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4+ NBA Titles As A Coach With One Team (1970-)
6 - Phil Jackson (Bulls)
5 - Phil Jackson (Lakers)
4 - Pat Riley (Lakers)

We will soon know if we can add:
3 - Steve Kerr (Warriors)
 
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9+ wins of a specific major tennis tournament (inc. pre-Open era and EOY finals):
13 - Martina Navratilova (WTA D 1977-91), Margaret Osborne duPont (US D 1941-57)
12 - Rafael Nadal (FR S 2005-19*), Louise Brough (US D 1942-57), Elizabeth Ryan (UK D 1914-34)
11 - Margaret Court (AU S 1960-73)
10 - Pam Shriver (WTA D 1981-91), Billie Jean King (UK D 1961-79), Adrian Quist (AU D 1936-50)
9 - Todd Woodbridge (UK D 1993-2004), Martina Navratilova (UK S 1978-90, US D 1977-90), Margaret Osborne duPont (US M 1943-60)

Singles only (Men/Women):
12 - Rafael Nadal (FR S 2005-19*)
11 - Margaret Court (AU S 1960-73)
9 - Martina Navratilova (UK S 1978-90)

Men only (Singles/Doubles/Mixed):
12 - Rafael Nadal (FR S 2005-19*)
10 - Adrian Quist (AU D 1936-50)
9 - Todd Woodbridge (UK D 1993-2004)
 
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In 2019, Sydney's Justin McInerney is the only player to have more contested possessions than disposals. He has 3 CPs, but just a single disposal.

Similarly, GWS's Callan Ward and Tom Sheridan are the only players to do the same with uncontested possessions, with 2 UPs each, but just a single disposal.
 

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To nitpick somewhat, there would be many who would argue that the WTA Finals do not constitute a grand slam tournament because there are four tournaments only which make up the grand slam. Furthermore the term "grand slam" specifically applies to winning all four major tournaments in the one calendar year. Thus the Australian Open is not really a grand slam event, it is a major tournament, and winning this particular major in January allows you the chance to complete the grand slam, either in singles, doubles or mixed doubles. The term "grand slam" has been innocently misused in tennis circles for many decades, just as the term "Australian Rules Football" is innocently misused, instead of simply "Australian Football", or when people think the word "billiards" can be used to also refer to snooker and pool.

I've always thought of Aus/French/Wim/US as 'Slams' and winning all four would be winning the 'Grand Slam'

You are right that the term 'Grand Slam' has come to mean something entirely different, and incorrect
 

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Do you have a habit of nitpicking (aka stating the bleeding obvious) and ignoring the bulk of what was posted? Your post is disingenuous and not appreciated, you could have posted a one sentence response but you chose to unnecessarily type out a verbose paragraph. Well two can play that game. I'm not a ******* idiot. Jesus ******* Christ, do you think you're the only one who knows anything about sport?

Anyway, you are wrong. The Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open are Grand Slam tournaments, also called majors. Did my post state anything about winning a ******* "Grand Slam"? Did it? No it did not. My post was about winning, and I quote, "a specific tennis grand slam tournament". A specific ******* tournament. Did I say anything about winning a ******* Grand Slam? With thanks to you, we all now know what that is, because of course none of us knew what that was :rolleyes:. You yourself said "there are four tournaments only which make up the grand slam". Wouldn't that make each of those tournaments a ... grand slam tournament?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Slam_(tennis)

Just for you, I have changed the stat to say "major tennis tournament". I hope you have not lost too much sleep over this.

Care to explain why you singled out the WTA Finals but not the ATP Finals? Would it be because you struggle to always hide your sexism?

Did I say that the ATP Finals or WTA Finals were one of the majors? Did I? No I ******* did not, I added (inc. EOY Finals) which means that I have included them in the stat. If I wanted to add Masters Series events I would have said (inc. Masters Series events). Why am I even ******* explaining this to you?

Your post is **** and you should delete it.

Are you okay?
 

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When Suzanne Lenglen won the 1925 Wimbledon women's singles title, she did so by conceding only 5 games in the 6 matches that she played.
 

