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North park said:
In Round 6 of 1979, Fitzroy 24.19.163 defeated Melbourne 21.14.140. Of course, their better remembered game of 1979 came in Round 17 when Fitzroy kicked a then record score of 36.22.238 to Melbourne's 6.12.48 to win by a record 190 point margin.

This means Fitzroy kicked a combined total score of 60.41.401 (or an average of just over 200 points) in its two games against Melbourne in 1979.

The only comparison I can find is Geelong v Brisbane Bears in 1992 with scores of 37.17.239 and 23.13.151 for a combined total of 60.30.390 (average of 195 points).

Are there any other examples of a team scoring such a large combined total against another team from two games in the same season?

What is the record for three games?

What is the record for four or more games?
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The biggest example I have come across was in the SANFL in 1975. In Round 8, Glenelg defeated Central Districts 33.14 (212) to 9.17 (71). In Round 17 they recorded an even bigger victory - 49.23 (317) to 11.13 (79), thus kicking a combined score of 82.37 (529), or an average score of 264.5 points against the Bulldogs.
 
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In 1990 Sydney won 5 games, all of them after being behind at 3 quarter time.

Is this most games won in a VFL/AFL season by a side who were never in front at 3QT?

It also led me to wonder what is the most amount of games in a VFL/AFL season by a side when behind at the final break?
 
wagstaff said:
In 1990 Sydney won 5 games, all of them after being behind at 3 quarter time.

Is this most games won in a VFL/AFL season by a side who were never in front at 3QT?

It also led me to wonder what is the most amount of games in a VFL/AFL season by a side when behind at the final break?
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7 - Melbourne 1946 (22), West Coast 2006 (26)
6 - Collingwood 1932 (20)
5 - South Melbourne 1907 (19), Richmond 1921 (19), Melbourne 1949 (19), Essendon 1960 (19), Melbourne 1928 (20), Melbourne 1968 (20), Melbourne 1940 (21), Fitzroy 1970 (22), Collingwood 1983 (22), Sydney 1990 (22), North Melbourne 1991 (22), Richmond 1998 (22), Carlton 2008 (22), Port Adelaide 2010 (22), Collingwood 1992 (23), Collingwood 1970 (24), Geelong 1978 (24), Sydney 1987 (24), Western Bulldo9gs 1998 (24), Carlton 1970 (25), Fitzroy 1986 (25), North Melbourne 1999 (25), Sydney 2005 (26)

Sydney 1990 (13th) was the lowest-placed of those teams. Every other team won at least 8 games for the season.

Note that Sydney led at 3/4 time in R15 v Footscray.

Only 7 teams have gone through a full season without leading at 3/4 time - St.Kilda 1897 & 1898, Melbourne 1906 & 1919, Geelong 1944, North Melbourne 1972 and Melbourne 1981. None of those won more than one game for the year.
 
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Ron The Bear said:
Club|W|L|D|Win %
\Ge|215|81|2|72.48
\Ha|189|108|1|63.59
\Sy|186|113|4|62.05
\Ad|169|120|0|58.48
\Co|170|122|2|58.16
\WC|164|127|1|56.34
\St|149|134|5|52.60
\Fr|149|138|1|51.91
\WB|149|139|2|51.72
\NM|146|139|2|51.22
\PA|127|154|2|45.23
\Ri|120|152|5|44.22
\Es|108|165|4|39.71
\Ca|104|172|4|37.86
\GWS|45|77|0|36.89
\Br|96|177|3|35.33
\Me|86|188|3|31.59
\GC|37|103|1|26.60
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Adelaide definitely the unlucky one there! Then my bloody Saints.
 
Richmond were ahead 7 goals to 1 today and lost. Has that ever happened before? Has a team ever been ahead 8 or 9 goals to 1 before and lost?

In a similar vein, what is the most goals to start a game a team has conceded before coming back to win.

Is it 6 goals? 7 goals? 8 goals?

