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Always been the way with NRL, ladder position means nothing come finals.

Really hope the Rabbitohs win.
 

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BATSMEN WHO WOULD STILL AVERAGE 50 IN TEST CRICKET WITHOUT THEIR NOT OUTS.

Qualification: 1,000 runs


Player | Average | Real Avge | Innings | N.O .| HS | Runs | 100s
\Don Bradman|87.45|99.94|80|10|334|6996|29
\Sid Barnes|56.42|63.05|19|2|234|1072|3
\Graeme Pollock|55.02|60.97|41|4|274|2256|7
\Everton Weekes|55.00|58.61|81|5|207|4455|15
\George Headley|54.75|60.83|40|4|270*|2290|10
\Kumar Sangakkara|54.24|58.76|221|17|319|11988|37
\Herbert Sutcliffe|54.22|60.73|84|9|194|4555|16
\Jack Hobbs|53.03|56.94|102|7|211|5410|15
\Ken Barrington|51.95|58.67|131|15|256|6806|20
\Wally Hammond|51.77|58.45|140|16|336*|7249|22
\Vinod Kambli|51.61|54.20|21|1|227|1084|4
\Brian Lara|51.52|52.88|232|6|400*|11953|34
\Clyde Walcott|51.32|56.68|74|7|220|3798|15
\Len Hutton|50.51|56.67|138|15|364|6971|19
\Garfield Sobers|50.20|57.78|160|21|365*|8032|26


Sangakkara is the only current player
 
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Peyton Manning yesterday passed Brett Favre's NFL Touchdown record of 508.

In doing so, he performed the feat in 56 less games, which equates to 3.5 seasons less than Favre took. And that doesn't even take into consideration the season Manning took off with injury.

Manning has also thrown 134 less interceptions than Favre in the time it took him to break his TD record.
 

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The first goalless game at a World Cup tournament did not occur until June 11, 1958, this being a Group 4 game between Brazil and England. This was the sixth World Cup tournament and there had been 109 World Cup games before this game commenced.
 

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Analysis of goal scoring in the World Cup tournaments


Tournament | Goals | Games | Avge | Highest score | Goalless Games
\1930|70|18|3.88|6 Argentina vs Mexico 3|0
\||||6 Argentina vs United States 1|
\||||6 Uruguay vs Yugoslavia 1|
\1934|70|17|4.11|7 Italy vs United States 1|0
\1938|84|18|4.66|8 Sweden vs Cuba 0|0
\1950|88|22|4.00|8 Uruguay vs Bolivia 0|0
\1954|140|26|5.38|9 Hungary vs Korea 0|0
\1958|123|34|3.61|7 France vs Paraguay 3|2
\1962|89|32|2.78|6 Hungary vs Bulgaria 1|4
\1966|89|32|2.78|5 West Germany vs Switzerland 0|3
\||||5 Portugal vs North Korea 3|
\1970|95|32|2.96|5 West Germany vs Bulgaria 2|3
\1974|97|38|2.55|9 Yugoslavia vs Zaire 0|5
\1978|102|38|2.68|6 West Germany vs Mexico 0|6
\||||6 Argentina vs Peru 0|
\1982|146|52|2.80|10 Hungary vs El Salvador 1|7
\1986|132|52|2.53|6 Russia vs Hungary 0|4
\||||6 Denmark vs Uruguay 1|
\1990|115|52|2.21|5 Czechoslovakia vs United States 1|5
\||||5 West Germany vs United Arab Emirates 1|
\1994|141|52|2.71|6 Russia vs Cameroon 1|3
\1998|171|64|2.67|6 Spain vs Bulgaria 1|4
\2002|161|64|2.51|8 Germany vs Saudi Arabia 0|3
\2006|147|64|2.29|6 Argentina vs Serbia & Montenegro 0|7
\2010|145|64|2.26|7 Portugal vs North Korea 0|7
\2014|171|64|2.67|7 Germany vs Brazil 1|7
\ Totals | 2376 | 835 | 2.84 | 10 Hungary vs El Salvador 1 | 70
 
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How sub-four minute mile times have improved.


