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"Tradition V Trivia" (for anyone interested):
Leading into the QFA Division 2 North Grand Final tomorrow, I thought I might take a look at the history of Senior games between Alexandra Hills and Kenmore. Just because….
Grand Final
Alexandra Hills V Kenmore
Played 33: Alexandra Hills 14 wins – Kenmore 19
Alexandra Hills (or Capalaba, if you’re old enough) has been competing in Senior competitions since they joined the SQAFA in 1982. Kenmore, operating as a Junior club for even longer, entered the Senior ranks of the BAFL from 1997. The first time the two clubs met in the same competition was 2007 as part of the AFLSQ Premier Division. (There are so many competition name changes that it must be confusing for anyone who has had limited exposure to local footy history.)
Since 2007, both clubs have competed against each other in every season, except the COVID-affected year of 2020 when the Bombers were allocated to the North Division and the Bears to the South Division of the QFA Division 2. Overall, they have met on 33 occasions – and until two weeks ago, had never played a final against each other. Across the journey, the honours have been relatively shared – although, Kenmore enjoyed an 11-game winning streak from 2011 to 2017.
There have been six games decided by single-digit margins (three of those have occurred in the last six clashes) – whilst five games have had a margin of more than 100 points.
Highest score: Alex Hills 178 (2010), Kenmore 154 (2015)
Lowest score: Alex Hills 33 (2014), Kenmore 31 (2010)
Interestingly, Kenmore has not kicked more than 10 goals in a match against Alexandra Hills since 2019 (which was also the last time either team kicked more than 100 points in a game).
Just to add a little to this post, I thought I would look at the cumulative score across the 33 games for both teams against each other:
Alexandra Hills 424 – 391 – 2935 to Kenmore 435 – 381 – 2991
So, as a quirk of history, if the Bombers defeated the Bears with a scoreline of 65 to 9, then both clubs would have kicked exactly 3,000 points against each other.
What does it all mean? Nothing. Good luck to both clubs tomorrow.
Also, if anyone disagrees with any details, please let me know - I'm cool to be corrected. If you have any SQAFA/BAFL, GCAFL, or SCAFL results to share, please get in touch.
Enjoy.
Leading into the QFA Division 2 North Grand Final tomorrow, I thought I might take a look at the history of Senior games between Alexandra Hills and Kenmore. Just because….
Grand Final
Alexandra Hills V Kenmore
Played 33: Alexandra Hills 14 wins – Kenmore 19
Alexandra Hills (or Capalaba, if you’re old enough) has been competing in Senior competitions since they joined the SQAFA in 1982. Kenmore, operating as a Junior club for even longer, entered the Senior ranks of the BAFL from 1997. The first time the two clubs met in the same competition was 2007 as part of the AFLSQ Premier Division. (There are so many competition name changes that it must be confusing for anyone who has had limited exposure to local footy history.)
Since 2007, both clubs have competed against each other in every season, except the COVID-affected year of 2020 when the Bombers were allocated to the North Division and the Bears to the South Division of the QFA Division 2. Overall, they have met on 33 occasions – and until two weeks ago, had never played a final against each other. Across the journey, the honours have been relatively shared – although, Kenmore enjoyed an 11-game winning streak from 2011 to 2017.
There have been six games decided by single-digit margins (three of those have occurred in the last six clashes) – whilst five games have had a margin of more than 100 points.
Highest score: Alex Hills 178 (2010), Kenmore 154 (2015)
Lowest score: Alex Hills 33 (2014), Kenmore 31 (2010)
Interestingly, Kenmore has not kicked more than 10 goals in a match against Alexandra Hills since 2019 (which was also the last time either team kicked more than 100 points in a game).
Just to add a little to this post, I thought I would look at the cumulative score across the 33 games for both teams against each other:
Alexandra Hills 424 – 391 – 2935 to Kenmore 435 – 381 – 2991
So, as a quirk of history, if the Bombers defeated the Bears with a scoreline of 65 to 9, then both clubs would have kicked exactly 3,000 points against each other.
What does it all mean? Nothing. Good luck to both clubs tomorrow.
Also, if anyone disagrees with any details, please let me know - I'm cool to be corrected. If you have any SQAFA/BAFL, GCAFL, or SCAFL results to share, please get in touch.
Enjoy.
