Stats observations

[worbod]

Many Big Footy stats lovers will probably be aware that there has only been one round wherein all teams kicked 100 points, that being Round 10, 1982. At three quarter time in that round, Footscray were sitting on 9.8 (62) versus North Melbourne, trailing by 66 points. Whilst North managed more scoring shots during the final quarter, the Bulldogs managed to find enough spirit to score 6.2, this being just enough to get them to a score of 100 exactly.

At the end of Round 22 that season, all 12 teams had both kicked and conceded 2000 points, the only time this has happened. Geelong were the only team not to have posted 2000 points at the start of the round, but had comfortably achieved this by half time in their game against Collingwood.

Essendon and Carlton were the only teams who had not conceded 2000 prior to thecommencement of the round. Essendon had 1995, and so this was quickly extended beyond 2000 during the first quarter. Carlton had conceded 1897 points, and at three quarter time, their opponent, Fitzroy, had brought Carlton's Against total to 1976. Carlton were looking to secure a double chance in the old Final Five, and led by 32 at the final break. Fitzroy signed off their 1982 campaign with enough gusto to kick 5.2 to 6.3 in the final quarter, Carlton thus finishing with 2008 points against.

All teams had previously scored 2000 points in 1978, but only North Melbourne (1991 points) and Carlton (1994 points) did not conceded 2000 points, though obviously did so during the finals.

All teams again conceded 2000 points in 1983, with only ninth placed Geelong (1932 points) not scoring 2000.

Every team has conceded 2000 points in a season, including finals, in 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990 and 1992.

All teams came close to conceding 2000 points, including finals, in 2000, with the dominant Essendon team just holding out, having conceded 1998 at the end of the grand final.

 

[worbod]

Instances of achieving the highest percentage in a season.


19 Collingwood
18 Carlton
15 Geelong
14 Essendon
10 Melbourne
9 Hawthorn
5 Fitzroy, Richmond
4 Adelaide, North Melbourne, South/Sydney
3 Brisbane Lions, St. Kilda
1 Port Adelaide, West Coast
0 Footscray, Fremantle, University

 

[worbod]

Greatest number of consecutive finals series contested by each club without winning a premiership.


Adelaide (8) 2001, 02, 03, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09
Brisbane Bears (2) 1995, 96
Brisbane Lions (3) 1997, 99, 2000
Carlton (16) 1916, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36
Collingwood (21) 1959, 60, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 84, 88, 89
Essendon (8) 1966, 68, 72, 73, 79, 81, 82, 83
Fitzroy (9) 1947, 52, 58, 60, 79, 81, 83, 84, 86
Footscray (16) 1956, 61, 74, 76, 85, 92, 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 06, 08, 09, 10
Fremantle (3) 2003, 06, 10
Geelong (20) 1964, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 76, 78, 80, 81, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 2000, 04, 05
Hawthorn (7) 1992, 93, 94, 96, 2000, 01, 07
Melbourne (12) 1987, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 98, 2000, 02, 04, 05, 06
North Melbourne (10) 1978, 79, 80, 82, 83, 85, 87, 93, 94, 95
Port Adelaide (4) 1999, 2001, 02, 03
Richmond (6) 1924, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 AND 1935, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42
St. Kilda (16) 1968, 70, 71, 72, 73, 91, 92, 97, 98, 2004, 05, 06, 08, 09, 10, 11
South/Sydney (16) 1934, 35, 36, 42, 45, 70, 77, 86, 87, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2001, 03, 04
West Coast (9) 1995, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2002, 03, 04, 05

 

[RogersResults]

Inspired by Worbod’s work on 2,000 points scored and conceded in home and away season.

• Hawthorn in 1969 was the first to score and concede 2,000 points in a home and away season.
  
  
• 1971 was the first time two teams scored and conceded 2,000 points in a season - Carlton and Geelong.
  
  
• Essendon and Nth Melbourne have scored and conceded 2,000 points in a season the most – 25 times each – Essendon 22.12% of seasons competed, Nth Melbourne 28.74%.
  
  
• Fremantle have the highest percentage of seasons played where both 2,000 points were conceded and scored – 29.41%.
  
  
• Geelong and Sydney have currently gone the longest without scoring and conceding 2,000 points in a season. (Both last time in 2000).
  
  
• St Kilda and Sydney both scored and conceded less than 2,000 points in 22 matches in 2011. The last time that Carlton and Richmond scored and conceded less than 2,000 points was in the 20 round season of 1968.
  
