Stats observations

[worbod]

Having asked some questions about big comebacks on page 102 of the Stats Questions thread, I became curious about trying to make a list of the biggest comeback for each season, and seeing how far back I could go in relation to keeping the sequence of seasons consecutive.
I began by using *Paul's* well known website and used the Scoring Progression link for seasons 2008 to 2013. I then used the link for each team and looked at the instances where each team had won from particular deficits at the end of each quarter. From this, I made a shortlist of games worth researching. To further assist, I then checked with newspaper microfilm of The Age, The Sun and The Herald-Sun, as well as a few other major papers if the team making the comeback was not Melbourne based. I have also used the Greatest Comebacks section in the AFL Record; however some of my discoveries are not presently listed in the Record.
Naturally, I wanted to discover precise minute-marks of specific quarters in unearthing the biggest comeback for each season, and was fortunate to be able to do so for more seasons than I expected. On the other hand, the newspapers do not seem to have reported much data for this statistic for particular seasons. 1976 provided me with interesting reading, but 1979 gave me nothing specific. Hence, where I do not have a precise minute-mark listed I have had to assume the deficit at the break was the largest for the season. Also, sometimes I found a report which said something such as "early in the second quarter". This is true for the 1980, 1983, 1990 and 1991 comebacks, hence no specific minute-mark.
I have also included a column which lists the scores, where known, prior to the comeback. I have included 2013 in the table though of course that could change by season's end (though what a mighty comeback it would need to be). Let me know about any errors I might have posted.
Hope this preamble makes sense, and here is what I have found.

Season	Round	Defecit	Time	Final scores	Scores prior to comeback	Venue
1976	12	44	3rd Q (6 min)	St.K 18.14 (122) d Haw 13.19 (97)	33-77	Princes Park
1977	9	47	4th Q (4 min)	Melb 20.12 (132) d St.K 18.19 (127)	79-126	Moorabbin
1978	20	55	2nd Q (10 min)	Coll 19.9 (123) d Rich 16.13 (109)	7-62	MCG
1979	16	36	1/4 time	Geel 20.9 (129) d St.K 14.20 (104)	14-50	Kardinia Park
1980	2	39	2nd Q	Carl 14.25 (109) d Geel 15.14 (104)	?	Princes Park
1981	17	43	1st Q (23 min)	Fitz 17.14 (116) d Rich 16.19 (115)	?	MCG
1982	21	48	2nd Q (1 min)	Rich 19.13 (127) d Syd 16.14 (110)	3-51	SCG
1983	20	48	2nd Q	Foot 19.11 (125) d Fitz 14.15 (99)	12-60	Western Oval
1984	7	41	1/2 time	Carl 18.14 (122) d Melb 16.9 (105)	30-71	MCG
1985	2	44	1st Q (19 min)	Foot 20.14 (134) d N.Melb 16.12 (108)	0-44	Waverley
1986	19	36	1/2 time	Melb 18.19 (127) d Geel 17.18 (120)	34-70	MCG
1987	4	51	3rd Q (23 min)	Coll 16.14 (110) d Rich 15.10 (100)	41-92	Waverley
1988	5	43	2nd Q (13 min)	Bris 13.15 (93) d St.K 12.12 (84)	?	Moorabbin
1989	6	56	2nd Q (28 min)	Haw 26.15 (171) d Geel 25.13 (163)	52-108	Princes Park
1990	15	50	2nd Q	WCE 16.12 (108) d St.K 14.6 (90)	13-63	WACA
1991	8	40	2nd Q (25 min)	N.Melb 22.18 (150) d Geel 17.17 (119)	?	Kardinia Park
1992	6	47	4th Q (3 min)	Ess 18.16 (124) d Melb 19.9 (123)	74-121	MCG
1993	Pre	42	1/2 time	Ess 17.9 (111) d Adel 14.16 (100)	42-84	MCG
1994	7	51	3rd Q	St.K 16.14 (110) d Syd 17.7 (109)	?	SCG
1995	16	51	3rd Q (25 min)	Bris 14.20 (104) d Haw 14.13 (97)	37-88	Gabba
1996	11	39	2nd Q (6 min)	Haw 16.12 (108) d Adel 14.15 (99)	21-60	Waverley
1997	12	40	1/4 time	Port 14.10 (94) d WB 12.10 (82)	10-50	Princes Park
1998	10	49	1st Q (time on)	WCE 16.17 (113) d WB 15.10 (100)	3-52	WACA
1999	13	63	2nd Q (5 min)	Haw 17.7 (109) d St.K 14.12 (96)	7-70	Waverley
2000	15	42	2nd Q (22 min)	WB 16.10 (106) d N.Melb 15.12 (102)	30-72	Docklands
2001	16	69	2nd Q (10 min)	Ess 27.9 (171) d N.Melb 25.9 (159)	22-91	MCG
2002	9	40	2nd Q (13 min)	WB 18.9 (117) d Geel 17.3 (105)	21-61	Kardinia Park
2003	5	51	2nd Q (22 min)	Rich 18.7 (115) d Haw 14.11 (95)	27-78	MCG
2004	6	40	2nd Q (32 min)	WB 19.6 (120) d N.Melb 18.11 (119)	50-90	Manuka
	19	40	4th Q (1 min)	N.Melb 17.16 (118) d Syd 18.4 (112)	60-100	SCG
2005	18	40	3rd Q (5 min)	N.Melb 15.10 (100) d Port 14.12 (96)	21-61	Manuka
2006	10	54	3rd Q (18 min)	WCE 16.5 (101) d Geel 15.8 (98)	31-85	Kardinia Park
2007	3	48	2nd Q (29 min)	Carl 18.17 (125) d Ess 17.20 (122)	37-85	MCG
2008	7	51	3rd Q (1 min)	Melb 17.17 (119) d Fre 15.23 (113)	26-77	MCG
2009	21	47	1st Q (31 min)	Bris 16.11 (107) d Port 14.8 (92)	13-60	Gabba
2010	15	36	2nd Q (10 min)	Coll 16.9 (105) d Port 12.7 (79)	9-45	Football Park
2011	5	40	3rd Q (29 min)	Gold 15.14 (104) d Port 15.11 (101)	51-91	Football Park
2012	21	38	2nd Q (1 min)	Bris 13.17 (95) d Adel 12.13 (85)	3-41	Gabba
	22	38	2nd Q (14 min)	Haw 15.12 (102) d Syd 14.11 (95)	9-47	Gabba
2013	13	52	3rd Q (21 min)	Bris 15.13 (103) d Geel 14.14 (98)	36-88	Gabba

