  29.28
1979  19  46.36
1980  22  97.58
1981  23  119.63
 
TOT  82  291.185

Goal breakdown
 
0 - 11
1 - 15
2 - 12
3 - 9
4 - 7
5 - 4
6 - 10
7 - 6
8 - 2
9 - 4
10 - 1
13 - 1

5+ goals in a game: 28 times
10+ goals in a game: 2 times

Highest tally: 13.2 vs Perth (Rd 2, 1981)

Finals Record:

Matches: 5
Goals: 22.6

Highest tally: 7.1 vs East Perth (1980 Preliminary Final)

Regarding Beasley, things are a little tricky. As I don't have records for who played in which game, I can only go by how many games they scored in to bring tallies. Swan Districts' own website has a PDF available with every player who's laced up the boots for the Black Ducks. There, they list Beasley as having played 82 games, and having kicked 295 goals.

As I have it, Beasley only scored in 78 games, totalling the 291 goals as above. I've double-checked this across various sources and believe it to be true. The 1978 WA Football Register lists Beasley (misspelled 'Simeon Beasley') as having played 16 games in his debut season, yet by the end of 1979, it says he played 19 games in 1979 for a career total of 37. I've got him having scored in 17 games in 1979. The extra two from that season (bringing his tally to 19) and the extra two from 1978 would make 82 career games. I have no idea where the extra 4 goals are from. I've double-checked everything and come up blank. Can I assume for the purpose of this thread that he actually played in those extra games and didn't score at all? I think I can, especially given his relatively low scores from this timeframe (Beasley played mainly on the half forward line during these two seasons as Swans had Mark Olsen as their full-forward, kicking 79 goals in 1978, and 84 in 1979).

OK - here's Peter Sumich:

YEAR  M    G
1986  17  19
1987  19  32
1988  20  48
1989  1    3
1994  1    1
1995  12  18
1996  12  27
1997  11  6
1998  17  25
 
TOT  110  179

Quite unremarkable, especially given his success at AFL level. However, one way you can look at it is that he started for West Coast in 1989, and had his best year for Souths in 1988. By the time he started playing regularly for South Fremantle again, it was 1995 and his AFL career was on the wane.

Evidence of this is that Sumich had 43 goalless games for South Fremantle, the majority of which came from 1995 onwards.

Sumich's highest match tally was 8 goals vs Peel Thunder in 1998 and kicked 5+ on 12 occasions.

G'day UpforGrabs. Ive compiled spreadsheets on every Swan Districts season, and have the following information on Simon Beasley according to my records:
1978 16 games 30 goals
1979 20 games 49 goals
1980 22 games 97 goals
1981 24 games 119 goals

In 1981, he was on track to kick 150 for the year with 50 goals in the first 6 games of the year. It took him another 12 games to score his next 50, and 19 in his last 5 games.

 

[UpForGrabs]

G'day UpforGrabs. Ive compiled spreadsheets on every Swan Districts season, and have the following information on Simon Beasley according to my records:
1978 16 games 30 goals
1979 20 games 49 goals
1980 22 games 97 goals
1981 24 games 119 goals

In 1981, he was on track to kick 150 for the year with 50 goals in the first 6 games of the year. It took him another 12 games to score his next 50, and 19 in his last 5 games.

Cheers Brad.

I'll post what I've got for 78 and 79 tonight when I get home... see if I can get some clarification on where I've gone wrong.

 

[slickmick]

Can you please do a summary of the 1987 wafl season?

 

[UpForGrabs]

Can you please do a summary of the 1987 wafl season?

Out of interest, what would you want to see?

 

[slickmick]

Out of interest, what would you want to see?

High scores,low scores,win/lose margains
Win streaks losing streaks
Goal kicking records
Maybe info about a couple of stand out games.
Summary of the grand final.
Any of the above would be nice
Thanks

 

[UpForGrabs]

High scores,low scores,win/lose margains
Win streaks losing streaks
Goal kicking records
Maybe info about a couple of stand out games.
Summary of the grand final.
Any of the above would be nice
Thanks

Sure thing. Will get some stuff down tonight for you.

 

[emuboy]

From what I can tell... it's a first.

The closest I'd seen between 100-point win and a 100-point loss (or vice versa) was two weeks by Perth in Rd 20 and 22, 2009 and Subiaco in Rds 9 and 11, 1993.