Athlete | Country | Time | Date | Age | Where achieved
\Roger Bannister|England|3:59.4|May 6, 1954|25|Oxford, ENGLAND
\John Landy|Australia|3:57.9|June 21, 1954|24|Turku, FINLAND
\Derek Ibbotson|England|3:57.2|July 19, 1957|25|London, ENGLAND
\Herb Elliott|Australia|3:54.5|August 6, 1958|20|Dublin, IRELAND
\Peter Snell|New Zealand|3:54.4|January 27, 1962|23|Wanganui, NEW ZEALAND
\Peter Snell|New Zealand|3:54.04|November 17, 1964|25|Western Springs, NEW ZEALAND
\Michel Jazy|France|3:53.6|June 9, 1965|28|Rennes, FRANCE
\Jim Ryun|United States|3:51.3|July 17, 1966|19|Berkley, UNITED STATES
\Jim Ryun|United States|3:51.1|June 23, 1967|20|Bakersfield, UNITED STATES
\Filbert Bayi|Tanzania|3:51.0|May 17, 1975|21|Kingston, JAMAICA
\John Walker|New Zealand|3:49.4|August 12, 1975|23|Gothenburg, SWEDEN
\Sebastian Coe|England|3:48.95|July 17, 1979|22|Oslo, NORWAY
\Steve Ovett|England|3:48.80|July 1, 1980|24|Oslo, NORWAY
\Sebastian Coe|England|3:48.53|August 19, 1981|24|Zurich, SWITZERLAND
\Steve Ovett|England|3:48.40|August 26, 1981|25|Koblenz, WEST GERMANY
\Sebastian Coe|England|3:47.33|August 28, 1981|24|Brussels, BELGIUM
\Steve Cram|England|3:46.32|July 27, 1985|24|Oslo, NORWAY
\Noureddine Morceli|Algeria|3:44.39|September 5, 1993|23|Rieti, ITALY
\Hicham El Guerrouj|Morocco|3:43.13|July 7, 1999|24|Rome, ITALY
 

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Top ten most consecutive games in major league baseball.


Player | Streak | Start | End | Team/s during streak | Career games
\Carl Ripken junior|2632|May 30, 1982|September 19, 1998|Baltimore Orioles|3001
\Lou Gehrig|2130|June 1, 1925|April 30, 1939|New York Yankees|2164
\Everett Scott|1307|June 20, 1916|May 5, 1925|Boston Red Sox; New York Yankees|1654
\Steve Garvey|1207|September 3, 1975|July 29, 1983|LA Dodgers; San Diego Padres|2332
\Miguel Tejada|1152|June 2, 2000|June 21, 2007|Oakland Athletics; Baltimore Orioles|2171
\Billy Williams|1117|September 22, 1963|September 2, 1970|Chicago Cubs|2488
\Joe Sewell|1103|September 13, 1922|April 30, 1930|Cleveland Indians|1903
\Stan Musial|895|April 15, 1952|August 22, 1957|St Louis Cardinals|3026
\Eddie Yost|829|August 30, 1949|May 11, 1955|Washington Senators|2109
\Gus Suhr|822|September 11, 1931|June 4, 1937|Pittsburgh Pirates|1435
 

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The ABC Sportsman of the Year winners


Year | Recipient | Sport | State | Age
\1951|Frank Sedgman|tennis|Victoria|24
\1952|Marjorie Jackson|athletics|New South Wales|21
\1953|Jimmy Carruthers|boxing|New South Wales|24
\1954|John Landy|athletics|Victoria|24
\1955|Peter Thompson|golf|Victoria|26
\1956|Betty Cuthbert|athletics|New South Wales|18
\1957|Stuart McKenzie|sculling|New South Wales|20
\1958|Herb Elliott|athletics|Victoria|20
\1959|Jack Brabham|car racing|New South Wales|33
\1960|Herb Elliott|athletics|Victoria|22
\1961|Richie Benaud|cricket|New South Wales|31
\1962|Dawn Fraser|swimming|New South Wales|24
\1963|Margaret Court|tennis|Western Australia|21
\1964|Dawn Fraser|swimming|New South Wales|26
\1965|Ron Clarke|athletics|Victoria|28
\1966|Jack Brabham|car racing|New South Wales|40
\1967|Heather McKay|squash|New South Wales|25
\1968|Lionel Rose|boxing|Victoria|20
\1969|Rod Laver|tennis|Queensland|31
\1970|Margaret Court|tennis|Western Australia|28
\1971|Shane Gould|swimming|New South Wales|14
\1972|Shane Gould|swimming|New South Wales|15
\1973|Stephen Holland|swimming|Queensland|15
\1974|Raelene Boyle|athletics|Victoria|23
\1975|Bart Cummings|horse racing|South Australia|47
\1976|Greg Chappell|cricket|Queensland|28
\1977|Graham Marsh|golf|Western Australia|33
\1978|Tracey Wickham|swimming|Queensland|16
\1979|David Graham|golf|Victoria|33
\1980|Alan Jones|car racing|Victoria|33
\1981|Geoff Hunt|squash|Victoria|33
\1982|Robert deCastella|athletics|Victoria|25
\1983|Robert deCastella|athletics|Victoria|26
\1984|Jon Sieben|swimming|Queensland|18
\1985|Jeff Fenech|boxing|New South Wales|21
\1986|Greg Norman|golf|Queensland|31
\1987|Wayne Gardner|motor cycle racing|New South Wales|28
\1988|Debbie Flintoff|athletics|Victoria|28
\1989|Kerry Saxby|walking|New South Wales|28
\1990|Hayley Lewis|swimming|Queensland|16
\1991|Ian Baker-Finch|golf|Queensland|31
\1992|Kieren Perkins|swimming|Queensland|19
\1993|Greg Norman|golf|Queensland|38
\1994|Kieren Perkins|swimming|Queensland|21
 