  Number of times each team has scored and conceded 2,000 points or more in a home and away season from 1997.
  
  

                    Last
WB/Footscray  11   2011
Nth Melbourne 10   2011       
Essendon       9   2011       
Carlton        6   2009       
Richmond       4   2011       
Fremantle      4   2010       
Melbourne      4   2005       
Brisbane       3   2008       
Collingwood    3   2008       
Port Adelaide  3   2008       
Adelaide       3   2002       
Sydney/SM      3   2000       
St Kilda       2   2003       
West Coast     2   2002       
Hawthorn       2   2001       
Geelong        2   2000

Something here about playing styles and game plans?

 

[RogersResults]

The longest since a current team has had a match/win percentage of less than 30% in a complete season.


Geelong: Not since 1973. (27.27%)
Nth Melbourne: Not since 1984. (22.73%)
Sydney/SM: Not since 1994. (18.18%)

All other teams at least once since 2001.


The longest since a current team has had a match/win percentage of more than 70% in a complete season.

WB/Footscray: Not since 1953. (Only time.)
Richmond: Not since 1982.
Melbourne: Not since 1990.
Fremantle: Never.


All other teams (excluding Gold Coast) at least once from 1995.
(Geelong the most from 1995 - 6 times.)

 

[worbod]

Greatest number of consecutive finals games contested by each club without winning a premiership.

Figures do not include Grand Final drought breaking victory, if applicable.


Adelaide (15) 2001-2009
Brisbane Bears (4) 1995-1996
Brisbane Lions (8) 1997-2001
Carlton (26) 1916-1938
Collingwood (51) 1959-1990
Essendon (16) 1966-1984
Fitzroy (17) 1947-1986
Footscray (34) 1956-2010
Fremantle (6) 2003-2010
Geelong (47) 1964-2007
Hawthorn (13) 1992-2008
Melbourne (28) 1987-2006
North Melbourne (22) 1978-1996
Port Adelaide (11) 1999-2004
Richmond (14) 1924-1932
St. Kilda (36) 1968-2011
South/Sydney (33) 1934-2005
West Coast (18) 1995-2006

 

[worbod]

Most finals games played in a decade.


Club . . . . .Games Decade Premierships
Adelaide . . . 15 . 2000s . -
Brisbane Bears .2 . 1990s . -
Brisbane Lions 17 . 2000s . 3
Carlton . . . .20 . 1980s . 3
Collingwood . .21 . 1930s . 3
Essendon . . . 24 . 1940s . 3
Fitzroy . . . .13 . 1900s . 2
Footscray . . .12 . 1990s . -
Fremantle . . . 4 . 2000s . -
Geelong . . . .17 . 1990s . -
Hawthorn . . . 24 . 1980s . 4
Melbourne . . .15 . 1950s . 4
North Melb . . 23 . 1970s . 2
Port Adelaide .16 . 2000s . 1
Richmond . . . 17 . 1970s . 2
St. Kilda . . .12 . 2000s . -
South/Sydney . 15 . 2000s . 1
West Coast . . 25 . 1990s . 2

 

[RogersResults]

Most finals games played in a decade.


Club . . . . .Games Decade Premierships
Adelaide . . . 15 . 2000s . -
Brisbane Bears .2 . 1990s . -
Brisbane Lions 17 . 2000s . 3
Carlton . . . .20 . 1980s . 3
Collingwood . .21 . 1930s . 3
Essendon . . . 24 . 1940s . 3
Fitzroy . . . .13 . 1900s . 2
Footscray . . .12 . 1990s . -
Fremantle . . . 4 . 2000s . -
Geelong . . . .17 . 1990s . -
Hawthorn . . . 24 . 1980s . 4
Melbourne . . .15 . 1950s . 4
North Melb . . 23 . 1970s . 2
Port Adelaide .16 . 2000s . 1
Richmond . . . 17 . 1970s . 2
St. Kilda . . .12 . 2000s . -
South/Sydney . 15 . 2000s . 1
West Coast . . 25 . 1990s . 2

Taking a decade as any period of ten consecutive years, a number of clubs have better records than those achieved in a nominal "70's", "80's" etc.

e.g. Geelong 2002-2011 played in 20 finals.
St Kilda 1963-1972 played in 15 finals. (A period when teams could take the Premiership by playing one fewer final than today - which also may be a comparative issue.)

Ten years is a reasonable time period to compare a club's performance but the most in years with the same number in the "tens" column is maybe a bit arbitrary.