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Steve Smith has become the first player to score a double century across three consecutive Ashes series:

215 in 2015
239 in 2017-18
211 in 2019

The only others to do this in two consecutive series are:

Don Bradman

304 & 244 in 1934
270 & 212 in 1936-37

Wally Hammond

231* in 1936-37
240 in 1938

Bob Simpson

311 in 1964
225 in 1965-66


The only other player who has scored double centuries across three consecutive series against the same opponent is Virender Sehwag versus Pakistan:

309 in 2003-04 (in Pakistan)
201 in 2004-05 (in India)
254 in 2005-06 (in Pakistan)
 

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At the conclusion of the recent Ashes series, Pat Cummins has now taken the most wickets in a Test series without a five wicket haul.


PlayerseriesseasonTestswicketsaveragebestfour wicket hauls
Pat CumminsAustralia vs England201952919.624-322
Wayne ClarkAustralia vs India1977-7852825.034-465
Joel GarnerWest Indies vs England1985-8652716.144-433
Malcolm MarshallWest Indies vs England1985-8652717.854-383
Joel GarnerWest Indies vs England198052614.264-302
Stuart ClarkAustralia vs England2006-0752617.034-721
Dennis LilleeAustralia vs England1974-7562523.844-492
Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa vs England2004-0552525.084-502
Joel GarnerWest Indies vs Pakistan1976-7752527.524-483
 

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Prime Ministers who have played first class cricket

PersonPrime MinisterFirst class cricketer
Grantley AdamsWest Indies, 1958-19621 game, 1926
Francis BellNew Zealand, 19252 games, 1873-74 to 1876-77
Alec Douglas-HomeGreat Britain, 1963-196410 games, 1924 to 1927
Imran KhanPakistan, 2018-382 games, 1969-70 to 1991-92 (88 Tests)
Kamisese MaraFiji, 1970-19922 games, 1953-54
Nawaz ShareefPakistan, 1990-1993, 1997-1999, 2013-20171 game, 1973-74
 

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Artists who replaced themselves at Number One on the Australian charts.

Frankie Laine 1953 I Believe was replaced by Tell Me a Story (Tell Me a Story credited as Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd)
Nat King Cole 1955 Hold My Hand was replaced by Papa Loves Mambo
Bobby Vee 1961 Rubber Ball was replaced by One Last Kiss
Elvis Presley 1961 Wooden Heart was replaced by Surrender (immediately after Bobby Vee's two successive Number Ones)
The Beatles 1964 I Want to Hold Your Hand was replaced by Love Me Do/I Saw Her Standing There (double A side Australian release)
The Beatles 1964 A Hard Day's Night was replaced by I Should Have Known Better
The Beatles 1965 Rock and Roll Music was replaced by Ticket to Ride
Johnny Young 1966 Step Back/ Cara Lyn was replaced by Let It Be Me
Abba 1975 Mamma Mia was replaced by S.O.S.
Madonna 1985 Angel/Into the Groove was replaced by Crazy For You
New Kids on the Block 1989 You Got It (The Right Stuff) was replaced by I'll Be Loving You
Black Eyed Peas 2009 Boom Boom Pow was replaced by I Got a Feeling
 

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Most Test centuries without a double century

CenturiesPlayerCountryHighest score
22Colin CowdreyEngland182
22Mohammad AzharuddinIndia199
21Andrew StraussEngland177
20Mark WaughAustralia153*
19Mike HusseyAustralia195
18Desmond HaynesWest Indies184
18Michael VaughanEngland197
17Dilip VengsarkarIndia166
16Herbert SutcliffeEngland194
16Richie RichardsonWest Indies194
16Mike AthertonEngland185*
16Tillakaratne DilshanSri Lanka193
15Alec StewartEngland190
 

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As a kind of follow-up to my post above, these are the Australians with the most first class centuries without a double century

CenturiesPlayerHighest score
35Graeme Wood186*
27Les Favell190
27Rick McCosker168
26John Inverarity187
23Richie Benaud187
 

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Useful all-round performances by Don Bradman in second class cricket
(At last 50 runs and 3 wickets in an innings in the same match)

