"Graham, you've asked many an interesting question since joining the forum, but this one is right up there !"
Thank you!
Here is another - what is the longest sequential run of points in a home-and-away season in a league? eg teams finished with 4,8,12,16,20,24 points and so on
Here is a...
While looking at some random NHL pages, I came across the playing record of Dave McIlwain, who is only one of 4 players to have played for 4 different teams in the same season (1991-1992). Apart from this, he holds the NHL record for the most consonants at the start of a player's surname, with...
Ern Hazel would be a strong candidate - 19 games spread across 5 seasons, which included wooden spoons with St Kilda in 1909 and 1910 (Hazel also played 4 games for Melbourne in 1910, who finished 2nd last), and premierships with Essendon in 1911 and 1912.
Mark Anthony Dwyer played for Fitzroy (1986-1987) and St Kilda (1988) in the VFL, while Mark “Mick” Andrew Dwyer played for St Kilda (1986-1995) and Fitzroy (1996) in the VFL/AFL - two players with the same Christian name and surname playing for the same two clubs at roughly the same time.
When was the last time in top-level football that an injured player was unable to be interchanged, and had to stay on the field, effectively being a passenger, as was the case before the interchange system was created?
Some stats from the first 6 AFLW seasons (2017-2022):
Progression of highest team score:
48 - Adelaide 7.6 (48) v GWS, Rd 1 2017
48 - Adelaide 7.6 (48) v Western Bulldogs, Rd 2 2017
54 - Carlton 8.6 (54) v Western Bulldogs, Rd 5 2017
55 - Collingwood 7.13 (55) v GWS, Rd 6 2017
70 - Melbourne...
Could someone tell me what is the record for the for most goals kicked in a VFL/AFL finals series by a player who didn't kick a goal in the home-and-away matches of the same season?
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