Even with the notion that a decade is every subsequent ten years since the beginning of the Christian calendar, the fact that the calendar had no year zero, the Richmond "70's" figure for example denies them 3 finals in the 7th decade.

1970 - (the last year of the 6th decade of the 20th century) to 1979 (the 2nd last year of the 7th decade) gives the Tigers 17 finals and 2 Premierships.)

1971 - 1980 (the actual 7th decade of the 20th century) gives the Tigers 20 finals and 3 Premierships.

If any are interested in a discussion on what constitutes a 'decade', click here.

 

[worbod]

What has been written above is quite correct. 1971-1980 was of course the 7th decade of the 20th century, there was no year Zero and the century we now live in did begin on January 1, 2001. I just went for a post which I figured was simple to read and analyse. History regularly refers to events and timeframes by a particular decade, eg: the Roaring Twenties, The Swinging Sixties. Even the VFL/AFL have marketed certain DVDs with such titles: The Sensational Seventies, The Electrifying Eighties. But of course there are always people and elements of the media who like to sensationalise things.
Remember John Travolta flying to five different timezones on December 31, 1999, so he could see in "The New Millenium" five times? A pity he didn't wait an extra 366 days.

I know it wasn't meant as a harsh criticism, but this post was just meant to be something easy to glance over, considering the most finals games played by every team in a particular decade did not always result in a premiership.

 

[*Paul*]

The problem is that the 80s, 90s etc and the 2000 or 2001 concepts are different animals. So you get friction trying to map one on to the other.

I just consider the "first" decade to have started at 1 BC, which is close enough for me.

 

[Ron The Bear]

I just consider the "first" decade to have started at 1 BC, which is close enough for me.

I trust the stats will be up on AFL Tables soon for season 1 BC...

 

[*Paul*]

I'll check the microfilm for the 1 BC season next library time, though scanning those stone tablets must be a real bastard.

But actually the VFL equivalent is there is no years 0-1896. So decades under that criteria would have the current one as 2007-2016 - fairly meaningless. Calling "this" decade 2011-2020 carries the same deficiency IMO (albeit less pronounced.)

 

[RogersResults]

I trust the stats will be up on AFL Tables soon for season 1 BC...

That'll be AFL Tablets, I'd reckon. (Written and posted before the post above was there - minds that think alike!)

Meanwhile, something I haven't done is every club's most finals matches in 10 consecutive seasons. Is Collingwood's 22 in the last 10 seasons their best?

Anyone like to have a go?

 

[Ron The Bear]

Meanwhile, something I haven't done is every club's most finals matches in 10 consecutive seasons. Is Collingwood's 22 in the last 10 seasons their best?

Anyone like to have a go?

The numbers I got (excluding round robin finals) are:

Adelaide 19 1997-2006
Brisbane 23 1995-2004
Carlton 22 1979-88
Collingwood 25 1972-81
Essendon 24 1940-49, 1941-50, 1942-51
Fremantle 6 2003-
Geelong 21 1989-98
Hawthorn 28 1982-91
Melbourne 21 1954-63
North Melbourne 28 1974-83
Port Adelaide 17 1999-2008
Richmond 20 1967-76, 1969-78, 1971-80
St.Kilda 17 2004-
Sydney 18 2003-
West Coast 25 1990-99
Western Bulldogs 9 1953-62, 1997-2006, 2000-09, 2008-
Fitzroy 18 1915-24
University 0

 

[worbod]

Just to clarify one thing, because I don't want to be thought of as a doofus, even though nobody seems to have so far noticed, in posts 340 and 341, Rogers Results and I have referred to 1971-1980 as being the seventh decade of the 20th century, when in fact in was the eighth.

Can't imagine Skyhooks having gone with a song titled "Living in the Eighth Decade of the Twentieth Century."

 

[worbod]

There have been four instances of the premier and the runner up missing the finals in the following year, all under the old Final Four system. In 1945 Fitzroy and Richmond finished 6th and 7th, and then, next seson, the 1945 premier and runner up (Carlton and South Melbourne) both missed the 1946 finals, finishing also 6th and 7th.

In 1962 and 1963 it happened again. Hawthorn and Footscray missed the 1962 finals by finishing 9th and 5th respectively, with Essendon and Carlton then missing the 1963 finals, finishing 5th and 6th.

 

[RogersResults]

There have been four instances of the premier and the runner up missing the finals in the following year, all under the old Final Four system. In 1945 Fitzroy and Richmond finished 6th and 7th, and then, next seson, the 1945 premier and runner up (Carlton and South Melbourne) both missed the 1946 finals, finishing also 6th and 7th.