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Victorian District Cricket records for selected VFL/AFL players.

I figured this would be more suitable in this thread as opposed to the Stats Observations thread in the Football Statistics forum. The following tables do not include every VFL/AFL footballer who played A grade cricket in Melbourne, merely those whom I believe most ardent footy followers will know (plus one umpire and one coach).

BOWLING RECORDS

Player | club/s | Wickets | Runs | Avge | Best | 5wi | 10wm
\Graeme Arthur|Haw-East Melb/Fitzroy|1|22|22.00|1-2|-|-
\Allen Aylett|Carlton/University|1|197|197.00|1-25|-|-
\Darrel Baldock|St. Kilda|-|-|-|-|-|-
\Percy Beames|South Melb/Melb|29|771|26.58|4-20|-|-
\Peter Bedford|Melbourne/Carlton|125|2756|22.04|7-67|8|-
\Craig Bradley|Melbourne|1|12|12.00|1-8|-|-
\Billy Brownless|Essendon|0|12|-|-|-|-
\Haydn Bunton|Fitzroy|0|33|-|-|-|-
\Ron Clegg|South Melb|2|101|50.50|1-7|-|-
\Skeeter Coghlan|University/Richmond|-|-|-|-|-|-
\Albert Collier|Collingwood|5|110|22.00|3-29|-|-
\Jack Collins|Footscray|6|169|28.16|2-17|-|-
\Neil Crompton|Melbourne|9|237|26.33|2-16|-|-
\Barry Davis|Essendon/University|26|730|28.07|3-46|-|-
\Des Fothergill|Northcote|122|3337|27.35|5-34|3|-
\Michael Gayfer|Collingwood|-|-|-|-|-|-
\Doug Gott|Collingwood|344|6345|18.44|7-24|16|1
\Carji Greeves|Melbourne|0|7|-|-|-|-
\Robert Harvey|Fitz-Doncaster/Frank-Peninsula|23|612|26.60|5-63|1|-
\John Hendrie|Haw-East Melb|69|1895|27.46|8-52|1|-
\Allan Hopkins|North Melb|1|22|22.00|1-22|-|-
\Bill Hutchison|Essendon|0|14|-|-|-|-
\Graeme Jenkin|Collingwood|54|1325|24.53|6-36|2|-
\Allan LaFontaine|North Melb/Univ|40|1321|33.02|4-21|-|-
\Tommy Lahiff|St. Kilda|0|77|-|-|-|-
\Shane Loveless|North Melb|5|86|17.20|2-17|-|-
\Sam Loxton|Colts/Prahran|351|6460|18.40|7-16|18|-
\Herbie Matthews|South Melb|5|70|14.00|2-8|-|-
\Scott McLaren|Ringwood|4|32|8.00|3-17|-|-
\Thorold Merrett|Collingwood|0|13|-|-|-|-
\Harvey Merrigan|Richmond|1|71|71.00|1-4|-|-
\Keith Miller|South Melb/Colts|13|410|31.52|3-26|-|-
\Hugh Mitchell|North Melb|0|22|-|-|-|-
\Laurie Nash|Fitzroy/South Melb|174|2602|14.95|10-35|9|1
\Simon O'Donnell|Essendon/Prahran|104|2613|25.12|6-53|3|-
\Arthur Olliver|Ess/Nth Melb/Foots|1|85|85.00|1-15|-|-
\Roy Park|Melb/Uni/Sth Melb|45|1120|24.88|5-27|1|-
\Bill Picken|Collingwood|0|3|-|-|-|-
\Liam Pickering|North Melbourne|25|1046|41.84|3-18|-|-
\David Polkinghorne|Uni/Haw-East Melb|0|16|-|-|-|-
\Dick Reynolds|Essendon|197|4502|22.85|6-27|6|-
\Bob Rose|Collingwood|-|-|-|-|-|-
\Kevin Sheedy|Richmond|13|207|15.92|4-13|-|-
\Bob Skilton|Melbourne|-|-|-|-|-|-
\Norm Smith|Northcote|0|34|-|-|-|-
\Len Thompson|Collingwood|-|-|-|-|-|-
\Albert Thurgood|North Melbourne|1|41|41.00|1-12|-|-
\Ron Todd|Northcote|204|4656|22.82|7-26|7|-
\Max Walker|Melb/South Melb|249|3962|15.91|8-34|21|2
\Ivor Warne-Smith|Melbourne|3|141|47.00|2-45|-|-
\Jack Worrall|East Melb/Fitz/Carl/Haw|159|2694|16.94|8-20|7|2
 

