Dan26 : Your help reqd - longest spell between draws ...

[Mobbs]

I need your help, Dan, to judge this fact.

Fitzroy's last draw was in 1982 ... and they finished up after the 1996 season.

How's that on the scale of spells without a draw? It's about 14 and a half years ...

Just seems a pretty long time to me!

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Hi Mobbster - I've just replied to this on the Fitzroy board!

Just call me Dan Jr.

Blech.

 

[Falchoon]

Essendon 1929-1944
Saints 1922-1943
Geelong 1935-1952 & 1969-1987
Hawthorn 1968-1985
North last one in 1988 though they did play extra time once!
Melbourne 1971-1992 (one draw since '71) & 1935-1952
Doggies 1957-1973
Swans 1922-1937
Richmond 1980-1995

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Well, seeing as it's on the main board now, here's my reply on the Roys board:

It was a streak of 332 non-drawn matches, Fitzroy's longest. Of the traditional clubs, only Melbourne, Geelong and Hawthorn had less drawn matches in the 1970-1996 period (two apiece).

The record streak of non-drawn matches is 462 matches by Melbourne between R18 1971 and R7 1992. Fitzroy's streak is the sixth longest on record.

 

[Falchoon]

North is currently at 333, though they did play extra time in a final.

 

[Mobbs]

ok I guess that pretty much wraps it up!

thanks folks.

 

[Pessimistic]

Not surprising the roos have few draws as they ar somewhat a 'hot and cold' club.

Even in '96, which could be described as their best year, they had some huge wins and some huge defeats

 

[ScouseCat]

Originally posted by Falchoon
Geelong 1935-1952 & 1969-1987

I remember listening to Geelong drawing with Essendon in 1987 at Windy Hill. It was something like Essendon 14.13.97 to Geelong 13.19.97 and I remember being reasonably happy with the result as Geelong weren't a very good team back then and Essendon had been the power club of the mid 80's.

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Round 6 1987
May 2
at Windy Hill
ESSENDON 5. 2 8. 5 10. 7 14.12. 96
GEELONG 1. 5 7. 9 10.15 13.18. 96
GOALS: Ess- Barnes 4, Duckworth 2, Salmon, Baker, T.Daniher, Clark, Williams, Elshaug, Watson, Hawker.
Geel- Scott 3, Ablett 2, Brownless 2, Bruns 2, Lindner, Turner, Exell, Christensen.
BEST: Ess- Francis, Elshaug, Barnes, Hawker, Thompson, Williams.
Geel- Bruns, Bourke, Scott, Bews, Turner, Troy.
UMPIRES: Dore, Mitchell.
CROWD: 15,395

Prior to the match, Geelong was fourth and Essendon just out of the five in sixth spot. By the end of the season, though, Geelong finished two points and some percentage out of the five in sixth. Essendon ended up ninth. One of Sheedy's rare off years.

 

[Mobbs]

Pretty good effort to scavenge a draw up at Windy hill!

 

[ScouseCat]

Originally posted by BrainOfMorbius
Round 6 1987
May 2
at Windy Hill
ESSENDON 5. 2 8. 5 10. 7 14.12. 96
GEELONG 1. 5 7. 9 10.15 13.18. 96
GOALS: Ess- Barnes 4, Duckworth 2, Salmon, Baker, T.Daniher, Clark, Williams, Elshaug, Watson, Hawker.
Geel- Scott 3, Ablett 2, Brownless 2, Bruns 2, Lindner, Turner, Exell, Christensen.
BEST: Ess- Francis, Elshaug, Barnes, Hawker, Thompson, Williams.
Geel- Bruns, Bourke, Scott, Bews, Turner, Troy.
UMPIRES: Dore, Mitchell.
CROWD: 15,395

Prior to the match, Geelong was fourth and Essendon just out of the five in sixth spot. By the end of the season, though, Geelong finished two points and some percentage out of the five in sixth. Essendon ended up ninth. One of Sheedy's rare off years.

I was one point off... not bad!!

How did you get hold of this information?? Is there a website with all of this information available??

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

Originally posted by ScouseCat
How did you get hold of this information?? Is there a website with all of this information available??

Various sources - I have a series of text files containing scores and results painstakingly typed out by Mr Ripper covering matches from 1987 to 1998. As for lists of records, etc, if you check out the details about FootyWorks on my website (see my sig) you'll find easily the best footy stats software around.

Of course there's always *Paul*'s excellent http://afl.has.it/ site as well.

 

[Z_K]

Originally posted by Pessimistic
Not surprising the roos have few draws as they ar somewhat a 'hot and cold' club.

Even in '96, which could be described as their best year, they had some huge wins and some huge defeats

It is weird considering we have played a sh1tload of close games, especially in the past three years.

Before that, yes, it was a 10 goal win or a bigger loss. Didn't happen often though.

 

[PiesPremiers]

Originally posted by ScouseCat
I remember listening to Geelong drawing with Essendon in 1987 at Windy Hill. It was something like Essendon 14.13.97 to Geelong 13.19.97 and I remember being reasonably happy with the result as Geelong weren't a very good team back then and Essendon had been the power club of the mid 80's.

When has Geelong ever been a good team?

 

[topdon]

Originally posted by PiesPremiers
When has Geelong ever been a good team?

Half a decade ago apparently!

 

[topdon]

BTW ... Dan will be really p|ssed that so many have cut his lunch!!

 

[Dan26]

Looks like I joined this party a little late.

Sorry mobs... would have given you the info had I been online. For what it's worth, Essendon's 5 draws in the last 10 years is the most by any team in that period.

The most draws in any seaosn was 1921, when 5 were recorded

 

[Mobbs]

No worries Dan! At least you turned up with something up your sleeve, coincidentally something about the Bombers having more of something than the other clubs

 

[Balip]

Originally posted by Dan26

The most draws in any seaosn was 1921, when 5 were recorded

How many games was there in 1921?

5 seems amazing especially considering the 176 games played a year now.

 

[BrainOfMorbius]

There were just 76 matches played in 1921.