What about for a team that has scored 2 goals? Biggest goal deficit to overcome for a victory. For 3 goals, 4 goals, 5 goals even.
 
First 3 games of the round - the winning team has scored 80 something, the losing team has scored 70 something.

Surely this has never happened before with any combination. I'm guessing it may have happened several times in the same round though.
 
McCrann said:
Richmond were ahead 7 goals to 1 today and lost. Has that ever happened before? Has a team ever been ahead 8 or 9 goals to 1 before and lost?

In a similar vein, what is the most goals to start a game a team has conceded before coming back to win.

Is it 6 goals? 7 goals? 8 goals?

What about for a team that has scored 2 goals? Biggest goal deficit to overcome for a victory. For 3 goals, 4 goals, 5 goals even.
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I imagine 7 to 1 has happened before. But for three goals the biggest deficit is 69 points. Essendon trailed 3.4.22-15.1.91 before the comeback in THAT game in 2001.
 

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Bulldogs were ahead 8 to none against west coast in 1998. Then the eagles kicked the next eleven so at one stage that would have been 8-1
 
McCrann said:
Richmond were ahead 7 goals to 1 today and lost. Has that ever happened before? Has a team ever been ahead 8 or 9 goals to 1 before and lost?

In a similar vein, what is the most goals to start a game a team has conceded before coming back to win.

Is it 6 goals? 7 goals? 8 goals?

What about for a team that has scored 2 goals? Biggest goal deficit to overcome for a victory. For 3 goals, 4 goals, 5 goals even.
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Just a few weeks ago Hawthorn were up 6 goals to 0, 8 to 1 and 9 to 2 against Collingwood and lost.
 
McCrann said:
First 3 games of the round - the winning team has scored 80 something, the losing team has scored 70 something.

Surely this has never happened before with any combination. I'm guessing it may have happened several times in the same round though.
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First time. Also occurred in GC v Carlton - first round with four such scorelines.

Three - 2011 R5, 2008 R3, 1968 R14, 1954 R11, 1954 R8, 1934 R15.
 
What is the most number of hyphenated names on a team list at the same time?

Port have two at the moment. Had Pittard retained his hyphenated name, that would have been three.
 
I feel as though at this point if the season there has been alot of games decided under a goal, or a low margin(below 20 points), has this season produced more close games than usual?
 
Pricey97 said:
I feel as though at this point if the season there has been alot of games decided under a goal, or a low margin(below 20 points), has this season produced more close games than usual?
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Edit: Updated to include rd. 14! Here are the figures from 1980 onwards for no. of wins/% of games won by 1 point, 1-6 and 1-18 points:-
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The cells with the blue background indicate the record year (1897-2017) for no. of wins for that margin/range. The figures show that in all three of those categories (from 1980 onwards) 2017 is the leading year in terms of the percentage of close games. Another edit: Draws now added by request!!!
 
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Ron The Bear said:
Puopolo's out of sync after yesterday.

Player|Games|Goals|Club(s)|Career
\Fitzpatrick, Mike|150|150|Ca|1975-1983
\Puopolo, Paul*|141|140|Ha|2011-2017
\Beams, Dayne|134|134|Co,Br|2009-2017
\Coates, George|128|128|Fi|1947-1954
\Duffy, Roger|117|117|WB|1952-1958
\Collins, Jack L.|112|112|Ge|1929-1938
\Bawden, Bob|107|107|Ri|1939-1945
\Reid, Sam B.*|105|105|Sy|2010-2017
\Grant, Jarrad*|94|94|WB,GC|2009-2016
\Oborne, Rod|92|92|Co,Ri|1972-1981
\O'Brien, Jim J.|75|75|St|1957-1963
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Puopolo's back in town at 146 / 146 !
 
How does this round compare for close margins:

- two games decided by 1 point, and in both games the winning team kicked fewer goals?

- three games where the winning team kicked fewer goals?

- four games decided by less than 1 goal?
 

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