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BATTING RECORDS

Player | Matches | Inns | NO | HS | Runs | Avge | 100 | 50 | Ct | St
\Graeme Arthur|15|20|2|62|223|12.38|-|1|8|-
\Allen Aylett|57|66|5|105|1650|27.04|1|10|13|-
\Darrel Baldock|1|1|-|13|13|13.00|-|-|-|-
\Percy Beames|189|193|24|219*|7850|46.44|20|36|72|1
\Peter Bedford|88|95|7|116*|2294|26.06|2|10|50|-
\Craig Bradley|47|51|5|178*|1521|33.06|3|7|30|-
\Billy Brownless|5|6|2|11|32|8.00|-|-|1|-
\Haydn Bunton|25|21|3|104|382|21.22|1|1|11|-
\Ron Clegg|42|35|14|37|323|15.38|-|-|10|1
\Skeeter Coghlan|18|20|2|61|196|10.88|-|1|13|-
\Albert Collier|7|10|3|47*|118|16.85|-|-|2|-
\Jack Collins|5|8|3|27|110|22.00|-|-|2|-
\Neil Crompton|119|134|15|166|3314|27.84|7|11|76|-
\Barry Davis|61|68|12|61|1089|19.44|-|4|32|-
\Des Fothergill|149|165|22|153|5871|41.05|15|33|74|-
\Michael Gayfer|4|2|1|10*|17|17.00|-|-|5|1
\Doug Gott|151|118|30|69|1485|16.87|-|1|51|-
\Carji Greeves|4|4|-|16|31|7.75|-|-|1|-
\Robert Harvey|16|9|2|67|138|19.71|-|1|4|-
\John Hendrie|45|41|14|27|341|12.62|-|-|15|-
\Allan Hopkins|4|4|-|34|66|16.50|-|-|1|-
\Bill Hutchison|14|12|1|32|120|10.90|-|-|4|-
\Graeme Jenkin|29|23|11|15|78|6.50|-|-|10|-
\Allan LaFontaine|67|71|10|127|1604|26.29|2|8|34|-
\Tommy Lahiff|69|71|13|101|1311|22.60|1|6|18|-
\Shane Loveless|2|1|-|3|3|3.00|-|-|-|-
\Sam Loxton|195|213|20|135*|6038|31.28|6|34|85|-
\Herbie Matthews|14|18|5|94*|386|29.69|-|2|3|-
\Scott McLaren|28|34|2|46*|573|17.90|-|-|17|-
\Thorold Merrett|7|7|-|23|67|9.57|-|-|1|-
\Harvey Merrigan|4|1|1|0*|0|-|-|-|-|-
\Keith Miller|71|68|11|153*|1880|32.98|2|11|18|-
\Hugh Mitchell|4|6|1|24|52|10.40|-|-|-|-
\Laurie Nash|63|58|8|103*|1366|27.32|1|8|32|-
\Simon O'Donnell|67|56|10|94|1486|32.30|-|9|17|-
\Arthur Olliver|10|13|2|13|52|4.72|-|-|4|-
\Roy Park|159|177|18|209|5878|36.96|13|33|74|5
\Bill Picken|31|32|1|108|831|26.80|1|3|17|-
\Liam Pickering|171|187|12|133|4927|28.15|6|28|98|-
\David Polkinghorne|63|62|10|88*|1271|24.44|-|2|22|-
\Dick Reynolds|103|85|45|29|500|12.50|-|-|61|-
\Bob Rose|1|2|1|4*|8|8.00|-|-|1|-
\Kevin Sheedy|5|3|3|6*|6|-|-|-|4|-
\Bob Skilton|2|3|-|8|20|6.66|-|-|-|-
\Norm Smith|4|5|-|57|83|16.60|-|1|3|-
\Len Thompson|1|1|-|1|1|1.00|-|-|-|-
\Albert Thurgood|3|6|-|21|52|8.66|-|-|-|-
\Ron Todd|117|124|20|106*|3495|33.60|4|19|57|-
\Max Walker|85|59|13|45|647|14.06|-|-|30|-
\Ivor Warne-Smith|3|4|-|92|134|33.50|-|1|2|-
\Jack Worrall|91|123|11|417*|5249|46.86|14|23|61|-
 