Thanks Up For Grabs - I thought this might be a unique stat, although I wouldn't have been surprised if it had happened in the very strange, high-scoring 1981 season.

Given that this year there is the chance of a finals match up occurring that has not happened for many years (East Frem vs Swans), I came up with a list of the last time the teams met in a final and grand final. I have left out Peel (never played a final) and the long-gone pre WW1 teams such as Nth Fremantle and Midland (not sure if they played finals in their tenures). If the last finals meeting was a Grand Final, I have listed the GF only.

C & EF: 2000 1SF; 1994 GF
C & EP: 2003 1SF; 1996 GF
C & P: 1986 1SF; No GF
C & SF: 2006 PF; 2005 GF
C & S: 2011 GF
C & SD: 2010 GF
C & WP: 2011 2SF; 1993 GF
EF & EP: 2010 1SF; 2000 GF
EF & P: 1977 GF
EF & SF: 1997 GF
EF & S: 2000 PF; 1986 GF
EF & SD: 1987 1SF; 1984 GF
EF & WP: 2002 1SF; 1998 GF
EP & P: 1997 1SF; 1978 GF
EP & SF: 2007 1SF; 2001 GF
EP & S: 2002 2SF; 1959 GF
EP & SD: 2010 PF; 1961 GF
EP & WP: 2003 PF; 2002 GF
P & SF: 1997 PF; 1970 GF
P & S: 1986 PF; 1915 GF
P & SD: 1991 1SF; No GF
P & WP: 1976 1SF; 1949 GF
SF & S: 2011 1SF; 2009 GF
SF & SD: 2008 1SF; 1980 GF
SF & WP: 1999 GF
S & SD: 2009 PF; 2008 GF
S & WP: 2008 2SF; 2003 GF
SD & WP: 2009 1SF; No GF

 

[UpForGrabs]

G'day UpforGrabs. Ive compiled spreadsheets on every Swan Districts season, and have the following information on Simon Beasley according to my records:
1978 16 games 30 goals
1979 20 games 49 goals
1980 22 games 97 goals
1981 24 games 119 goals

In 1981, he was on track to kick 150 for the year with 50 goals in the first 6 games of the year. It took him another 12 games to score his next 50, and 19 in his last 5 games.

Hi Brad. Here's what I've got for Beasley in 1978 and 1979:

YEAR    Rd   Vs    G    B
1978    1    EF    0    2
1978    3    P     5    1
1978    4    C     4    3
1978    5    S     0    3
1978    6    WP    0    2
1978    7    SF    1    1
1978    12   S     2    1
1978    13   WP    1    0
1978    14   SF    2    3
1978    15   EF    1    0
1978    16   EP    0    1
1978    17   P     3    4
1978    18   C     1    0
1978    19   S     3    3
1978    20   WP    2    0
1978    21   SF    4    4
TOTAL             29   28

YEAR    Rd   Vs   G    B
1979    1    EF   3    2
1979    2    EP   1    4
1979    3    P    3    1
1979    4    C    2    3
1979    5    S    2    2
1979    6    WP   1    3
1979    7    SF   1    0
1979    8    EF   2    3
1979    9    EP   0    2
1979    10   P    1    2
1979    11   C    1    1
1979    14   SF   9    3
1979    15   EF   1    2
1979    16   EP   2    1
1979    17   P    8    1
1979    18   C    6    4
1979    21   SF   3    2
TOTAL            46   36

 

[UpForGrabs]

As requested by slickmick - here's some info on the 1987 WAFL Season.​

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Coaches:​

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Claremont - Gerard Neesham​

East Fremantle - Graham Melrose​

East Perth - Gerard McNeil​

Perth - Mal Brown​

South Fremantle - Stan Magro​

Subiaco - Haydn Bunton Jr​

Swan Districts - John Todd​

West Perth - Bruce Monteath​

1987 - FINAL LADDER AT THE END OF H&A SEASON
 
          P     W   L   D    FOR     AG        %      PTS
1    C    21    19  1   1    2692    1695    158.82   78
2    S    21    14  6   1    2491    1948    127.87   58
3    EF   21    13  8   0    2599    2080    124.95   52
4    SD   21    13  8   0    2259    2223    101.62   52
5    WP   21    11  10  0    2244    2250    99.73    44
6    P    21    6   15  0    2023    2473    81.80    24
7    EP   21    4   17  0    1953    2891    67.55    16
8    SF   21    3   18  0    2127    2828    75.21    12