In 1962 and 1963 it happened again. Hawthorn and Footscray missed the 1962 finals by finishing 9th and 5th respectively, with Essendon and Carlton then missing the 1963 finals, finishing 5th and 6th.

Less likely to happen with more than a third of the competition playing in the finals. 2005 is the closest in a final 8 competition - Brisbane missed and Port Adelaide scraped into 8th place by 2 points but with a lower percentage than the 9th placed Bulldogs.

Collingwood in 1959 are the only reigning Premiers to lose the first 5 matches of the next season. They then recovered to win all but one of their remaining matches to finish third on the ladder. (Essendon eliminated them in the first semi-final.)

The worst performed reigning Premiers have been:
Hawthorn 1962 - Match/Win% of 27.27 (5/18)
Melbourne 1942 - Match/Win% of 33.33 (5/15)
Essendon 1913 - Match/Win% of 33.33 (6/18)

Melbourne in 1942 suffered particularly from the loss of senior players to war service and had trouble pre-season finding enough players to make-up two teams for an intra-club practice match. A temporary merger with Collingwood who were also short of players was discussed.

Melbourne's supporters must have been away on war service too as their average home and away attendance for 1942 was 6,663, half that of Richmond's 13,267.

 

[RogersResults]

A few things that haven't happened for a while.

• Sydney last won a first quarter against Collingwood in 2004 (5.2 v 4.1)
• Richmond last had a percentage of 120% or more for a complete season in 1982. (Hawthorn has had 11 since then, Geelong 9.)
• Brisbane, Fremantle and Port Adelaide have never had a season where they won 80% or more of their first 11 matches and Sydney not since 1986. (Geelong has in their last 4 seasons.)
• West Coast last won at the MCG against Collingwood in 1995. (Collingwood has won 5 times since.)
• The last time WB/Footscray beat Geelong by 40 points or more was in 1985. (26.14 v 16.9)
• The last time Nth Melbourne beat Collingwood by 40 points or more was in 1995. (18.17 v 10.13)
• The last time Richmond beat Adelaide by 40 points or more was in 1996. (19.14 v 13.4)
• The last time Melbourne beat Carlton, Port Adelaide, St Kilda and West Coast by 40 points or more was in 2004.
• The last time Hawthorn and West Coast kicked the sweep (highest score of the round against Collingwood was in 1991. (Adelaide, Brisbane, Port Adelaide and WB/Footscray never have.)
• The last time Brisbane had the biggest win of the round was in 2007.
• The last time Carlton and Nth Melbourne lost to the eventual wooden-spooner was in 1997.
• The last time Adelaide and Melbourne beat the eventual Premier was in 2005.
• The last time the eventual wooden-spooner beat the eventual Premiers was in 1992. Sydney 14.14 v West Coast 14.11 at the SCG.)

 

[Ron The Bear]

Melbourne in 1942 suffered particularly from the loss of senior players to war service and had trouble pre-season finding enough players to make-up two teams for an intra-club practice match.

Plus the (temporary) departure of legendary coach Checker Hughes, who had a 67% winning record from 293 games to that point.

 

[RogersResults]

Plus the (temporary) departure of legendary coach Checker Hughes, who had a 67% winning record from 293 games to that point.

Without Hughes and by 1943 with only 7 of the 1941 Premiership team playing (3 of them playing fewer than 10 matches) Melbourne went from a match/win percent of 80.33% 1939-1941 to 39.58% 1942-1944.

Has any team had a greater relative decline in two adjacent 3 year periods? (Ron?)

With the return of Hughes in 1945 and players released from war service, Melbourne made the grand final in 1946 and were premiers in 1948. Without the interruption of the war who knows what sort of dynasty Melbourne might have achieved.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Without Hughes and by 1943 with only 7 of the 1941 Premiership team playing (3 of them playing fewer than 10 matches) Melbourne went from a match/win percent of 80.33% 1939-1941 to 39.58% 1942-1944.

Has any team had a greater relative decline in two adjacent 3 year periods? (Ron?)