 

[worbod]

Other noteworthy comebacks within the 1976-2013 timeframe (not achieved from a quarter time break)

Season	Round	Defecit	Time	Final scores	Scores prior to comeback	Venue
1978	10	47	2nd Q (time on)	Foot 19.11 (125) d Carl 15.14 (104)	36-83	Western Oval
2001	12	47	2nd Q (15 min)	WB 15.4 (94) d Geel 13.9 (87)	15-62	Kardinia Park
1987	5	46	3rd Q (21 min)	Syd 21.20 (146) d Rich 19.12 (126)	52-98	MCG
2008	4	46	3rd Q (8 min)	Bris 18.16 (124) d Port 16.8 (104)	31-77	Football Park
1983	21	45	3rd Q (time on)	Foot 16.4 (100) d St. K 13.16 (94)	39-84	Moorabbin
1978	17	44	1st Q (20 min)	St.K 20.21 (141) d Melb 13.11 (89)	0-44	Moorabbin
1987	11	44	2nd Q (1 min)	Haw 17.11 (113) d N.Melb 14.7 (91)	7-51	Waverley
2006	11	44	3rd Q (9 min)	WCE 16.15 (111) d Carl 15.11 (101)	37-81	Subiaco
1983	5	43	2nd Q (11 min)	Melb 18.13 (121) d Geel 16.14 (110)	?	Kardinia Park
1983	15	43	2nd Q (time on)	Syd 23.9 (147) d Fitz 17.15 (117)	53-96	SCG
1981	16	42	2nd Q (2 min)	S.Melb 22.19 (151) d St.K 16.4 (100)	18-60	Lake Oval
1987	1	41	3rd Q	Geel 14.18 (102) d St.K 15.11 (101)	?	Moorabbin
1987	11	41	2nd Q	Rich 22.17 (149) d Fitz 18.15 (123)	20-61	Princes Park
1987	21	41	2nd Q	St.K 15.17 (107) d Coll 8.10 (58)	5-46	Moorabbin
1987	22	41	3rd Q (time on)	Syd 20.21 (141) d Fitz 20.13 (133)	?	Princes Park
1999	14	41	1st Q (28 min)	WB 18.15 (123) d Syd 14.17 (101)	9-50	SCG
2001	18	41	2nd Q (12 min)	Fre 16.10 (106) d Haw 13.12 (90)	24-65	Docklands
2013	2	41	2nd Q (29 min)	Geel 16.16 (112) d N.Melb 17.6 (108)	34-75	Docklands
2013	5	41	3rd Q (19 min)	Port 12.12 (84) d WCE 10.19 (79)	29-70	Football Park
1976	14	40	3rd Q (23 min)	Fitz 17.17 (119) d Geel 13.18 (96)	?	Junction Oval
1981	7	40	3rd Q (10 min)	Fitz 13.14 (92) d Rich 12.16 (88)	?	Junction Oval
1981	8	40	2nd Q (20 min)	Carl 12.13 (85) d Geel 12.8 (80)	22-62	Kardinia Park

