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On this day in Australian Football: July 28

Big Stats - Players

Goals
1934: Bill Mohr kicked 7 goals for St. Kilda against Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R12)
2018: Tom Hawkins kicked 7 goals for Geelong against Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
Behinds
1973: Val Perovic kicked 6 behinds for St. Kilda against Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1973: Terry Mayne kicked 5 behinds for Geelong against Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1979: Warwick Irwin kicked 5 behinds for Fitzroy against Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1990: Darren Bennett kicked 6 behinds for Melbourne against Fitzroy (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1990: Paul Roos kicked 5 behinds for Fitzroy against Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
Disposals
Kicks
Handballs
2012: Ed Curnow had 21 handballs for Carlton vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
Marks
Hitouts
Tackles
Frees for
Frees against

Player Milestones

Debuts
Last game
1945: Bert Edwards played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1951: Bob Wiggins played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R13)
1951: Alan Olle played his last game for St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R13)
1990: Darren Morgan played his last game for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1991: Warwick Capper played his last game for Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
1996: Mark Hunter played his last game for Footscray (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1996: Troy Gray played his last game for Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1996: Greg Anderson played his last game for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1996: David Brown played his last game for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2006: Peter Everitt played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2006: Nick Ries played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2007: Andrew Krakouer played his last game for Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2012: Bret Thornton played his last game for Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2012: Stefan Martin played his last game for Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2012: Kelvin Moore played his last game for Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2012: Brad Symes played his last game for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
Career games
1928: Cliff Rankin played his 150th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
1945: Dick Reynolds played his 200th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1951: Ron Clegg played his 100th V/AFL game: South Melbourne vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R13)
1951: Ken Hands played his 100th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R13)
1962: Brian Walsh played his 100th V/AFL game: St. Kilda vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
1973: Barry Breen played his 150th V/AFL game: St. Kilda vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1973: Ian Bremner played his 100th V/AFL game: Hawthorn vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1979: Ray Byrne played his 100th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1979: Ian Dunstan played his 100th V/AFL game: Footscray vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1979: Mark MacLure played his 100th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1984: Rod Austin played his 200th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1984: Rod Ashman played his 200th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1984: Glenn Hawker played his 100th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1990: Graeme Yeats played his 100th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Fitzroy (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1996: Paul Williams played his 100th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. Footscray (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2001: Aaron Hamill played his 100th V/AFL game: St. Kilda vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2001: Shane Woewodin played his 100th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2007: Tom Harley played his 150th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2007: Tarkyn Lockyer played his 150th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2007: Max Hudghton played his 200th V/AFL game: St. Kilda vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2012: Jarrod Harbrow played his 100th V/AFL game: Gold Coast vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2012: Brad Green played his 250th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2012: Joel Corey played his 250th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2012: Andrew Carrazzo played his 150th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2013: Matt Maguire played his 150th V/AFL game: Brisbane vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2017: Josh Kennedy played his 200th V/AFL game: Sydney vs. Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
2018: Jordan Lewis played his 300th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
2018: Brodie Grundy played his 100th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
2018: Dom Tyson played his 100th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
2019: Tom Hawkins played his 250th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
2023: George Hewett played his 150th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R20)
Career goals
1917: Jim Toohey, Snr kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Fitzroy vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R12)
1928: Bob Johnson, Snr kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Melbourne vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
1956: Neil Trezise kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Geelong vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1962: Doug Wade kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Geelong vs. Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
1979: Bob Beecroft kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Fitzroy vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1989: Leon Harris kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Fitzroy vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2002: Sav Rocca kicked his 600th career V/AFL goal: North Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2012: Brent Harvey kicked his 400th career V/AFL goal: North Melbourne vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
2018: Jake Melksham kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Melbourne vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
2019: Sam Lloyd kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Western Bulldogs vs. Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)
Goals in a season
1928: Ted Johnson kicked his 50th goal for the season for South Melbourne vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
1934: Tom Fitzmaurice kicked his 50th goal for the season for North Melbourne vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R12)
1951: George Goninon kicked his 50th goal for the season for Geelong vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R13)
1962: Doug Wade kicked his 50th goal for the season for Geelong vs. Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
1989: Richard Osborne kicked his 50th goal for the season for Fitzroy vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1990: Stephen Kernahan kicked his 50th goal for the season for Carlton vs. West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1996: Tony Modra kicked his 50th goal for the season for Adelaide vs. Fitzroy (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2002: Kent Kingsley kicked his 50th goal for the season for Geelong vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
2013: Jack Riewoldt kicked his 50th goal for the season for Richmond vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R18)

Big Stats - Teams

Final score
Winning margin
Aggregate score
1979: (286 total) Fitzroy 238 vs. Melbourne 48 (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
Big crowds
2017: 52,181 attended Hawthorn vs. Sydney at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, R19)

Birth & Deaths

Births
Deaths

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.