W%Diff Cb Period1  P  W  L D Win % Period2  P  W  L D Win %
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59.35% Sy 1934-36 62 50 12 0 80.65 1937-39 54 11 42 1 21.30
51.39% Fi 1959-61 56 34 20 2 62.50 1962-64 54  6 48 0 11.11
47.76% WC 2005-07 75 54 21 0 72.00 2008-10 66 16 50 0 24.24
46.42% Sy 1935-37 59 40 18 1 68.64 1938-40 54 12 42 0 22.22
44.44% Un 1908-10 54 25 27 2 48.15 1911-13 54  2 52 0  3.70
43.42% Fi 1960-62 56 29 26 1 52.68 1963-65 54  5 49 0 25.93
42.64% Ge 1954-56 59 41 18 0 69.49 1957-59 54 14 39 1 26.85
40.74% Me 1939-41 61 49 12 0 80.33 1942-44 48 19 29 0 39.58
39.68% Me 2004-06 70 40 29 1 57.86 2007-09 66 12 54 0 18.18
39.30% Me 1948-50 61 39 21 1 64.75 1951-53 55 13 40 2 25.45

NB Same as Rogers, have counted draws as 0.5 wins (my preferred method).

 

[Ron The Bear]

Worst declines for the other clubs:

W%Diff Cb Period1  P  W  L D Win % Period2  P  W  L D Win % Rank
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38.16% St 1997-99 71 40 31 0 56.34 2000-02 66 11 53 2 18.18 (12th)
37.63% Es 1910-12 60 44 15 1 74.17 1913-15 52 18 32 2 36.54 (15th)
35.58% Ca 1999-01 75 46 29 0 61.33 2002-04 66 17 49 0 25.76 (20th)
33.37% Co 1939-41 57 36 21 0 63.16 1942-44 47 14 33 0 29.79 (25th)
33.33% WB 1931-33 54 32 22 0 59.26 1934-46 54 13 39 2 25.93 (=26th)
33.14% Ri 1980-82 71 51 19 1 72.54 1983-85 66 26 40 0 39.39 (29th)
32.12% Br 2002-04 76 55 20 1 73.03 2005-07 66 26 38 2 40.91 (32nd)
31.09% Ha 1962-64 57 32 24 1 57.02 1965-67 54 14 40 0 25.93 (40th)
28.57% NM 1957-59 56 30 26 0 53.57 1960-62 54 13 40 1 25.00 (55th)
24.52% PA 2002-04 75 58 17 0 77.33 2005-07 71 37 33 1 52.82 (87th)
21.74% Fr 2004-06 69 38 31 0 55.07 2007-09 66 22 44 0 33.33 (117th)
14.41% Ad 2006-08 70 42 28 0 60.00 2009-11 68 31 37 0 45.59 (220th)

Adelaide and Port currently at risk of setting new club benchmarks.

 

[RogersResults]

Worst declines in two adjacent 3 year periods

Great stuff!

Interesting to see which clubs bounced back the quickest, like West Coast in 2011.

Adelaide and Port are losing their least worst status in a number of categories.

Also North of the longer established clubs has had the least drastic bust from one three year period to the next.

Here's another one for Ron's player database:
Which winning grand final team/s disappeared from their club's playing list the quickest?

 

[Ron The Bear]

Here's another one for Ron's player database:
Which winning grand final team/s disappeared from their club's playing list the quickest?

In terms of calendar days between the GF and the last game played for the club by any of the premiership players:

Days Year Cb   GFDate    LastMatch Player(s)
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2149 1922 Fi 14/10/1922  1/09/1928 Horrie Jenkin, Fred Williams
2527 1991 Ha 28/09/1991 29/08/1998 Jason Dunstall
2534 1961 Ha 23/09/1961 31/08/1968 Graham Arthur
2541 1921 Ri 15/10/1921 29/09/1928 Donald Don
2555 1950 Es 23/09/1950 21/09/1957 Bill Hutchison
2793 1952 Ge 27/09/1952 21/05/1960 Ron Hovey
2870 1918 Sy  7/09/1918 17/07/1926 Mark Tandy
2884 1923 Es 20/10/1923 12/09/1931 Rowley Watt
2898 1948 Me  9/10/1948 15/09/1956 Denis Cordner, Noel McMahen
2919 1920 Ri  2/10/1920 29/09/1928 Donald Don
2919 1949 Es 24/09/1949 21/09/1957 Bill Hutchison
3143 1931 Ge 10/10/1931 18/05/1940 Reg Hickey, Tommy Quinn
3150 1917 Co 22/09/1917  8/05/1926 Harry Saunders
3157 1951 Ge 29/09/1951 21/05/1960 Ron Hovey
3164 1926 Me  9/10/1926  8/06/1935 Dick J. Taylor
3199 1905 Fi 30/09/1905  4/07/1914 Bill J. Walker
3234 1937 Ge 25/09/1937  3/08/1946 Jack W. Grant
3255 1963 Ge  5/10/1963  2/09/1972 Doug Wade
3255 1989 Ha 30/09/1989 29/08/1998 Jason Dunstall
3262 1919 Co 11/10/1919 15/09/1928 Ernie Wilson
3262 1941 Me 27/09/1941  2/09/1950 Don Cordner, J.Shane McGrath, Jack Mueller
3262 1960 Me 24/09/1960 30/08/1969 Tassie Johnson, Bryan Kenneally
3262 1965 Es 25/09/1965 31/08/1974 Don McKenzie, Geoff Prior
3262 1982 Ca 25/09/1982 31/08/1991 David Glascott
3269 1958 Co 20/09/1958  2/09/1967 Kevin Rose
3269 1964 Me 19/09/1964  1/09/1973 Barry Bourke, Frank Davis
3283 1925 Ge 10/10/1925  6/10/1934 George Todd, W.Jack Williams