These are comebacks not presently listed in the AFL Record Season Guide

 

[Catsace]

For Worbod's stats above, i can recall listening to a scratchy AM radio reception on 3KZ for the Geelong/Carlton game. I do know Larry Donohue had a shot at half time and kicked a point. I am pretty certain Carlton opened the scoring in the 3rd quarter...actually a very similar game to a year later at K.P when Geelong led 62-28 at 1/2 time against the Blues again. So the margin was at it's highest at half time, or at whatever point the Blues got the opening score in the 3rd quarter.

Adding to the Blues/Cats litany of woe (at least from a Cats fan's perspective)...1990 Rd 13 also saw Geelong lead 9.17.71 to 4.6.30 at half time, only to lose again, this time at Princes Park.

One may wonder.....could Geelong's magnificent recent W/L% be attributed in some part to not having to play at grounds like Princes Park and Waverley, where Geelong would probably play 5-6 games a year when at times the Hawks, Blues, Lions, Dogs and co were using it as a home ground? Geelong's Waverley record was pretty crappy being 42-56 as well. Two grounds a Cat fan gladly says 'good riddance' to!!

Note also that this week saw the Lions 18.9.117 to Kangaroos 17.3.105 match the game score exactly to the Geelong/Dogs match highlighted above in 2002...

 

[Ron The Bear]

These are comebacks not presently listed in the AFL Record Season Guide

I'll add one which I remember fondly.

Easter Monday 1987, Round 11 at Princes Park.

Richmond trailed by 41 points "early in the second term" and won by 23.

p.56 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MDQ-9Oe3GGUC&dat=19870609&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

"We were three times as good as them, yet we only ended up 29 points in front at quarter time."
- David Parkin

Pretty sure Richmond was down 7 goals to 1 when we beat St.Kilda by 152 points at the SCG in 1980.

 

[Catsace]

The Cats/Dogs game in 2001....i was at that match and it was Geelong 10.2.62 to 2.3.15. I recall cursing the crazy accuracy of the Dogs who kicked just one more behind for the rest of the match!

 

[RogersResults]

Other noteworthy comebacks within the 1976-2013 timeframe (not achieved from a quarter time break)

These are comebacks not presently listed in the AFL Record Season Guide

Make sure you let them know - they may have access to video of some of these matches to verify them.

 

[RogersResults]

Observed in Round 16, 2013​

Crows have trouble exceeding the ton against the Magpies.

A couple of 250th milestones to cause the Crows no reason to celebrate.

Hawks extend 4 club records.

Some types of Cats like water to produce and add to records.

Melbourne making more reference to their nadir season.

Seldom seen recent events for Carlton v St Kilda.

Nth. Melbourne 2013 challenging their past ‘fade-out’ records.

Good shooting at the Gabba.

A number of lows up there with Cazaly.

Margins in a Swan’s win only seen 5 times before.

Giants slightly less ‘thrashed’ after 15 matches than last year.

A 75th ‘milestone’ for the Bombers.

West Coast’s opponents at Subiaco continue to get the ball behind significantly less.

Seven teams have won 5 of their last 6 matches.

Fremantle have won a higher percentage of round 16 matches than anyone else.

North, Brisbane and Adelaide are currently in what has been ‘mission impossible’ for the final 8 in past seasons.