Here's a more scoring-based version of the ladder
 
          P      G      B      ACC.    AVG FOR   AVG AG   PTS DIFF
1    C    21    391    346    53.05%    128.19    80.71    47.48
2    S    21    366    295    55.37%    118.62    92.76    25.86
3    EF   21    383    301    55.99%    123.76    99.05    24.71
4    SD   21    317    367    46.35%    107.57    105.86   1.71
5    WP   21    322    312    50.79%    106.86    107.14  -0.29
6    P    21    292    271    51.87%     96.33    117.76  -21.43
7    EP   21    283    256    52.50%     93.00    137.67  -44.67
8    SF   21    312    255    55.03%    101.29    134.67  -33.38

 

[UpForGrabs]

Leading goalscorers for 1987:

111.72 - Todd Breman (S)
78.34 - Mick Rea (P)
75.41 - Warren Ralph (C)
75.23 - Clinton Browning (EF)
66.29 - Paddy Madaffari (WP)
47.48 - Kevin Caton (SD)
45.23 - Mark Jackson (SF)
44.18 - Peter Thorne (C)
41.25 - Colin Waterson (EF)
41.19 - Brad McDougall (S)
40.29 - Karl Langdon (S)
40.17 - Neil Lester-Smith (EF)

There were 96 hauls of 5+ goals (Most by a player = 12 by Todd Breman)

Most goals scored in a match:

10

Rd 7 - Clinton Browning (EF v S)
Rd 10 - Paddy Madaffari (WP v SF)
Rd 16 - Warren Ralph (C v WP)
Rd 18 - Kevin Caton (SD v EP)
Rd 21 - Todd Breman (S v WP)
2SF - Warren Ralph (C v S)

9

Rd 3 - Mark Jackson (SF v WP)
Rd 18 - Clinton Browning (EF v SF)
Rd 20 - Warren Ralph (C v EP)

8

Rd 8 - Clinton Browning (EF v EP)
Rd 13 - Warren Ralph (C v EP)
Rd 17 - Peter Thorne (C v EF)
Rd 20 - Don Pyke (C v EP)
Rd 20 - Michael Johns (SD v SF)
Rd 21 - Kevin Caton (SD v P)

In terms of highest match scores:

RD    T    Vs    G    B     T
10    WP   SF    37    17    239
20    C    EP    33    28    226
14    EF   EP    30    12    192
2     S    EP    27    19    181
13    C    EP    26    20    176
8     EF   EP    26    18    174
8     C    SF    25    18    168
18    SD   EP    25    16    166
5     S    SF    25    15    165
7     EF   S     26    5     161

Biggest victories:

RD    T    Vs    MARGIN
10    WP   SF    210
20    C    EP    169
2     S    EP    112
13    C    EP    107
8     EF   EP    104
5     C    SD    99
11    C    WP    96
7     C    P     87
6     C    EP    84
14    EF   EP    80

 

[UpForGrabs]

In terms of streaks, the biggest has to be that of South Fremantle. After three rounds, the Bulldogs were on top of the ladder, having won each of their games. They then lost their next 18 to finish bottom and collect the wooden spoon.

Here's the final stages of their 210-point loss to West Perth in Round 10:



Claremont's season was remarkable. The only game they lost was in round 2, and that was by 11 points to West Perth. They drew with Subiaco in Round 9 and their remaining 21 matches (included finals) were victories - with their average winning margin being 54.71 points, all the while being Captain-Coach Gerard Neesham's first season as a league coach. Derek Kickett was unstoppable in 1987, except for the suspension which cost him the Sandover Medal. Here's some highlights of their Round 10 clash with East Fremantle. I've watched this clip dozens of times and I still have no idea how Derek Kickett manages the goal he kicks here:

 

[emuboy]

Leading goalscorers for 1987:

111.72 - Todd Breman (S)
78.34 - Mick Rea (P)
75.41 - Warren Ralph (C)
75.23 - Clinton Browning (EF)
66.29 - Paddy Madaffari (WP)
47.48 - Kevin Caton (SD)
45.23 - Mark Jackson (SF)
44.18 - Peter Thorne (C)
41.25 - Colin Waterson (EF)
41.19 - Brad McDougall (S)
40.29 - Karl Langdon (S)
40.17 - Neil Lester-Smith (EF)

There were 96 hauls of 5+ goals (Most by a player = 12 by Todd Breman)

