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Prompted by a post by wagstaff in the Questions thread. Thought I'd look at 10-goal losses by Fremantle:
2012 - 0
2013 - 1
2014 - 0
2015 - 2
2016 - 4
2017 - 4
2018 - 1 (so far)
 
red+black said:
This took me a while to produce. The thinking is I'd like to do it for every ladder position.

How to read it:
- eg. Best record (1987-) for a 1st placed side after 6 games is West Coast in 1991 (6-0, 206.0%)
- eg. Worst record (1987-) for a 1st placed side after 6 games is Collingwood in 1997 (4-2, 136.8%)

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Just shows how amazing that 1991 West Coast defence and speedy midfield was whilst the warm, dry weather lasted. After eight games, it had conceded 36 fewer points per game than any other club! it must have been a sombre experience playing a team that would outspeed and outpressure them so completely that they were left with no response.

Although the weather broke up badly from the Sunday of Round 11, it actually was some time before the Eagles declined – their 1991 fall began really after their second bye in Round 18. In the remainder of the season West Coast played to their previous standard only in the home game with Hawthorn, for whom it was the only defeat after the weather broke up. Hawthorn were vastly too slow for the Eagles in warm and dry conditions, but their attacking style honed in the 1970s and 1980s was wholly effective when softer grounds made it harder to run down teams with speed and harder to score playing dry-weather football.

It’s interesting to think that – as October 1991 was akin to the hot and dry autumn – if the season had been moved forward a little would the Eagles have again showed their invincible autumn form, which was certainly comparable to the 2000 Bombers who had the irreplaceable advantage of a closed roof stadium.
 
red+black said:
As of today, the extremes for frequent flyer miles:

|| GAMES | VENUES
\ Dane Swan |CO|218|6
\ Jack Hombsch |GW,PA|87|18
Robbie Gray (184 games), Brad Ebert (220), Travis Boak (228) and Justin Westhoff (233) also played at their 18th venue today.
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I’m surprised by Swan. Is that a statistic for his completed career? I can’t imagine he would’ve played much at the SCG, Metricon, Sydney Showgrounds or Adelaide Oval but I’m pretty sure his injury against Sydney occurred at the SCG so 6 venues seems a little low.

Edit; just saw it wasn’t a complete career that you’d included.
 

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mianfei said:
Just shows how amazing that 1991 West Coast defence and speedy midfield was whilst the warm, dry weather lasted. After eight games, it had conceded 36 fewer points per game than any other club! it must have been a sombre experience playing a team that would outspeed and outpressure them so completely that they were left with no response.

Although the weather broke up badly from the Sunday of Round 11, it actually was some time before the Eagles declined – their 1991 fall began really after their second bye in Round 18. In the remainder of the season West Coast played to their previous standard only in the home game with Hawthorn, for whom it was the only defeat after the weather broke up. Hawthorn were vastly too slow for the Eagles in warm and dry conditions, but their attacking style honed in the 1970s and 1980s was wholly effective when softer grounds made it harder to run down teams with speed and harder to score playing dry-weather football.

It’s interesting to think that – as October 1991 was akin to the hot and dry autumn – if the season had been moved forward a little would the Eagles have again showed their invincible autumn form, which was certainly comparable to the 2000 Bombers who had the irreplaceable advantage of a closed roof stadium.
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Here's that ladder for a visual of how mean the Eagles' defence was in the first third of 1991.
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Tarkyn_24 said:
I’m surprised by Swan. Is that a statistic for his completed career? I can’t imagine he would’ve played much at the SCG, Metricon, Sydney Showgrounds or Adelaide Oval but I’m pretty sure his injury against Sydney occurred at the SCG so 6 venues seems a little low.

Edit; just saw it wasn’t a complete career that you’d included.
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LOL. Must have had Swan in mind because of his snapchat video. Have updated my post, should have said Alan Didak.
 
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red+black said:
One of the most accurate games just finished. With 3:10 to go, Boak had a shot from straight in front, 35m out.
The score was WC 16.5 to PA 9.3 (75.76% combined accuracy)

He missed, and 3 further behinds were scored. That is, 4 of the games 12 behinds were scored in the last 3:10!
Final score: WC 16.6 to PA 9.6 (67.57% combined accuracy)
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...until the next day when Pies and Lions could barely miss.

COL 19.7 to BL 18.6 for a combined 74% accuracy, at HT it was 87% and 3/4T 83%
 
Nick Riewoldt's the most capped No. 1 pick with 336 games.
His 718 goals is also the highest goal tally for a No. 1 pick.

Of active players, Brendon Goddard's leading with 320 games while Luke Hodge leads the goals with 193 goals but Brett Deledio's 4 goals away from overtaking Hodge.
 
In 2009, Heath and Rhyce Shaw, playing at Collingwood and Sydney respectively, topped the AFL leaderboard for running bounces with 167 for Heath and 160 for Rhyce.

The next most bounces in the competition was Port Adelaide's David Rodan with 81, and only 9 other players had over 50 bounces. Heath Shaw's next best season total is 92 in 2015. Rhyce's is 101 in 2006. The next most running bounces in a season is 123 by Freo's Brett Peake in 2012.

So for 2 players, who happen to be brothers, to both smash the existing record by over 35 bounces in the same season, doubling the nearest competitor and vastly exceeding their returns of any season before or since - has to be one of the coolest statistics I've seen in a while.
 