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Some STATE OF ORIGIN stats for you

- Each game in the 1991 series was decided by 2 points. Queensland won the first game 6-4 (Michael O'Connor missed a conversion, then after the ensuring kickoff went out on the full Greg Alexander missed a 50 metre penalty shot after the siren), New South Wales won game 2 16-14 (O'Connor kicked the winning conversion in driving rain) and Queensland won game 3 14-12 (Mal Meninga kicking the only successful conversion of the game after a Dale Shearer try in the last 10 minutes)

- Queensland have been held scoreless twice, 8-0 in the first game of 1990 and 14-0 in the second game in 1994. The Blues have held scoreless once, Game 2 in 2008 when they lost 30-0.

- 4 times Queensland have finished a game with 12 players on the field. 2 were after a player was Sent Off (Craig Greenhill Game 2 1996, Gorden Tallis Game 1 2000), 1 player was sin-binned (Sam Thaiday Game 3 2009, NSW finished with 11 on the field with Ben Creagh sin-binned and Trent Waterhouse Sent Off) and 1 was due to having no replacements left on the bench (Game 2 1989, Allan Langer broken leg, Mal Meninga fractured cheekbone, Paul Vautin dislocated elbow, Michael Hancock shoulder, Bob Lindner broken leg)

- 8 Venues have been used for OFFICIAL Origin matches, discounting the exhibition match in 1987 played at Long Beach California. Lang Park and QEII Stadium in Brisbane, the SCG, Sydney Football Stadium and Stadium Australia in Sydney and Olympic Park, the MCG and Docklands in Melbourne. New South Wales have NEVER won at Docklands in 3 attempts, but have only lost 1 out of 3 at the MCG (Game 2 1995) and won the only match at Olympic Park.

- New South Wales have won the series 3-0 on 3 occasions (1986, 1996, 2000), Queensland have won 3-0 4 times (1988/89, 1995, 2010). Twice the series has been drawn (1999, 2002, both times Game 3 finished tied with Queensland retaining the shield as holders) which will never happen again as draws are no longer possible in origin matches.

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Seven Queenslanders played in other codes of football after their origin career: Willie Carne (Union, 1 year with Qld), Brad Thorn (Union TWICE), Wendell Sailor (Union), Mat Rogers (Union), Clinton Schifcofske (Union), Karmichael Hunt (GC Suns/Union), Israel Folau (GWS Giants/Union). An 8th in Ben Te'o is about to start a Union career.

- New South Wales have had 2 players code hop post origin: Mark Gasnier (Union), Craig Gower (Union, representing ITALY), plus Ray Price, Michael O'Connor (who played for Qld in Union) and Scott Gourley played Union before crossing to League, and Jarryd Hayne is attempting to make the NFL, and also have had John Hopoate and Anthony Mundine cross to Boxing full time and Paul Gallen has also fought professionally...and Mark McGaw became Hammer from Gladiators.....and Glenn Lazarus is now Clive Palmer's cronie in the Senate....and Don McKinnon once was a long time champ on Wheel of Fortune (OK I'm waffling now)

- Two referees have spent time as state politicians. Graham Annesley stood down from NSW parliament to become CEO off the Gold Coast Titans, Tim Mander is a current minister in the Qld Government