Most goals scored in a match:

10

Rd 7 - Clinton Browning (EF v S)
Rd 10 - Paddy Madaffari (WP v SF)
Rd 16 - Warren Ralph (C v WP)
Rd 18 - Kevin Caton (SD v EP)
Rd 21 - Todd Breman (S v WP)
2SF - Warren Ralph (C v S)

9

Rd 3 - Mark Jackson (SF v WP)
Rd 18 - Clinton Browning (EF v SF)
Rd 20 - Warren Ralph (C v EP)

8

Rd 8 - Clinton Browning (EF v EP)
Rd 13 - Warren Ralph (C v EP)
Rd 17 - Peter Thorne (C v EF)
Rd 20 - Don Pyke (C v EP)
Rd 20 - Michael Johns (SD v SF)
Rd 21 - Kevin Caton (SD v P)

In terms of highest match scores:

RD    T    Vs    G    B    T
10    WP  SF    37    17    239
20    C    EP    33    28    226
14    EF  EP    30    12    192
2    S    EP    27    19    181
13    C    EP    26    20    176
8    EF  EP    26    18    174
8    C    SF    25    18    168
18    SD  EP    25    16    166
5    S    SF    25    15    165
7    EF  S    26    5    161

Biggest victories:

RD    T    Vs    MARGIN
[B]10    WP  SF    210[/B]
20    C    EP    169
2    S    EP    112
13    C    EP    107
8    EF  EP    104
5    C    SD    99
[B]11    C    WP    96[/B]
7    C    P    87
6    C    EP    84
14    EF  EP    80

How on earth did South Fremantle get the wooden spoon (210 point loss aside), when East Perth's defence leaked like a sieve, and the Royals copped 4 century thrashings, with 2 more defeats of 80 points or more?

The 306-point turnaround must surely be some sort of record at this level of football for West Perth. How does one go from a 210 point win one week, to losing by 96 points the next week? It would be interesting to find out if any larger turnarounds have happened in the SANFL or VFA.

 

[UpForGrabs]

The 306-point turnaround must surely be some sort of record at this level of football for West Perth. How does one go from a 210 point win one week, to losing by 96 points the next week? It would be interesting to find out if any larger turnarounds have happened in the SANFL or VFA.

You know, I never noticed that WP turnaround!

I need to do some investigating now.

 

[UpForGrabs]

How on earth did South Fremantle get the wooden spoon (210 point loss aside), when East Perth's defence leaked like a sieve, and the Royals copped 4 century thrashings, with 2 more defeats of 80 points or more?

Souths had no problem getting the scores on the board. Their 2127 points for the season is the third most by a wooden spooner and one of only five teams to finish on the bottom yet still average 100+ points per match:

YEAR    T    P     W     L     FOR     AG     %
1986    SD   21    5    16    2318    2792    83.02
1981    P    21    3    18    2151    3311    64.97
1987    SF   21    3    18    2127    2828    75.21
1978    SD   21    4    17    2121    2824    75.11
1984    P    21    5    16    2100    2648    79.31

Souths' problem was they just couldn't win (I say with my Captain Obvious hat on).

They had 8 losses where they kicked 100+ or more, and despite kicking 10.1 (61) in the 1st Quarter vs East Fremantle in Round 18, they still lost the match by 41 points.

They bounced back well enough though to make the 1989 Grand Final.

 

[slickmick]

Thanks for the information.there is some amazing information there.

The wafl must have been an awesome competition before the vfl went national

 

[UpForGrabs]

The 306-point turnaround must surely be some sort of record at this level of football for West Perth. How does one go from a 210 point win one week, to losing by 96 points the next week? It would be interesting to find out if any larger turnarounds have happened in the SANFL or VFA.

More info on WAFL turnarounds. No surprises, but that's the biggest. Here's the 5 biggest turnarounds in both a negative and a positive way.