BattingBowlingGameSeason
583 for & 6 forBowral vs Moss Vale1924-25
664-44Bowral vs Wingello1924-25
585-13Moss Vale & District vs Kenmore1925-26
664-?Bowral vs Moss Vale1925-26
60 & 30*4-45Bowral vs Port Kembla1925-26
1058-21Bowral A vs Bowral B1925-26
3003-14Bowral vs Moss Vale1925-26
1103-26St George vs Petersham1926-27
103*8-36Moss Vale & District vs Leichhardt District1926-27
1073-70St George vs Gordon1928-29
128*5-34NSW Cricket Association vs Tamworth & District1928-29
1175-57NSW Cricket Association vs Singleton1928-29
963-0Kippax's XI vs North West District1929-30
180*3-56St George vs Glebe1929-30
1274-48Sydney Sports vs Bega District1929-30
1103-10NSW Cricket Association vs Great Public Schools1930-31
895-33Gladesville Hospital vs Sydney Morning Herald1930-31
90 & 1034-13 & 6-43Kippax's XI vs Cairns1930-31
1134-35Kippax's XI vs North Queensland1930-31
1076-23Kippax's XI vs Ayr Cricket Association1930-31
523-24Kippax's XI vs Lithgow1931-32
2564-49Blackheath vs Lithgow Pottery1931-32
947-43Australia vs Vancouver XV1932
69*3-13Australia vs Calgary XV1932
125*6-25Australia vs British Columbia Colts1932
983-37New South Wales vs Ex Internationals1932-33
1593-17St George vs Bowral & Rockdale1932-33
1003-22NSW Cricket Association vs Dubbo District Cricket Association1933-34
1125-14Kensington vs Stanley Cricket Association1935-36
 

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Not exactly a footy stat but could be an AFL record.

Ex-AFL star Josh Hill becomes dad twice in five days (paywalled)
A messy love triangle has been exposed involving former Western Bulldogs player Josh Hill and the mothers of both his daughters — making public the fact that he now has “two children, born in the same week to two different women".

The retired AFL footballer was this week revealed to be central to the bizarre scandal when his Wikipedia page revealed he had become a father.
 

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6-6 draws in major club soccer (list may not be complete)

1930-04-21: Leicester City v Arsenal
1960-10-22: Charlton Athletic v Middlesbrough
1999-08-07: KVC Westerlo v KRC Genk (highlights)
2010-05-05: Motherwell v Hibernian (highlights)

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Tranmere Rovers 6-6 Newcastle United
Tuesday 1st October 1991
Zenith Data Systems Cup First Round
Prenton Park, Birkenhead, England
Attendance: 4,056
 

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Surfer taken off Esperance on Friday is the seventh 2020 shark fatality, equalling the Australian record of 1929 and 1934.

Edit: Record was officially 8 in 1929, although one of those occurred in the Torres Strait just off the New Guinea mainland. That record was equalled on Nov 22 last year.
 
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Highest batting averages in a Sheffield Shield season.

playerseasonmatchesinningsnot outhighestrunsaverage100s50s
Stan McCabe1931-32332229*438438.0030
Bob Simpson1959-60563236*902300.6633
Will Pucovski2020-21231255*495247.5020
 

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At the conclusion of the recent Ashes series, Pat Cummins has now taken the most wickets in a Test series without a five wicket haul.


PlayerseriesseasonTestswicketsaveragebestfour wicket hauls
Pat CumminsAustralia vs England201952919.624-322
Wayne ClarkAustralia vs India1977-7852825.034-465
Joel GarnerWest Indies vs England1985-8652716.144-433
Malcolm MarshallWest Indies vs England1985-8652717.854-383
Joel GarnerWest Indies vs England198052614.264-302
Stuart ClarkAustralia vs England2006-0752617.034-721
Dennis LilleeAustralia vs England1974-7562523.844-492
Makhaya NtiniSouth Africa vs England2004-0552525.084-502
Joel GarnerWest Indies vs Pakistan1976-7752527.524-483

I can see why Garner rarely took more than 4 wickets per innings - he was used as first or second change bowler who was brought on after Roberts and Holding (and later on Marshall) had taken their share of wickets at the start. It's like getting your pay after the taxman has had his share first.
 
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Gary Rohan is now the second AFL player to win a game after the siren twice. Barry Hall did it first in 2001 (as a Saint against the Hawks) and 2005 (as a Swan against the Lions). Both players kicked goals at different clubs, too.
 

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Tranmere Rovers 6-6 Newcastle United
Tuesday 1st October 1991
Zenith Data Systems Cup First Round
Prenton Park, Birkenhead, England
Attendance: 4,056

The away stand at Motherwell brought back memories of the old three-tier stand at Subiaco Oval - unadorned brutal concrete with wide stairways that seem to keep going up and up and up into the remote reaches of the sky.
 
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