Geelong’s defence is no longer in pre-2007 territory.

Matches won leading at each break are back to their lowest percentage since 1987.

Details and more: Click here.

 

[RogersResults]

One may wonder.....could Geelong's magnificent recent W/L% be attributed in some part to not having to play at grounds like Princes Park and Waverley, where Geelong would probably play 5-6 games a year when at times the Hawks, Blues, Lions, Dogs and co were using it as a home ground? Geelong's Waverley record was pretty crappy being 42-56 as well. Two grounds a Cat fan gladly says 'good riddance' to!!

In both cases you might think it may have had more to do with poor to mediocre Geelong teams for most of the 70s and 80s (and strong Carlton and Hawthorn teams at Princes Park.)

But in the case of Waverly, in years where Geelong was out of the finals they won 39.68% of their matches at Waverley and only 48.57% there in seasons where they were a finalist. So the extra backside kms on a bus seat out to Waverley may have had some effect - although Geelong did relatively worse at Waverley in their better seasons!

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Results from matches at Waverley in seasons not playing in the finals​

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Results from matches at Waverley in seasons playing in the finals.​

(Geelong played 14.26% of their matches 1970-1999 at Waverley the 2nd least for Victorian clubs after Footscray 13.93%.)​

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Princes Park was a 'Catastrophe' in the period where it was the shared home ground of Carlton and Hawthorn 1974-1991 (Fitzroy home games from 1987 too).​

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Matches at Princes Park 1974-1991​

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(7.8% of Geelong's matches were played at Princes Park in the period. Geelong's match/win% from all other matches 1974-1991 was 52.9%)​

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[Catsace]

^^^^^^^^^

Cheers R.R, thanks for the analysis...yes the Princes Park stat makes dismal reading for Geelong fans, and indeed most clubs with the Blues and Hawks winning over 70% of their games there in that time.

I guess i was thinking that if those other grounds were around still....even with Geelong's recent great sides, i just reckon a few more losses here and there may have occurred had Geelong played games at those venues. Maybe only one a season, or two even, but i do think the more homogeneous nature of only playing at the two main Vic venues must help a little. Particularly given that P.O and Waverley were venues that most sides saw a few times a year, rather than just once like say K.P.

But two games in particular resonate with me...Geelong lost the only game the Blues won out of their last 9 games in the 1991 season at P.P, and in Rd 2 2004 Geelong's loss to the Blues ended a club record 11 losses in a row sequence. I'm pretty sure had those matches been played anywhere else (certainly MCG) Geelong would have won or at least done a bit better. Certainly there were demons at that ground for the Cats sides of old.

 

[worbod]

Something else relating to comebacks: Teams known to have surrendered a large lead and still won the game.
(Wasn't sure how to present this in a table)

51 points: Geelong led Hawthorn with a scoreline of 63-12 at the 4 minute mark of the 2nd quarter of round 19, 2012. Hawthorn's biggest lead was 8 points when they led 114-106 at the 27 minute mark of the 4th quarter. Geelong won 18.10 (118) to 17.14 (116).
50 points: Fremantle led Sydney with a scoreline of 63-13 during the 2nd quarter of round 15, 2000. Sydney's biggest lead was 4 points during the 3rd quarter. Fremantle won 20.3 (123) to 14.12 (96).
47 points: Western Bulldogs led Brisbane Lions with a scoreline of 78-31 at the 27 minute mark of the 2nd quarter of round 18, 2005. Brisbane's biggest lead was 4 points when they led 105-101 at the 13 minute mark of the 4th quarter. Western Bulldogs won 23.13 (151) to 18.15 (123).
44 points: Fremantle led Collingwood with a scoreline of 52-8 at the 10 minute mark of the 2nd quarter of round 7, 2013. Collingwood's biggest lead was 2 points when they led 69-67 at the 5 minute mark of the 4th quarter. Fremantle won 15.10 (100) to 10.13 (73).
40 points: Adelaide led Melbourne with a scoreline of 50-10 at quarter time in the 2nd semi final of 2002. Melbourne's biggest lead was 29 points when they led 111-82 at the 24 minute mark of the 3rd quarter. Adelaide won 20.10 (130) to 17.16 (118).

 

[SJ]

In 2002 Geelong led Carlton by 38 points with 12 minutes remaining, surrendered the lead and won.