 

[RogersResults]

In terms of calendar days between the GF and the last game played for the club by any of the premiership players:

Days Year Cb   GFDate    LastMatch Player(s)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2149 1922 Fi 14/10/1922  1/09/1928 Horrie Jenkin, Fred Williams
2527 1991 Ha 28/09/1991 29/08/1998 Jason Dunstall
2534 1961 Ha 23/09/1961 31/08/1968 Graham Arthur
2541 1921 Ri 15/10/1921 29/09/1928 Donald Don
2555 1950 Es 23/09/1950 21/09/1957 Bill Hutchison
2793 1952 Ge 27/09/1952 21/05/1960 Ron Hovey
2870 1918 Sy  7/09/1918 17/07/1926 Mark Tandy
2884 1923 Es 20/10/1923 12/09/1931 Rowley Watt
2898 1948 Me  9/10/1948 15/09/1956 Denis Cordner, Noel McMahen
2919 1920 Ri  2/10/1920 29/09/1928 Donald Don
2919 1949 Es 24/09/1949 21/09/1957 Bill Hutchison
3143 1931 Ge 10/10/1931 18/05/1940 Reg Hickey, Tommy Quinn
3150 1917 Co 22/09/1917  8/05/1926 Harry Saunders
3157 1951 Ge 29/09/1951 21/05/1960 Ron Hovey
3164 1926 Me  9/10/1926  8/06/1935 Dick J. Taylor
3199 1905 Fi 30/09/1905  4/07/1914 Bill J. Walker
3234 1937 Ge 25/09/1937  3/08/1946 Jack W. Grant
3255 1963 Ge  5/10/1963  2/09/1972 Doug Wade
3255 1989 Ha 30/09/1989 29/08/1998 Jason Dunstall
3262 1919 Co 11/10/1919 15/09/1928 Ernie Wilson
3262 1941 Me 27/09/1941  2/09/1950 Don Cordner, J.Shane McGrath, Jack Mueller
3262 1960 Me 24/09/1960 30/08/1969 Tassie Johnson, Bryan Kenneally
3262 1965 Es 25/09/1965 31/08/1974 Don McKenzie, Geoff Prior
3262 1982 Ca 25/09/1982 31/08/1991 David Glascott
3269 1958 Co 20/09/1958  2/09/1967 Kevin Rose
3269 1964 Me 19/09/1964  1/09/1973 Barry Bourke, Frank Davis
3283 1925 Ge 10/10/1925  6/10/1934 George Todd, W.Jack Williams

Hawthorn 1991 is revealing as all the others under 9 years are from eras when average playing careers were significantly shorter. (Didn't adapt as quickly to the end of the recruiting zones?)

Interesting to note that the 7 shortest were really 'end of eras' with no intervening premiership.

Also of note is that all of Geelong's pre 2007 premiership teams are on the list. May be explained by Geelong having a high proportion of country players on their list who with their VFL premiership player status went back to the country to take up positions of playing coach with much more money than they could get playing VFL.

Country Cats v Essendon and Collingwood ‘burbs’
62.5% of Geelong's 1951 and 52 Grand Final squads recruited from country Victoria.
25.0% of Geelong's 1951 and 52 Grand Final squads recruited from the Geelong District.
75.0 % of Essendon's 1951 and Collingwood's 1952 Grand Final squads were recruited from suburban Melbourne.



My guess is that Richmond 1967 with Kevin Bartlett's departure in 1983 could be the longest surviving premiership team, followed by Richmond 1934 with Jack Dyer playing until 1949 - but maybe there are others, I've not thought of.

What could be interesting is the longest at least 6 of the premiership team stayed on the playing list.