JP2 said:
Melbourne equal the record for inside 50s in a match with 83.
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Which means from roughly 2000 to now as stats before that of inside 50 virtually never recorded. We got no idea of how many inside 50's Geelong had when they posted highest score ever in league history against Brisbane Bears.
I suspect it would have been well over 100 inside 50's.
 
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footyfan78 said:
Which means from roughly 2000 to now as stats before that of inside 50 virtually never recorded. We got no idea of how many inside 50's Geelong had when they posted highest score ever in league history against Brisbane Bears.
I suspect it would have been well over 100 inside 50's.
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It almost certainly wasn't even greater than 83.

I think probably the 'easiest' way to generate forward 50 entries is to take it in, not score, quickly have it rebounded out by a good enough defence, and take it in again. Kicking goals means you have to reset back to the middle.

Geelong only had 69 entries for 48 shots (37 goals) against Melbourne in 2011: https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2011/091120110730.html

Geelong only had 63 entries for 47 shots (35 goals) against Richmond in 2007: https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2007/091420070506.html
 
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SJ said:
Geelong only had 63 entries for 47 shots (35 goals) against Richmond in 2007: https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2007/091420070506.html
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But Richmond had 28 'Rebound 50s'. How did they happen? If Geelong went inside 50 63 times, and Richmond rebounded 28 of those, that only leaves 35 left for scores.

Ah! Maybe Richmond kicked backwards a few times (very likely), stuffed it up (extremely likely), and Geelong scored without having to make their own forward 50 entry. That would have had to happen a lot of times, but it is Richmond 2007 we are talking about.

As usual, I am probably confused.
 
Wallaby said:
But Richmond had 28 'Rebound 50s'. How did they happen? If Geelong went inside 50 63 times, and Richmond rebounded 28 of those, that only leaves 35 left for scores.

Ah! Maybe Richmond kicked backwards a few times (very likely), stuffed it up (extremely likely), and Geelong scored without having to make their own forward 50 entry. That would have had to happen a lot of times, but it is Richmond 2007 we are talking about.

As usual, I am probably confused.
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Absolutely that happens.
 
Most games played to defeat your former team:

351 - B Quinlan (FI) d. Footscray
335 - B Quinlan (FI) d. Footscray
319 - G Dempsey (NM) d. Footscray
318 - D Cloke (RI) d. Collingwood
317 - D Petrie (WC) d. Nth Melbourne
315 - J Akermanis (WB) d. Brisbane
313 - J Madden (CA) d. Essendon
313 - LUKE HODGE (BR) d. HAWTHORN
312 - T Daniher (ES) d. Sydney
311 - R Merrett (BR) d. Essendon
311 - J Akermanis (WB) d. Brisbane
310 - S Burgoyne (HW) d. Port Adelaide
308 - G Dempsey (NM) d. Footscray
308 - J Madden (CA) d. Essendon
308 - B Quinlan (FI) d. Footscray
305 - R Merrett (BR) d. Essendon
301 - R Greene (HW) d. St Kilda
300 - J Kelly (ES) d. Geelong
299 - P Roos (SY) d. Fitzroy
298 - S Thompson (AD) d. Melbourne
298 - T Daniher (ES) d. Sydney
 
worbod said:
Re: Post 5 random (obscure) stats

Most wooden spoons in the reserves competition (1919-1999)

St. Kilda (16) 1924, 1926, 1927, 1938, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1994
Hawthorn (12) 1925, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951
North Melbourne (12) 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1956, 1960, 1969
South/Sydney (10) 1939, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992
Fitzroy (8) 1950, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1995
Melbourne (5) 1923, 1944, 1974, 1980, 1997
Essendon (4) 1959, 1966, 1967, 1977
Richmond (4) 1919, 1958, 1990, 1996
Carlton (2) 1957, 1999
Collingwood (2) 1982, 1986
Geelong (2) 1993, 1998
Leopold (2) 1921, 1922
Footscray (1) 1981
West Melbourne (1) 1920
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“Leopold” actually merged into South Melbourne in later years.

Most wooden spoons in the Under-19 competition (1946-1991):

South/Sydney (10) 1947, 1951, 1965, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1985
St. Kilda (9) 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982
Fitzroy (5) 1964, 1971, 1972, 1987, 1988
Hawthorn (5) 1946, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1989
North Melbourne (4) 1955, 1962, 1968, 1969
Footscray (3) 1959, 1984, 1991
Richmond (3) 1957, 1960, 1986
Geelong (2) 1966, 1990
Melbourne (2) 1956, 1967
Collingwood (1) 1963
Carlton (1) 1970
Essendon (1) 1983

Teams to be wooden spooners in all three grades:
  1. Hawthorn in 1946
  2. Hawthorn in 1949
  3. St. Kilda in 1952
  4. Fitzroy in 1964
  5. South Melbourne in 1973
 
iluvparis said:
A bloke at work reckons this is the first time Melbourne has won every quarter in 3 consecutive matches in their history.
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On the money, they've only won more than 12 consecutive quarters twice. The current streak is also the highest at 14. Extending on the below their 13 consecutive quarters won in 2014 spanned from R15 Q2 to R18 Q2 inclusive.

https://afltables.com/afl/teams/melbourne/qh.html#107
14 Melbourne R6,2018 To R9,2018*
13 Melbourne R15,2004 To R18,2004
11 Melbourne R8,1963 To R10,1963
11 Melbourne R9,1961 To R12,1961
11 Melbourne R5,1950 To R8,1950
10 Melbourne R16,1940 To SF,1940
10 Melbourne R2,1927 To R5,1927
10 Melbourne R7,1900 To R9,1900
10 Melbourne R10,1897 To R13,1897
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