 

[worbod]

In 2002 Geelong led Carlton by 38 points with 12 minutes remaining, surrendered the lead and won.

I remember hearing this one on radio. A low trajectory Peter Riccardi kick after the siren got Geelong home. Any game which keeps Carlton on the bottom of the ladder is a good one.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Something else relating to comebacks: Teams known to have surrendered a large lead and still won the game.

Footscray led Richmond 10.3 to 0.3 at quarter time, 1983 R5. The siren sounded after Graeme Landy had launched a monster torp from half forward, which sailed through and reduced the final margin to two points.

Another two-point Bulldog win over Richmond occurred in R1 1994 at the Western Oval. I'm not sure of the lead the Dogs had early in the last quarter, but it may well have touched or exceeded 40 points. Anyhow Richo ran amok on first-gamer Danny Southern and finished with eight goals, including a colossal mark atop a goal square pack, sadly not captured on film. The game ended when the timekeepers mistakenly rang the siren more than two minutes early...

 

[UpForGrabs]

Something else relating to comebacks: Teams known to have surrendered a large lead and still won the game.
(Wasn't sure how to present this in a table)

51 points: Geelong led Hawthorn with a scoreline of 63-12 at the 4 minute mark of the 2nd quarter of round 19, 2012. Hawthorn's biggest lead was 8 points when they led 114-106 at the 27 minute mark of the 4th quarter. Geelong won 18.10 (118) to 17.14 (116).
50 points: Fremantle led Sydney with a scoreline of 63-13 during the 2nd quarter of round 15, 2000. Sydney's biggest lead was 4 points during the 3rd quarter. Fremantle won 20.3 (123) to 14.12 (96).
47 points: Western Bulldogs led Brisbane Lions with a scoreline of 78-31 at the 27 minute mark of the 2nd quarter of round 18, 2005. Brisbane's biggest lead was 4 points when they led 105-101 at the 13 minute mark of the 4th quarter. Western Bulldogs won 23.13 (151) to 18.15 (123).
44 points: Fremantle led Collingwood with a scoreline of 52-8 at the 10 minute mark of the 2nd quarter of round 7, 2013. Collingwood's biggest lead was 2 points when they led 69-67 at the 5 minute mark of the 4th quarter. Fremantle won 15.10 (100) to 10.13 (73).
40 points: Adelaide led Melbourne with a scoreline of 50-10 at quarter time in the 2nd semi final of 2002. Melbourne's biggest lead was 29 points when they led 111-82 at the 24 minute mark of the 3rd quarter. Adelaide won 20.10 (130) to 17.16 (118).

Forgot another one for you:

Round 19, 2011.

West Coast, after an Andrew Embley behind, lead the Bulldogs by 50 points 6:54 into the third quarter.

The Bulldogs hit the lead with a Daniel Giansiracusa goal 17:35 into the last quarter, only for West Coast to come back and eventually win by 8 points.

 

[mianfei]

Footscray led Richmond 10.3 to 0.3 at quarter time, 1983 R5. The siren sounded after Graeme Landy had launched a monster torp from half forward, which sailed through and reduced the final margin to two points.

Another two-point Bulldog win over Richmond occurred in R1 1994 at the Western Oval. I'm not sure of the lead the Dogs had early in the last quarter, but it may well have touched or exceeded 40 points. Anyhow Richo ran amok on first-gamer Danny Southern and finished with eight goals, including a colossal mark atop a goal square pack, sadly not captured on film. The game ended when the timekeepers mistakenly rang the siren more than two minutes early...

I’ve only seen a small amount of footage of that 1983 game, but it has always amazed me how Richmond came back so well to briefly take the lead in the last quarter - maybe it does not when one sees what happened to Footscray the following week when they lost by 22 goals at Windy Hill and Richmond who beat eventual premiers Hawthorn by eighteen points. Although they finished tenth in 1983, Richmond did show several glimpses of their old form against the Hawks, Carlton in round 12 and Essendon in Round 18. One is inclined to ask why they played so poorly in other games, and then there is the contrast in the Round 5 game of course!

 

[Ron The Bear]

I’ve only seen a small amount of footage of that 1983 game, but it has always amazed me how Richmond came back so well to briefly take the lead in the last quarter - maybe it does not when one sees what happened to Footscray the following week when they lost by 22 goals at Windy Hill and Richmond who beat eventual premiers Hawthorn by eighteen points. Although they finished tenth in 1983, Richmond did show several glimpses of their old form against the Hawks, Carlton in round 12 and Essendon in Round 18. One is inclined to ask why they played so poorly in other games, and then there is the contrast in the Round 5 game of course!

