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Swamp
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Sports Statistician working in TV. Programmer of stats/graphics solutions for sports broadcasts including AFL Grand Finals and Cricket World Cups
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13 clubs in 2018 have ex-GWS players on their list (GCS, GEEL, SYD & WCE the sides missing out)
Only 2 clubs have ex-RICH players on theirs (GWS & ESS)
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4,957 by Aaron Finch
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Aaron Finch named in the Aussie Test squad
Most international runs before getting to play in a Test match
4,957 AARON FINCH (still yet to play in a Test)
4,694 William Porterfield
4,270 Paul Stirling
3,828 Kevin O'Brien
3,588 Rohit Sharma
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In 2015 only one of the nine finals (HAW SF v ADEL) was won by the side that registered the first score of the match
The four sides from last weekend that registered the first score of the match ended up losing
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Most runs from first and last career Tests combined
425 Bill Ponsford
396 Andy Sandham
392 Reginald Foster
382 ALASTAIR COOK
369 Lawrence Rowe
339 Seymour Nurse
325 George Gunn
304 Bruce Mitchell
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Ignoring people to have played in only one Test, Alastair Cook is the only person to have scored at least 150 runs in both his debut and final Test matches
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2005
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Yep
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Remaining 6 teams v each other in 2018
WCE 6-1 125.2%
RICH 5-2 119.8%
GWS 3-3 89.9%
HAW 2-4 106.4%
MELB 2-3 81.3%
COLL 1-6 81.2%
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Playing in most losing finals
16 Len Thompson
15 JARRAD McVEIGH
15 Brad Johnson
15 Wayne Richardson
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Final ladder in 2018
Gap between 12th & 2nd spot - 4 wins and 17.3%
Gap between 12th & 13th spot - 4 wins and 26.8%
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2010 the only other time
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He played in the SF win last year, which was game #249
Most games before winning a finals match
270 Robbie Flower
255 Greg Wells
253 Paul WIlliams
249 Brett Deledio
243 John Murphy
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My bad, 41 people all up have managed that
Two this year
Josh Caddy v STK in R10
Luke Breust v WBD in R16
Should note that if you have 5 goals, having 5 kicks is a given
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Seven times all up, nine if you include Grand Final replays
2010 (GFR)
2007
1962
1948 (GFR)
1923
1920
1919
1910
1909
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No one has that particular set of numbers
Roger Merrett in 1995 is only person with 5 kicks, 5 handballs and 5 goals in a game (0 tackles, 2 marks)
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SYD have now lost their last 9 quarters of finals footy (stretching back to Q4 of the 2017 EF v ESS)
2nd longest streak ever - 10 quarters in a row by COLL (1960-64)
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1990
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283,148 people attend the first week of finals
Beats the previous record for a finals round (2011 week 1) by 12,470
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This is WCE's 50th final, playing in their 32nd season
They have now gone past WBD (49 in 94 seasons)
@WestCoastEagles @AFL #AFLFinals
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Swamp
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Most Finals campaigns in @AFL era
22 WCE
21
20 GEEL SYD
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18 HAW
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16 ESS NTH
15 ADEL
14 COLL
13 WBD
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11 CARL STK
10 BRIS MELB PORT
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7 FREM RICH
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3 GWS
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0 GCS
@WestCoastEagles #AFLEaglesPies #AFLFinals
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WCE & COLL become the second pair of clubs (after ESS & FITZ) to play finals vs each other at 5 different venues
@OptusStadium MCG, Subiaco, WACA & Waverley
@WestCoastEagles @CollingwoodFC #AFLFinals @AFL
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7th time COLL & WCE have played off in a final in the @AFL era
Equal most of any pair of clubs along with GEEL v HAW
@CollingwoodFC @WestCoastEagles #AFLEaglesPies #AFLFinals
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Keeping Buddy Franklin goalless in a final
0x: ADEL COLL ESS FREM HAW NTH STK SYD WBD
1x: GEEL
2x: GWS
@GWSGIANTS #AFLFinals #AFLSwansGiants @AFL
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Seasons where SYD lost 7+ games at the @SCG
2018
2000
1994 (9)
1993 (9)
1992 (9)
1991
1990 (8)
1985
@AFL #AFLFinals #AFLSwansGiants
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Sep 8 |
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SYD kick the last 2 goals of the game
Until then Toby Greene was set to become the fifth V/@AFL player to outscore an opposition side in a final
@GWSGIANTS #AFLSwansGiants #AFLFinals
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Sep 8 |
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8 points by MELB in 1897
In @AFl era it is 34 pts by WCE in the 2004 EF v SYD
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Sep 8 |
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Lowest 3QT score for STH/SYD in a final
18 - 1912 GF v ESS
18 - 1917 SF v COLL
18 - 2018 EF v GWS
@GWSGIANTS @sydneyswans #AFLSwansGiants @AFL #AFLFinals
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Swamp
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Sep 7 |
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Goals in finals by today's side
69 - Buddy Franklin
44 - @GWSGIANTS
@sydneyswans #AFLSwansGiants #AFLFinals @AFL
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Sep 7 |
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Games with 20+ contested possessions in finals
1x: 12 players
2x: Joel Selwood
3x:
4x: JOSH KENNEDY
@sydneyswans #AFLSwansGiants #AFLFinals @AFL
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