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Tonight, the umpires measured out possibly the longest 50m penalty by somehow bringing Collingwood 77.2m closer to their goal.

I also recall the infamous 2007 Collingwood vs Kangaroos game when Shannon Grant marked inside 50 in the dying stages and was awarded 50m for infringement. What should've been a kick on the goal line somehow translated to the man on the mark being 8m out, and Grant comically hit the post instead of putting the Roos in front. As far as I can tell, that 50m penalty was a paltry 36m at best. Collingwood too ended up benefiting from that one as they held on for the win. IIRC Mark Knight drew a blind umpire using the trundle wheel for the paper.

The question is, has there ever been a longer or shorter 50m penalty measured out by the umpire?

For obvious reasons, not counting those that put the man of the mark on the goal line, and not counting 100m penalties unless there's a massive discrepancy there too.
 
maskmcgee said:
Anyone know when the last out of the square infringement from a kick out happened?
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Not quite the same thing but in the contentious North Melbourne vs Collingwood game last year, Darcy Moore handballed out of the goal square, which is not allowed. But instead of being a free kick, the umpire resets play:

17. 17.1 PROCEDURE AFTER A BEHIND HAS BEEN SCORED BRINGING THE FOOTBALL BACK INTO PLAY
Unless Law 16.4 applies, after a goal Umpire has signalled a Behind:
(a) any player of the Defending Team may elect to Kick the football from within the Goal Square or play on by exiting the Goal Square within a reasonable time;
(b) if the Player has not elected to Kick the football or exit the Goal Square within a reasonable time, a field Umpire will call ‘Play On’;
(c) a Player may not handball the football from within the Goal Square unless the field Umpire has called ‘Play On’ pursuant to Law 17.1(b);
(d) The Mark shall be set at 15 metres from the centre of the Kick-Off Line towards the centre of the Playing Surface, as shown in Diagram 3.
17.2 FOOTBALL BROUGHT INTO PLAY INCORRECTLY
Where the field Umpire is of the opinion that a Player has not brought the football back into play in accordance with Law 17.1, the field Umpire shall reset the play.
 
Patrick Dangerfield is 35 years old and wears guernsey number 35. Has there ever been a higher guernsey number matched by the age of the player wearing it? I strongly suspect he's the record holder.
 
Generalissimo said:
Patrick Dangerfield is 35 years old and wears guernsey number 35. Has there ever been a higher guernsey number matched by the age of the player wearing it? I strongly suspect he's the record holder.
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Robert Harvey was also 35 years old when wearing the #35.

Of the active players, Jeremy Howe is next in line to break the record. He needs to play for another four seasons.
 
Ted Pollock holds the record for the youngest player to wear the jumper number of their age.

He made his debut in the #16 jumper in 1930 aged 16 years and 200 days.
 

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While we're talking jumper numbers, how many players have played with their age on their back on multiple occasions?

Example - Gordon McCracken debuted wearing number 22 at age 22 in 1920. Then at age 24, he switched to wearing 24.
 

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Wallaby said:
As a Richmond fan - I have a morbid fascination with finishing juuust out of the finals - ie 'Ninthmond'.

My question is - what is the best record a team has had and still missed out on the finals? I suspect in the days of the Final 4, it may have been Richmond in 1966 - when they won 13, lost4 and drew 1 out of 18.

Also, if possible - what is the best record for a team missing out on the Final 8 (I have a slightly sinking feeling I may already know the answer to this one as well!).
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Not sure if this has been subsequently answered, but Carlton finished 7th (final six) in 1992 with a 14-8 record. The Blues were 14-6 but dropped their last two games to Collingwood in a classic at VFL park in Round 23, then were belted by the Eagles in Perth in Round 24.
 
Would someone be able to tell me what is the longest sequence for a team alternating between wins and losses in AFL/VFL/VFA/SANFL/WAFL history?
 
GrahamClayton said:
Would someone be able to tell me what is the longest sequence for a team alternating between wins and losses in AFL/VFL/VFA/SANFL/WAFL history?
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I'm afraid I don't have a definite answer to your question, but I do have an interesting statistic along these lines and the longest of these sequences I know of.

When University made their debut in 1908 along with Richmond, it made for a 10-team competition with 18 games for each side. University's initial 9 matches went as follows - LWLWLWLWL - and it was Round 10 before the new blue and blacks got the same result twice in a row when their loss to Essendon followed a Round 9 loss to South Melbourne.
 
I have an interesting 'statistic' about 'alternating' results from the '80s.

I was in the work tipping competition and doing well. At one stage over a 4 or 5-week period I got 5/6 every week. The team I got wrong was Geelong - every .... single ..... time. I tipped them to go WLWLW - and they went LWLWL (something like that - it was 40 years ago). I remember it from the Monday morning tea break discussion where everyone laughed at me, and every week for a couple of months the discussion was 'Did you pick Geelong this week, Wal? I need to know.....'

I think I lost the competition by 3 or 4 points, and I've never trusted Geelong since.:mad:

Sorry for the diversion. But I have been stewing on it for 40-odd years.
 
Wallaby said:
I have an interesting 'statistic' about 'alternating' results from the '80s.

I was in the work tipping competition and doing well. At one stage over a 4 or 5-week period I got 5/6 every week. The team I got wrong was Geelong - every .... single ..... time. I tipped them to go WLWLW - and they went LWLWL (something like that - it was 40 years ago). I remember it from the Monday morning tea break discussion where everyone laughed at me, and every week for a couple of months the discussion was 'Did you pick Geelong this week, Wal? I need to know.....'

I think I lost the competition by 3 or 4 points, and I've never trusted Geelong since.:mad:

Sorry for the diversion. But I have been stewing on it for 40-odd years.
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in 1977 Geelong started LWLW until Rd 10 when losing to the Dogs at Western Oval caused them to go 4-6. Could that be the year?

Geelong also managed to do the same thing in 2019 after being 11-1, actually going LWLW from Rd 13 all the way to the PF, bowing out to the Tigers. LWLWLWLWLWLWL to finish the season off to be exact. The first round in 2020 ended that sequence with a defeat to modern day nemesis GWS in Sydney.
 

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