The 1983 team still had Lee, Roach, Wiley, Weightman, Jess, Bartlett, Rowlings, Keane, Strachan, Dunne, Welsh & Malthouse from the 1980 premiership side, with quality additions in Maurice Rioli, Brian Taylor, Graeme Landy & Phil Egan. There was considerable unrest off the field - Raines, Cloke and Wood had departed, and Francis Bourke pushed his former teammates very hard on the track. Bourke had a theory that his old mate KB, at 36, couldn't play four quarters, and Bartlett was unhappy at being played off the bench despite contributing 37 goals for the year. Bourke was ultimately sacked, Graeme Richmond departed, Fred Swift was murdered. It was the beginning of the darkness.

My memory of the first quarter of that game is that it was a very high standard, from Footscray at least. The Dogs had been poor for several years but shocked us by moving the ball very quickly and skilfully that day. Phil Egan, who started his career in a back pocket, took this spectacular mark at the Ponsford end, but it was a brief respite from the blitzkrieg.

 

[mianfei]

50 points: Fremantle led Sydney with a scoreline of 63-13 during the 2nd quarter of round 15, 2000. Sydney's biggest lead was 4 points during the 3rd quarter. Fremantle won 20.3 (123) to 14.12 (96).

That must have been a strange game! It seems as if the Dockers must have pulled away right at the end since it was very close at three-quarter time after Sydney kicked 7-3 (45) to 1-0 (6) to end the second quarter and then kicked a wasteful 3-6 (24) to 3-0 (18) in the third.

The Swans were in poor form at the time - being in fact third last ahead of only St. Kilda and Port Adelaide and having won only two of their last twelve - but the rebuild after the 1990s veterans like Lockett, Roos, Dale Lewis and Bayes disappeared was much more rapid that perhaps feared.

 

[worbod]

Forgot another one for you:

Round 19, 2011.

West Coast, after an Andrew Embley behind, lead the Bulldogs by 50 points 6:54 into the third quarter.

The Bulldogs hit the lead with a Daniel Giansiracusa goal 17:35 into the last quarter, only for West Coast to come back and eventually win by 8 points.

This reminded me of another of the Bulldogs' clashes with the Eagles: in 2009, also in round 19. Bulldogs trailed by 47 points 22 minutes into the 2nd quarter. Bulldogs were to hit the front by as much as 8 points at the 14:55 mark of the last quarter, but West Coast prevailed with a score line of 16.6 (102) to 13.19 (97).

 

[Belnakor]

Is there a table of most points conceded a 4th quarter but still won the game?

I remember a game from the early 2000s where the winning team chose not to sing the song because their performance in the last was so poor?

 

[UpForGrabs]

Is there a table of most points conceded a 4th quarter but still won the game?

I remember a game from the early 2000s where the winning team chose not to sing the song because their performance in the last was so poor?

We let Scott Lucas kick 7 goals in the final quarter against us in Rd 22, 2007 and still won the game.

Most hollow victory ever, that one.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Is there a table of most points conceded a 4th quarter but still won the game?

