If case anyone is wondering, has any other team besides Sydney 2012 had the Grand Final as their only win at the MCG for the season?
It has happened once before: Geelong in 1925.
It has happened once before: Geelong in 1925.
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Statistical survey of EJ Whitten medallists 1988-1999
Year Medallist . . Opponent Kicks Marks Handball For Agt Tackles Score
1999 Brent Harvey . .S. A. . 15 . . 9 . . 4 . . . - . - . 5 . . . 5.1
1998 Rohan Smith . . Allies .11 . . 6 . .13 . . . 3 . - . 3 . . . 0.0
1997 Gavin Brown . . S. A. . .4 . . 4 . .13 . . . - . - . 3 . . . 0.0
1996 Robert Harvey . Allies .12 . . 9 . .20 . . . 1 . - . 1 . . . 1.0
1995 Tony Lockett . .S. A. . 15 . .12 . . 2 . . . - . 2 . - . . . 7.1
1994 David Calthorpe S. A. . 19 . . 7 . .10 . . . 1 . - . 3 . . . 0.0
1993 Robert Harvey . S. A. . 19 . . 5 . .14 . . . - . - . 1 . . . 0.0
1993 Chris Langford .NSW/ACT .8 . . 4 . . 4 . . . - . 2 . - . . . 0.0
1992 Robert Harvey . S. A. . 19 . . 5 . .10 . . . 1 . - . 2 . . . 1.1
1992 Stewart Leowe . W. A. . 14 . .16 . . 6 . . . 1 . - . - . . . 4.0
1991 Alan Ezard . . .S. A. . 22 . . 2 . . 1 . . . 2 . 2 . 3 . . . 0.0
1991 Barry Mitchell .W. A. . 21 . . 2 . . 4 . . . 2 . 2 . 1 . . . 2.0
1990 Dale Weightman .N.S.W. .14 . . 4 . . 8 . . . 4 . 2 . 1 . . . 2.3
1990 Simon Madden . .W. A. . 14 . . 9 . . 3 . . . - . - . 1 . . . 0.0 34 hit outs
1989 Jason Dunstall .W. A. . 16 . .12 . . 3 . . . 2 . 1 . - . . . 9.5
1989 Gavin Brown . . S. A. . 12 . . 9 . .17 . . . 2 . 1 . 2 . . . 0.0
1988 Gerard Healy . .W. A. . 18 . . 1 . .18 . . . 2 . 1 . - . . . 5.1
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This has been noted before. The AFL Record Season Guide has Brisbane Lions as having 11 Premierships (3 'Lions', 8 'Fitzroy' and 0 'Bears') but the only Premiership tally table that the Season Guide publishes (Premierships in all Grades) has Fitzroy 8, Brisbane 3 with no mention of Brisbane 'Bears' having 0.Just dragging something up we talked about last year started from this:
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/stats-questions-part-1.577967/page-38#post-21515704
It seems now the Lions have gone back to 11 premierships,
and are hedging their bets by having several versions of their stats.
http://www.lions.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=5162
Probably needs the League to make some further clarification for those of us who care about such things.
Over the past 15 years, the League has been pretty clear that they regard the Brisbane Lions as a club that began in 1987. Under that policy, the Brisbane Lions have three premierships.
The Lions' own official policy is that the Brisbane Lions began in 1997. Under that policy, the Brisbane Lions have three premierships.
Of course eleven premierships sounds more impressive than three. Hence the increasing blurring of Fitzroy's and Brisbane's history by the Lions.
Yes, it is exactly the same on the corresponding page in the 2012 edition.
When the "Official Statistical History of the AFL" (AFL Record Season Guide 2010) publishes information such as the above - some clarification is needed from the League. Not only are Fitzroy's premiership claimed but the 'Bears', contrary to League policy are designated as a separate entity that won no premierships.Someone else can confirm if later editions include the same information.
Certainly bizarre and bizarre that this conversation exists some 15 years after the 'merger'.Yes, it is exactly the same on the corresponding page in the 2012 edition.
"but the only Premiership tally table that the Season Guide publishes (Premierships in all Grades) has Fitzroy 8, Brisbane 3 with no mention of Brisbane 'Bears' having 0".
This also is unchanged. Quite bizarre, really!
Not the most exciting stat, but this year Bob Skilton presented the premiership cup for the second time. He had previously done so in 1999. Only Bob Davis, among football allumni, has also presented the premiership cup twice (1995 and 2009). The governor of Victoria used to present the cup on a yearly basis up until 1985, and then Bob Hawke presented it twice as PM in 1986 and 1987, before Robert Flower was a worthy first non political presenter the following year.
Awesome.The first players to play matches for premiership points on all seven days of the week were Richmond stalwarts, Kevin Bartlett and Francis Bourke, on Anzac Day 1980 (which fell on a Friday).
73 players in all have done this, including current players Dustin Fletcher, Ben Johnson, Dane Swan, Alan Didak, Travis Cloke, Heath Shaw, Harry O'Brien, Dale Thomas and Nick Maxwell.
Adam Ramanauskas achieved it the fastest - 712 days after his first game, while Alastair Lynch took until 15 years and 1 day from his debut.
28 players have played in a win on every day of the week, including Fletcher and Didak.
With the retirements of Mark McVeigh and Chris Tarrant, Fletcher is the only current player among the 20 who've played in a loss on every day.
Fletcher, James Hird, Tarkyn Lockyer and Josh Fraser have played in both a win and a loss on every day.
Gavin Wanganeen is the only player to have played in a draw on four different weekdays.