PLAYERS WITH SAME SURNAME

- BAILEY (2): Luke, Phil (NSW, Not related)
- BOYD (2): Darius (Qld), Les (NSW) [Neither related]
- BROWN (2): Dave (Qld), Ray (NSW) [Not related]
- CARROLL (2): Mark (NSW), Tonie (QLD) [Not related]
- COOPER (2): Bob, Matt (NSW, Not related)
- COYNE (2): Gary, Mark (QLD, Not related)
- DALEY (2): Laurie, Phil (NSW, Not related)
- DOWLING (3): Garry (NSW), Greg, John (QLD) [None related]
- FERGUSON (2): Blake, John (NSW) [think they may be nephew/uncle but not certain]
- FRENCH (2): Brett, Ian (QLD) [Not related]
- GEYER (2): Mark, Matt (NSW) [Mark is the older Brother]
- GIDLEY (2): Matt, Kurt (NSW) [Matt is the older Brother]
- GROTHE (2) Eric Sr, Eric Jr (NSW) [Father/Son]
- HANCOCK (3): Craig (NSW), Michael, Rohan (Qld) [None related]
- HETHERINGTON (2): Brian (NSW), Jason (Qld) [Not related]
- HILL (2): Terry, Scott (NSW) [Not related]
- HOPOATE (2): John, William (NSW) [Father/Son]
- HUNT (2): Karmichael (QLD), Neil (NSW) [Not related]
- JACKSON (2): Peter, Steve (QLD) [Not related]
- JOHNS (3) Andrew, Matthew, Chris (NSW) [Andrew is Matthew's younger and certainly not wiser brother, neither are related to Chris]
- JOHNSON (2): Lindsay (NSW), Dallas (QLD) [Not related]
- KELLY (2): Peter (NSW), Stuart (QLD) [Not related]
- KING (2): Jason, Matt (NSW) [Not related]
- LANG (2): John, Martin (QLD) [Father/Son]
- LEWIS (2): Wally (QLD), Luke (NSW) [Not related]
- LYONS (2): Cliff, Graham (NSW) [May possibly be cousins down the line but not certain]
- McGUIRE (2) Bruce (NSW), Casey (QLD) [Not related]
- MACKAY (2): Brad, Graham (NSW) [Not related]
- MOORE (2): Billy, Danny (QLD) [Not related]
- MORRIS (4): Rod (QLD), Steve, Brett, Josh (NSW) [Brett and Josh are Twins and are sons to Steve, none are related to Rod who is the son of Des who coached Qld]
- MORTIMER (2): Steve, Chris (NSW) [Steve is the older brother]
- PEARCE (2): Wayne, Mitchell (NSW) [Father/Son]
- PRICE (2): Ray (NSW), Steve (QLD) [Not related]
- QUINN (2): Anthony (NSW), Graham (QLD) [Not related]
- ROGERS (2): Steve (NSW), Mat (QLD) [Father/Son]
- ROSS (2): Ben (Qld), Robbie (NSW) [Not related]
- RYAN (2): Andrew (NSW), Peter (QLD) [Not related]
- SCOTT (3): Beau (NSW), Colin, Matthew (Qld) [None related]
- SMITH (6) Cameron, Darren, Gary, Craig, Alan, Jason [Darren is Jason's Older Brother, none of the others are related]
- STEWART (2): Brett, Glenn (NSW) [Glenn is the older brother]
- TAYLOR (2): Jason (NSW), Dave (QLD) [Not related]
- TUPOU (2): Anthony, Daniel (NSW) [Believe they are related somewhere along the line]
- WALKER (2) Bruce, Chris (QLD) [Not related]
- WALTERS (3): Steve, Kevin, Kerrod (QLD) [Kerrod and Kevin are twins, both are younger brothers to Steve]
- WILLIAMS (3): David, Tony (NSW), Ty (QLD) [None related]
- WYNN (2): Graeme, Peter (NSW) [Peter is the older brother and runs the successful sports shop in Parramatta]
- YOUNG (2) Craig, Dean (NSW) [Father/Son]

ALSO: Ben Ikin (QLD) is the Son-in-Law of Wayne Bennett (Coach)



ONE GAME WONDERS
QLD: Bruce Astill, Matt Ballin, Arthur Beetson, Terry Butler, Alan Cann, Will Chambers, Owen Cunningham, Nathan Fien, Antonio Kaufusi, John Lang, Danny Nutley, Greg Oliphant, Graham Quinn, Rod Reddy, Scott Sattler, Alan Smith, Gary Smith, David Stagg, Scott Tronc, Adrian Vowles, Bruce Walker

NSW: Darren Albert, Phil Blake, Steve Bowden, David Brooks, Michael Buettner, Jamie Buhrer, Tony Butterfield, Terry Campese, Steve Carter, Bob Cooper, Garry Dowling, Phil Duke, Graham Eadie, Steven Edge, Hazem El Masri, Blake Ferguson, Keith Galloway, Michael Gordon, Scott Gourley, David Hall, Gary Hambly, Craig Hancock, Steve Hansen, Ron Hilditch, John Hopoate, Jamal Idris, Barry Jensen, Jim Leis, Don McKinnon, Terry Matterson, Tony Melrose, Paul Merlo, Nathan Merritt, Jarrod Mullen, Ryan O'Hara, David Peachey, Mick Potter, Tom Raudonikis, Brett Rodwell, Mark Sargent, Robert Stone, Steve Turner, Ricky Walford, Chris Walsh, Rex Wright, Graeme Wynn, Dean Young [Aaron Raper was selected to play but sat on the bench and never appeared in his sole selection for New South Wales, Game 2 1997]