Pts|Score|Mgn|Club|Pts|Year|Rd|Opp|Venue
\67|11.1|52|Fi|25|1992|2|Es|MCG
\62|9.8|4|Ca|15|1980|22|Fi|Princes Pk
\62|10.2|37|Ri|53|1989|5|NM|MCG
\59|9.5|13|Me|25|1978|7|Ge|Waverley
\57|9.3|12|Fi|31|1980|1|WB|Whitten Ov
\57|9.3|21|NM|24|1983|16|Es|Arden St
\56|9.2|7|WB|21|1982|4|Me|MCG
\56|9.2|26|Es|38|1985|10|St|Moorabbin Ov
\56|9.2|18|WC|34|2002|13|Ad|Patersons St
\55|9.1|3|St|21|1978|14|NM|Arden St
\55|8.7|84|Ri|25|1982|18|Ge|Waverley
\55|9.1|6|Ha|41|1984|3|Me|MCG
\55|8.7|11|NM|8|1987|19|WC|WACA
\55|8.7|49|St|21|1992|14|Ri|MCG
\55|9.1|4|Sy|12|2012|11|Es|Etihad St
\55|9.1|3|Me|19|2013|14|WB|Simonds St
\54|8.6|55|Es|37|1945|4|St|Junction Ov
\53|8.5|46|Es|21|1938|12|St|Junction Ov
\53|8.5|20|Sy|8|1948|8|Ge|Simonds St
\53|8.5|24|Es|10|1983|4|Co|Windy Hill
\53|8.5|6|Ha|23|1989|46|Ge|MCG
\53|8.5|47|Br|40|1991|11|Sy|SCG
\52|7.10|8|Sy|21|1936|16|Es|Windy Hill
\52|8.4|7|Ha|2|1940|10|Ca|Princes Pk
\52|8.4|18|Sy|11|1982|8|Co|SCG
\52|8.4|36|Co|28|1982|11|St|Victoria Pk
\52|8.4|13|Ca|15|1988|8|NM|Waverley
\52|8.4|1|Me|20|2010|9|PA|TIO St
\51|8.3|20|Es|21|1972|3|Ri|MCG
\51|8.3|40|NM|27|1974|5|Me|MCG
\51|8.3|38|Ca|24|1980|1|Co|Victoria Pk
\51|8.3|97|Ge|40|1987|17|NM|MCG
\51|8.3|10|WB|24|1988|20|Me|MCG
\51|8.3|22|Co|20|2002|14|Ad|AAMI
\51|8.3|46|Br|28|2008|9|St|Gabba
\50|8.2|23|Co|32|1933|18|Me|Victoria Pk
\50|7.8|29|Me|32|1941|46|Es|MCG
\50|8.2|12|Sy|16|1966|7|NM|Lakeside Ov
\50|7.8|43|Ca|14|1978|21|WB|Princes Pk
\50|8.2|71|Ri|53|1979|18|St|Waverley
\50|8.2|70|Ca|43|1982|21|NM|Princes Pk
\50|8.2|11|Ha|18|1982|21|Me|MCG
\50|8.2|73|Ca|11|1985|19|Ri|MCG
\50|8.2|35|Br|34|1987|8|Ri|Metricon
\50|8.2|28|Es|33|1987|15|WC|WACA
\50|8.2|53|Ge|44|1988|10|Br|Metricon
\50|8.2|74|Ha|54|1988|19|Fi|Princes Pk
\50|8.2|29|WB|24|1992|44|St|Waverley
\50|8.2|37|St|22|1993|18|Sy|SCG
\50|8.2|16|Sy|17|1998|5|WB|SCG
\50|8.2|3|NM|23|2000|9|Ad|AAMI
\50|8.2|8|WC|14|2007|22|Es|Patersons

Equal second on the table was the infamous Richard Lounder's debut match. He sat in the goal square all day as Richmond bombed long to him, kicked 4.2 from 6 kicks and looked as though he could play a bit.

The last quarter was very long, around 35 minutes from memory, and most (perhaps all ?) of North's last quarter goals came after the 15-minute mark. It got very, very dark - the darkest conditions I've experienced at a daytime match - and I recall cursing the stingy MCG for not putting the lights on. Small crowd, struggling clubs, sub-par treatment...

 

[Catsace]

Must say, with the Tiger's inaugural win over the Suns last weekend, Gary Ablett Jr suffered his second loss to the Yellow and Black combination, matching his father's record against the Tigers in his career. Making now four defeats the name Gary Ablett has had overall in around 25 years of footy to Richmond.

Next cab off the Tiger rank is finally ending the Ross Lyon winning streak of 10 wins against Richmond as a coach.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Next cab off the Tiger rank is finally ending the Ross Lyon winning streak of 10 wins against Richmond as a coach.

Hey, that's only 10 games undefeated! One was a draw!

 

[Catsace]

Hey, that's only 10 games undefeated! One was a draw!

I guess i should not believe everything i watch on AFL 360 then...

 

[worbod]

An slightly older instance of a team known to have surrendered a large lead and still won the game:

In round 11, 1984 Fitzroy were seven goals ahead of North Melbourne 12 minutes into the 3rd quarter. North got as far ahead as 20 points 3 minutes into the 4th quarter, but Fitzroy prevailed in a grand shootout, 25.16 (166) vs. 23.14 (152).