Re: Post 5 random (obscure) stats
- St. Kilda’s first 100-point score in 1907 and first (and only) 200-point score in 1978 were both against Melbourne, both in Round 6 and both on unusually warm days:
- the 1907 match was played on a day that reached 22.3˚C (second warmest June day ever)
- the 1978 game was played on a day reaching 25.6˚C, which may help explain its record aggregate score since players probably don’t want to put on so much pressure in very warm weather
- The highest team quarter score for Round 6 is 11.5 (71) which has occurred three times, including in two second quarters against Melbourne (in the 1978 game above and by Footscray in 1941)
- Round 6 of 1933 saw North Melbourne become the first of the new teams admitted in 1925 to defeat Collingwood
- Two of the three longest sequences without a match won by the team scoring fewer goals broke in Rounds 6 of 1964 (271 matches) and 1985 (342 matches)
- Round 6 of 1928 saw Fitzroy kick its amazing score of 2.27 (39) - which is infamous as the poorest forward display in VFL history. The Age said merely that “Fitzroy continued to experience the worst of bad luck in shooting for goals” - hardly much praise to Geelong’s defence that pressured Fitzroy to 1.27 (33).