NEGATIVE FORM REVERSALS
 
-306
Rd 10, 1987 - WP won 239-29 v SF
Rd 11, 1987 - WP lost 51-147 v C
 
-256
Rd 12, 1971 - WP won 204-46 v SD
Rd 13, 1971 - WP lost 80-178 v EP
 
-231
Rd 5, 1980 - WP won 180-75 v EF
Rd 6, 1980 - WP lost 56-182 v SD
 
-215
Rd 5, 1941 - WP won 179-43 v SD
Rd 6, 1941 - WP lost 61-140 v C
 
-212
Rd 20, 2004 - SD won 151-59 v EF
Rd 21, 2004 - SD lost 55-175 v C

POSITIVE FORM REVERSALS
 
+272
Rd 17, 1943 - EP lost 65-81 v SD
Rd 1, 1944 - EP won 276-20 v SF
 
+263
Rd 9, 1981 - WP lost 40-125 v SD
Rd 10, 1981 - WP won 239-61 v EF
 
+220
Rd 15, 1940 - C lost 62-119 v EF
Rd 16, 1940 - C won 220-57 v SD
 
+219
Rd 21, 1985 - C lost 58-130 v WP
Rd 1, 1986 - C won 216-69 v SF
 
Rd 18, 2012 - WP lost 47-166 v C
Rd 19, 2012 - WP won 159-59 v PT

I've only included data where the team lost one week and won the next (or vice versa). There's also some figures where the team lost both matches or won both, but that's not so much a turnaround.

 

[brad5668]

Hi Brad. Here's what I've got for Beasley in 1978 and 1979:

YEAR    Rd  Vs    G    B
1978    1    EF    0    2
1978    3    P    5    1
1978    4    C    4    3
1978    5    S    0    3
1978    6    WP    0    2
1978    7    SF    1    1
1978    12  S    2    1
1978    13  WP    1    0
1978    14  SF    2    3
1978    15  EF    1    0
1978    16  EP    0    1
1978    17  P    3    4
1978    18  C    1    0
1978    19  S    3    3
1978    20  WP    2    0
1978    21  SF    4    4
TOTAL            29  28

YEAR    Rd  Vs  G    B
1979    1    EF  3    2
1979    2    EP  1    4
1979    3    P    3    1
1979    4    C    2    3
1979    5    S    2    2
1979    6    WP  1    3
1979    7    SF  1    0
1979    8    EF  2    3
1979    9    EP  0    2
1979    10  P    1    2
1979    11  C    1    1
1979    14  SF  9    3
1979    15  EF  1    2
1979    16  EP  2    1
1979    17  P    8    1
1979    18  C    6    4
1979    21  SF  3    2
TOTAL            46  36

G'day UpForGrabs. Ive had a look at my records, including the Football Budget, Football Register, and scans of the scoreboards for the 1978 West Australia, Sunday Times and Sunday Independent, as well as Swan Districts records compiled by the league team manager of a period of 21 years from 1974-94.
The game causing the problem in 1978 is the round 6 match between Swan Districts and West Perth. The Budget, Register, West Australian and Sunday Times show Beasley scoring only 0.2, whereas the Sunday Times and Swans records show him as kicking 1.2. The WAFL at the time recognised the scores in the West Australian as being the ones to go by, so I'm happy to go along with the fact he didnt kick a goal in the game.
The 1979 difference is explained by counting the 3 goals he scored against Essendon in the Escort Cup on March 4 at Perth Oval. All other totals match up for that year.
Let me know if you need any match reports. I have them dating back to 1893. Most of them are now available on Trove anyway, but inbox me if you would like a copy of anything.

 

[emuboy]

More info on WAFL turnarounds. No surprises, but that's the biggest. Here's the 5 biggest turnarounds in both a negative and a positive way.

NEGATIVE FORM REVERSALS
 
-306
Rd 10, 1987 - WP won 239-29 v SF
Rd 11, 1987 - WP lost 51-147 v C
 
-256
Rd 12, 1971 - WP won 204-46 v SD
Rd 13, 1971 - WP lost 80-178 v EP
 
-231
Rd 5, 1980 - WP won 180-75 v EF
Rd 6, 1980 - WP lost 56-182 v SD
 
-215
Rd 5, 1941 - WP won 179-43 v SD
Rd 6, 1941 - WP lost 61-140 v C
 
-212
Rd 20, 2004 - SD won 151-59 v EF
Rd 21, 2004 - SD lost 55-175 v C

POSITIVE FORM REVERSALS
 
+272
Rd 17, 1943 - EP lost 65-81 v SD
Rd 1, 1944 - EP won 276-20 v SF
 
+263
Rd 9, 1981 - WP lost 40-125 v SD
Rd 10, 1981 - WP won 239-61 v EF
 
+220
Rd 15, 1940 - C lost 62-119 v EF
Rd 16, 1940 - C won 220-57 v SD
 
+219
Rd 21, 1985 - C lost 58-130 v WP
Rd 1, 1986 - C won 216-69 v SF
 
Rd 18, 2012 - WP lost 47-166 v C
Rd 19, 2012 - WP won 159-59 v PT

I've only included data where the team lost one week and won the next (or vice versa). There's also some figures where the team lost both matches or won both, but that's not so much a turnaround.