REFEREES: Robin Whitfield, Gerard Sutton, Don Wilson, Billy Thompson, Tim Mander, John Gocher, Matt Cecchin, Kelvin Jeffes, Graham Annesley, Jarred Maxwell, Kevin Steele


20+ Appearances (including the exhibition game in 1987):
QLD: Darren Lockyer (36), Allan Langer (34), Petero Civoniceva (33), Cameron Smith (33), Mal Meninga (32), Wally Lewis (31), Johnathan Thurston (30), Steve Price (28), Nate Myles (26), Dale Shearer (26), Bob Lindner (25), Billy Slater (25), Greg Inglis (24), Gary Larson (24, all consecutive), Matt Sing (24), Brent Tate (23), Trevor Gillmeister (22), Darren Smith (22), Sam Thaiday (22), Paul Vautin (22), Martin Bella (21), Justin Hodges (21), Shane Webcke (21, all consecutive), Darius Boyd (20, all consecutive), Greg Conescu (20), Gene Miles (20), Kevin Walters (20, also unused replacement twice)

NSW: Brad Fittler (31), Andrew Ettingshausen (27), Laurie Daley (23), Andrew Johns (23), Rod Wishart (22), Tim Brasher (21), Danny Buderus (21), Paul Harragon (20), Jarryd Hayne (20), Steve Menzies (20)

REFEREES: Bill Harrigan (21 on field, several more as video referee)



QUEENSLAND CAPTAINS

- Arthur Beetson (1 game, 1980 Only Game)
- Wally Lewis (30 games from 31 appearances)
- Paul Vautin (2 games, Game 1 1988 and Game 1 1990 after which he was dropped from the team. Ironically they were the only 2 games Lewis missed in his Origin career)
- Mal Meninga (9 games, 1992/93/94 series)
- Trevor Gillmeister (4 games, 1995 series and Game 1 1996 after which he was dropped from the team)
- Allan Langer
- Adrian Lam (1997 and 2000 series and Game 3 1999)
- Kevin Walters (2 games, Games 1 and 2 1999)
- Gorden Tallis (7 games, Game 1 2001 and 2002/2003 series)
- Shane Webcke (1 Game, Game 1 2004)
- Darren Lockyer
- Cameron Smith

QUEENSLAND COACHES

- John McDonald (1 game, 1980 Only Game)
- Arthur Beetson (1981 Only Game, 1982-1984 & 1989/1990 series)
- Des Morris (1985 Series)
- Wayne Bennett (1986-1988, 1998, 2001-2003 series)
- Graham Lowe (1991/92 series, only non-Queenslander to hold position, Lowe is a Kiwi)
- Wally Lewis (1993/94)
- Paul Vautin (1995-1997)
- Mark Murray (1999-2000)
- Michael Hagan (2004/2005)
- Mal Meninga (2006-Present)

NEW SOUTH WALES CAPTAINS

- Tom Raudonikis (1980 Only Game)
- Steve Rogers (1981 Only Game)
- Max Krillich
- Steve Mortimer
- Wayne Pearce
- Gavin Miller (1989 Series)
- Ben Elias
- Laurie Daley
- Brad Fittler
- Geoff Toovey (1997 Series, Fittler was injured)
- Andrew Johns
- Danny Buderus
- Kurt Gidley (including 2 games where he started on the bench)
- Trent Barrett (2011 Game 3)
- Paul Gallen
(Peter Sterling was captain for the 1987 exhibition game at Long Beach)

NEW SOUTH WALES COACHES
- Ted Glossop
- Frank Stanton
- Terry Fearnley
- Ron Willey
- John Peard (1988 Series)
- Jack Gibson (1989/90 Series)
- Tim Sheens (1991 Series)
- Phil Gould (1992-1996, 2002-2004)
- Tom Raudonikis (1997/98 series)
- Wayne Pearce (1999-2001 series)
- Ricky Stuart
- Graham Murray
- Laurie Daley
 

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Some figures taken from the 1959 publication "Bradman the Great":

If Bradman had been 'compulsorily retired' every time he reached a century, his record in all first class innings would be:

