Stats questions

[red+black]

in the last 50 years I could only find a handful of players that had worn 5 different numbers

 

[red+black]

Anyone got a DOB for Essendon player Billy Harrison (played 24 games between 1909 and 1911) ?

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Billy_Harrison.html

 

[GrahamClayton]

Norwood kicked 13.1 (79) in the final quarter of their SANFL game against Sturt on the weekend - where does the Redlegs' 79 points stand on the list of highest scoring quarters by one team in SANFL history?

 

[red+black]

Norwood kicked 13.1 (79) in the final quarter of their SANFL game against Sturt on the weekend - where does the Redlegs' 79 points stand on the list of highest scoring quarters by one team in SANFL history?

Best I could do (list not exhaustive):

we'll assume this is not correct - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/33213

15.7 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/29480
16.0 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/32030
15.6 (& 13.6) - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/28647
15.3 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/28975
14.6 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/24153
14.5 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/29470
14.3 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/30720
14.3 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/31052
14.3 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/29882
14.3 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/29882
14.2 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/30355
13.6 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/27971
13.6 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/28814
13.5 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/29329
13.5 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/29522
13.5 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/29024
13.4 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/24041
12.9 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/28651
12.8 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/29447
13.2 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/26679
13.1 - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/103823

 

[35Daicos]

Anyone got a DOB for Essendon player Billy Harrison (played 24 games between 1909 and 1911) ?

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/B/Billy_Harrison.html

This post (from *Paul*) provides the answer as to why it's not on AFL Tables: I've had email from the grandson of Billy Harrison, who says he was born in 1883, but doesn't know day/month. He further divulges his DOD was 28 April 1949, not 30 May 1964 as wiki has it.

AustralianFootball.com has:
Born
14 December 1884

Died
30 May 1964 (aged 79)

Wikipedia has the same, and the AFL Historical Statistics site had 14-12-1884. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers doesn't have a DOB, neither does the Essendon Past Players page(s):
HARRISON, Billy

Years Played: 1909-11
Born:
Died: 30/05/1964

 

[Gibbsy]

Best I could do (list not exhaustive):

we'll assume this is not correct - https://australianfootball.com/game/view/33213

None of the SA dailies from 1897 have the qtr-by-qtr for that game. Strange, and a bit annoying.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54498632

 

[Underarm]

Richmond have 20 wins in a row in Melbourne, Is this close to a record?

 

[Nothing]

Lions have 4 wins for the season but a winning streak that is the at 3. What the longest streak per games won by the team?
(So at best there could be a team on a 4 game streak with 4 wins)

Further, their current streak is the current longest, what is the lowest ladder position that has had the longest streak at the start of the round.

 

[McCrann]

Has a team ever kicked 8 goals in a row and lost a game?

Hasn't happened yet, but Gold Coast have kicked the last 8 goals and have a terrible record in last quarters!

 

[McCrann]

Lions have 4 wins for the season but a winning streak that is the at 3. What the longest streak per games won by the team?
(So at best there could be a team on a 4 game streak with 4 wins)

Further, their current streak is the current longest, what is the lowest ladder position that has had the longest streak at the start of the round.

Collingwood in 1929 won 19 games including 18 in a row. I reckon you'd be hard-pressed to top that. 18/19. 94.7%.

 

[red+black]

Has a team ever kicked 8 goals in a row and lost a game?

Hasn't happened yet, but Gold Coast have kicked the last 8 goals and have a terrible record in last quarters!

9 - https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2001/051220010722.html
8-12 - https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1982/141619820822.html
8-9 - https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1937/101519370501.html
8 - https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1998/071819980529.html
7-9 - https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1951/121419510714.html
7-9 - https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1981/061419810725.html
7-8 - https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1931/030919311003.html
7-8 - https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1950/050719500805.html

Q1 goals: N - E - N(3) - E - N(8) with a David King point on the siren from just inside the square. Score 12.1 to 2.3
Q2 goals: N - E - N(2)** - E(9) - N. Score 16.1 to 12.4

Essendon led 1.1 to 1.0 but didn't hit the lead again until Q4 with the score 23.8-146 to 23.7-145, 11:39 remaining.

** Score 15.1 to 3.3, 14:15 remaining in Q2

 

[red+black]

Richmond have 20 wins in a row in Melbourne, Is this close to a record?

probably. Carlton won 20 straight in Melbourne across 1995/96. Melbourne won 19 across 1955/56, Collingwood 18 across 1903/04.

So it looks like Richmond need to beat Collingwood next week to pass Carlton's record.

 

[Rourke]

9 - https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2001/051220010722.html
8-12 - https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1982/141619820822.html

Is this complete? I have a memory of a match where one team had a streak of nine goals then the other had 12. I thought it was Richmond vs Hawthorn in the mid 2000s.
Edit: this one

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Is this complete? I have a memory of a match where one team had a streak of nine goals then the other had 12. I thought it was Richmond vs Hawthorn in the mid 2000s.
Edit: this one

Here's the scoreworm from that game.

 

[McCrann]

Here's the scoreworm from that game.

View attachment 531066

So Hawthorn kicked 7 goals in a row to start the game but lost. Fair effort!

 

[X_box_X]

Have Geelong been involved in the most matches where there was a kick for goal after the siren to decide the outcome of a match? It certainly appears they have had their fair share since 1994.