I can't believe how may times West Perth appear in these turnarounds!

 

[UpForGrabs]

The half-time siren has just rung in today's match between Perth and Claremont, with Claremont holding a 105-point lead.

This is the equal fourth highest half-time lead in WAFL history:

128: EF v SF (rd 17, 1944)
112: SF v EF (rd 10, 2006)
109: C v PT (rd 17, 2003)
105: EP v SF (rd 1, 1944)
105: C v P (rd 22, 2012)
104: SF v WP (rd 21, 1981)
102: WP v SF (rd 10, 1987)
101: S v WP (rd 15, 1991)

 

[UpForGrabs]

Just noticed something which nearly produced something which would have been a unique occurrence (if it acutally occurred, which it almost did).

In 2003, Scott Simister played the first part of the season with Peel Thunder, and kicked 16 goals. He then transferred mid-season to East Fremantle and kicked another 45 goals for the season to lead the Sharks goal-kicking at the end of the year. Funnily enough, his 16 goals for Peel was still enough for second place on their goalkicking table (the leader had 22).

If he'd kicked 7 more goals for Peel he would have headed the goalkicking for two teams in the one season.

 

[emuboy]

Just noticed something which nearly produced something which would have been a unique occurrence (if it acutally occurred, which it almost did).

In 2003, Scott Simister played the first part of the season with Peel Thunder, and kicked 16 goals. He then transferred mid-season to East Fremantle and kicked another 45 goals for the season to lead the Sharks goal-kicking at the end of the year. Funnily enough, his 16 goals for Peel was still enough for second place on their goalkicking table (the leader had 22).

If he'd kicked 7 more goals for Peel he would have headed the goalkicking for two teams in the one season.

That would have been an interesting stat. The only situation I can remember like this was back in 1991, where Allen Jakovich was the leading goal-kicker for both Melbourne's league and reserve teams.

Talking about players representing two different teams in the same season, I can't remember too many of them (Bruce McKnight EP & SF the only one that comes to mind). Do you have any statistics on players who represented two WAFL teams in the same season?

Another interesting WAFL stat to come up recently was that this year, East Perth played Perth in successive games (albeit with a bye in-between), for two very different results for the Royals. Discounting teams meeting in the last round and then the finals, or meeting twice in the finals, has this happened before? Planning 9 teams to play 20 games in 24 rounds wouldn't be an easy task, so this may not be the first time.

 

[UpForGrabs]

That would have been an interesting stat. The only situation I can remember like this was back in 1991, where Allen Jakovich was the leading goal-kicker for both Melbourne's league and reserve teams.

Don't quote me, but I think I read that Murray Couper may have led the league and reserves goalkicking (or gone close) in 1975. But then again, I could be talking out of my ass!

Talking about players representing two different teams in the same season, I can't remember too many of them (Bruce McKnight EP & SF the only one that comes to mind). Do you have any statistics on players who represented two WAFL teams in the same season?

Not at present, but I know Chris Stasinowsky transferred from West Perth to South Fremantle in 1982 I think it was.

Another interesting WAFL stat to come up recently was that this year, East Perth played Perth in successive games (albeit with a bye in-between), for two very different results for the Royals. Discounting teams meeting in the last round and then the finals, or meeting twice in the finals, has this happened before? Planning 9 teams to play 20 games in 24 rounds wouldn't be an easy task, so this may not be the first time.

Would only be a recent occurrence if it had happened. Either that, or back before Swan Districts joined the league in 1934.

 

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Talking about players representing two different teams in the same season, I can't remember too many of them (Bruce McKnight EP & SF the only one that comes to mind). Do you have any statistics on players who represented two WAFL teams in the same season?

Others who played for two teams in the one year:

Archie Duda (Perth & Subiaco - 1980)
Peter Spencer (Subiaco & Claremont - 1987)
Chris Stasinowsky (West Perth & South Fremantle - 1982)
Leigh Brenton (East Fremantle & Swan Districts - 1983)

I'm sure there are others, just trying to figure them out at the moment.