338 innings, 20 not outs, 100 highest score, 19417 runs, 61.05 average

In Tests: 80 innings, 4 not outs, 100 highest score, 4503 runs, 59.25 average


Had every chance Bradman gave been accepted (and thus not resulted in a dropped catch), his first class record would have been approximately:

338 innings, 33 not outs, 452* highest score, 23667 runs, 77.59 average, 94 centuries

In Tests: 80 innings, 7 not outs, 273 highest score, 5438 runs, 74.49 average, 21 centuries
 

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Going into the fourth Test versus South Africa at Adelaide in 1931-32, Australia had four batsmen whose first class average exceeded 60. Their averages going into the game were:


Player | Innings | N.O. | HS | Runs | Avge | 100s
\Don Bradman|114|15|452*|9155|92.47|35
\Alan Kippax|193|25|315*|10186|60.63|36
\Bill Ponsford|178|16|437|10675|65.89|40
\Bill Woodfull|179|32|284|10353|70.42|41
 
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Going into the fourth Test versus South Africa at Adelaide in 1931-32, Australia had four batsmen whose first class average exceeded 60. Their averages going into the game were:


Player | Innings | N.O. | HS | Runs | Avge | 100s
\Don Bradman|114|15|452*|9155|92.47|35
\Alan Kippax|193|25|315*|10186|60.63|36
\Bill Ponsford|178|16|437|10675|65.89|40
\Bill Woodfull|179|32|284|10353|70.42|41

Bradman and Ponsford's averages don't surprise me given the mountain of runs they scored. But I've always been amazed by Bill Woodfull's FC average.

Astounding average.
 
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And I can see, as you are probably aware, that your post above was your 6,996th, the same number of runs Bradman scored in Test cricket.

I hadn't noticed actually!

And now I've gone and ruined my post count by replying. Oh well :)

Although to balance the ledger - I just noticed that the two DVDs I've sold on eBay this past month have netted me $99.94. So someone's trying to tell me something :)

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Sporting identities who have had singles chart in the Australian Top 40:
(data from "The Book: Top 40 Research" by Jim Barnes and Stephen Scanes, 1995)


Lionel Rose released "I Thank You" in 1970. It peaked at number 12 and spent 12 weeks in the charts.
The Australian Cricket Team 1972 released "Here Come the Aussies" in 1972. It peaked at number 8 and spent 9 weeks in the charts.
Mark Jackson, credited as Jacko, released "I'm An Individaul" in 1985. It peaked at number 33 and spent 4 weeks in the charts.

No listings for Peter McKenna's "Things to Remember" (1970) or Warwick Capper's "I Only Take What's Mine" (1985).
 

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There have been 9052 partnerships in the history of Test cricket that spanned 60 or more deliveries. A few short hours ago, Phil Nevill and an injured Steve O'Keefe batted through the slowest ever partnership (by far) in Test cricket history trying to save the 1st Test against Sri Lanka. Nevill started on 9 (26) and O'Keefe was 4 (89) when Nevill was dismissed for 9 (115) having not contributed to the partnership. The ball-by-ball partnership is below:

W....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|...4.|.....|.....|.....|
.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|
.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|....W

Australia went from 8/157 (56.1) to 9/161 (85.5). Australia needed to survive another 2 hours to effect a draw. To those that don't like cricket, the partnership would have been almost worse than death. But to those that love Test cricket, it would have been intriguing and nail-biting stuff.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en..._faced;template=results;type=fow;view=innings
 
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There have been 9052 partnerships in the history of Test cricket that spanned 60 or more deliveries. A few short hours ago, Phil Nevill and an injured Steve O'Keefe batted through the slowest ever partnership (by far) in Test cricket history trying to save the 1st Test against Sri Lanka. Nevill started on 9 (26) and O'Keefe was 4 (89) when Nevill was dismissed for 9 (115) having not contributed to the partnership. The ball-by-ball partnership is below:

W....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|...4.|.....|.....|.....|
.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|
.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|.....|....W

Australia went from 8/157 (56.1) to 9/161 (85.5). Australia needed to survive another 2 hours to effect a draw. To those that don't like cricket, the partnership would have been almost worse than death. But to those that love Test cricket, it would have been intriguing and nail-biting stuff.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en..._faced;template=results;type=fow;view=innings

Score was 8/161 when I flicked over to watch the last quarter of the Collingwood game. Switched back half an hour later and it was still 8/161. Assumed they must've taken tea or stopped for rain.

Australia didn't score off the final 154 balls of the match.
 
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