Off the top of my head (and there are some I am probably forgetting):

Billy Brownless goal after the siren in 1994 to beat the Bulldogs (QF)
Gary Ablett goal after the siren in 1994 to beat North Melbourne (PF)
Peter Riccardi goal after the siren in 2002 to beat Carlton
Matthew Egan behind after the siren in 2005 (a goal would have beaten Melbourne)
Jimmy Bartel behind after the siren in 2009 to beat Hawthorn
Brad Johnson behind after the siren in 2009 (a goal would have given the Bulldogs the win)
Tom Hawkins goal after the siren to beat Hawthorn in 2012
Ash McGrath goal after the siren to beat Geelong in 2013
David Mundy behind after the siren in 2014 (would have beaten Geelong)
Isaac Smith behind after the siren (would have beaten Geelong) in 2016
Tom Hawkins behind after the siren to draw with GWS in 2017
Jayden Hunt failed to score after the siren against Geelong in 2018 (a goal would have won Melbourne the game)
Harry Taylor behind after the siren (would have beaten Bulldogs) in 2018
Zac Tuohy goal after the siren to beat Melbourne in 2018

 

[red+black]

Is this complete? I have a memory of a match where one team had a streak of nine goals then the other had 12. I thought it was Richmond vs Hawthorn in the mid 2000s.
Edit: this one

So it was 7 goals. I looked up old newspapers for some of the other ones in my list but was not able to determine exactly how many consecutive goals were scored.

 

[Catsace]

Would Tom Hawkins have had the biggest 'Birthday bash' game in terms of goals kicked? 7 is not too bad for his 30th.

With X-box-X's list i also think Michael Walters had a snap shot at KP against Geelong for Freo i think a couple of years ago, but am not 100% certain if it was the final kick of the game, the kickout might have been the last play.

Geelong did have a rather uncanny and lucky run of opposing sides missing a last gasp shot at goal after that McGrath win....several times the game was won only by dint of a missed shot by an opposing player.

 

[red+black]

Would Tom Hawkins have had the biggest 'Birthday bash' game in terms of goals kicked? 7 is not too bad for his 30th.

Half of all players would have a birthday October-March, and then, for those that have a birthday during the season, only once every 7 years on average would they be playing that day.

 

[wagstaff]

By my count, Richmond and Melbourne last played in the finals together in 1941. Is there are a longer gap in VFL/AFL history of two sides not playing in the same finals series?

 

[35Daicos]

Have Geelong been involved in the most matches where there was a kick for goal after the siren to decide the outcome of a match? It certainly appears they have had their fair share since 1994.

Off the top of my head (and there are some I am probably forgetting):

Billy Brownless goal after the siren in 1994 to beat the Bulldogs (QF)
Gary Ablett goal after the siren in 1994 to beat North Melbourne (PF)
Peter Riccardi goal after the siren in 2002 to beat Carlton
Matthew Egan behind after the siren in 2005 (a goal would have beaten Melbourne)
Jimmy Bartel behind after the siren in 2009 to beat Hawthorn
Brad Johnson behind after the siren in 2009 (a goal would have given the Bulldogs the win)
Tom Hawkins goal after the siren to beat Hawthorn in 2012
Ash McGrath goal after the siren to beat Geelong in 2013
David Mundy behind after the siren in 2014 (would have beaten Geelong)
Isaac Smith behind after the siren (would have beaten Geelong) in 2016
Tom Hawkins behind after the siren to draw with GWS in 2017
Jayden Hunt failed to score after the siren against Geelong in 2018 (a goal would have won Melbourne the game)
Harry Taylor behind after the siren (would have beaten Bulldogs) in 2018
Zac Tuohy goal after the siren to beat Melbourne in 2018

Geelong's Wins After the Siren | VFL & AFL

Geelong has the honour of recording more wins with kicks after the siren than any other team in the league. This video features 7 of the Cats' most memorable victories.

 

[35Daicos]

With X-box-X's list i also think Michael Walters had a snap shot at KP against Geelong for Freo i think a couple of years ago, but am not 100% certain if it was the final kick of the game, the kickout might have been the last play.

Geelong did have a rather uncanny and lucky run of opposing sides missing a last gasp shot at goal after that McGrath win....several times the game was won only by dint of a missed shot by an opposing player.

That was the 2017 rd. 14 game, and was the last play of the game as this video shows (obviously wasn't a kick after the siren as per X_box_X's list):

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2017/080920170625.html

 

[maskmcgee]

Does anyone have stats on the coin toss? I swear Essendon seem to win the toss almost every single match.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Richmond have 20 wins in a row in Melbourne, Is this close to a record?

Equalled Carlton's record

Club|Seq|Period
\Ad|5|2005-06
\Br|5|2004
\Ca|20|1995-96
\Co|19|1928-29
\Es|16|1950-51,2000
\Fr|4|2012-13,2015
\Ge|14|2007-08
\GC|3|2014
\GWS|4|2014-15
\Ha|13|1988,1989-90
\Me|19|1955-56
\NM|9|2012
\PA|4|2003
\Ri|20|2017-18
\St|13|2009
\Sy|12|1933-34
\WC|5|1991,1992
\WB|11|2016-17
\Fi|16|1913
\Un|5|1910

 

[red+black]

That was the 2017 rd. 14 game, and was the last play of the game as this video shows (obviously wasn't a kick after the siren as per X_box_X's list):
https://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/2017/080920170625.html

Final quarter went 30m 7s but the last goal of the game was scored at 9m 44s!