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Big Stats - Players

Goals
1970: Peter Hudson kicked 11 goals for Hawthorn against Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
Behinds
1970: Ross Smith kicked 6 behinds for St. Kilda against Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1970: Peter Crimmins kicked 6 behinds for Hawthorn against Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1987: Barry Mitchell kicked 5 behinds for Sydney against Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1992: Bill Brownless kicked 6 behinds for Geelong against Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
1992: Danny Del-Re kicked 5 behinds for Footscray against Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
2009: Jonathan Brown kicked 6 behinds for Brisbane against Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
Disposals
Kicks
Handballs
Marks
Hitouts
Tackles
Frees for
Frees against
1970: Don Scott gave away 9 frees for Hawthorn vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)

Player Milestones

Debuts
Last game
1903: Jimmy Larkin played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1903: Tod Collins played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1914: Bobby Monk played his last game for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1914: Jack Brake played his last game for University (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1914: Percy Gibb played his last game for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1936: Stan Judkins played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1953: Bill Scanlan played his last game for Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1953: Jack Gaffney played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1953: Jack Thomson played his last game for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1959: Allan Jeans played his last game for St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1959: Bob Gazzard played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1959: Ray Allsopp played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1959: Alf Hughes played his last game for Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1959: Colin Wilson played his last game for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1959: Frank Dunin played his last game for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1959: Don Furness played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1959: Neil Trezise played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1970: Wes Lofts played his last game for Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1970: Geoff Gosper played his last game for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1970: Geoff Rosenow played his last game for Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1970: Gary Lazarus played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1970: Neil Ferguson played his last game for Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1970: Des Kennedy played his last game for St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1970: Daryl Peoples played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1970: Don McKenzie played his last game for Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1981: John Reid played his last game for Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1981: Andrew Moir played his last game for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1981: Peter Murnane played his last game for Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1981: Don Scott played his last game for Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1981: Gary Lofts played his last game for St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1992: Mark Zanotti played his last game for Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
1992: Richard Osborne played his last game for Fitzroy (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
1992: Terry Daniher played his last game for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
1992: Simon Madden played his last game for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
1993: Paul Broderick played his last game for Fitzroy (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1993: David Bain played his last game for Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1993: Matthew Dundas played his last game for Fitzroy (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1993: Alastair Lynch played his last game for Fitzroy (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1993: Ron McKeown played his last game for Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1998: Leigh Colbert played his last game for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1998: Martin McKinnon played his last game for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1998: Jason Dunstall played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1998: Gary Dhurrkay played his last game for Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1998: Tristan Lynch played his last game for Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1998: Scott Chisholm played his last game for Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1998: Andrew Bews played his last game for Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1998: Rod Keogh played his last game for St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1999: Troy Bond played his last game for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1999: Matthew Liptak played his last game for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1999: Jonathon Robran played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1999: Rod Jameson played his last game for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2004: Adrian Cox played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2004: Chris Ladhams played his last game for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2004: Lance Picioane played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2004: Mark Graham played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2004: Nathan Thompson played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2004: Tyson Stenglein played his last game for Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2008: Jeff Farmer played his last game for Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2008: Josh Carr played his last game for Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2009: Darren Jolly played his last game for Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2009: Matthew Lloyd played his last game for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2009: Joel MacDonald played his last game for Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2009: Luke Ablett played his last game for Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2009: Jared Crouch played his last game for Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2009: Leo Barry played his last game for Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2010: James McDonald played his last game for Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2010: Cameron Bruce played his last game for Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2014: Luke Ball played his last game for Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R23)
2015: Michael Hibberd played his last game for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2015: Chris Yarran played his last game for Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2020: Mitch Hannan played his last game for Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
2021: Martin Gleeson played his last game for Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, 1EF)
Career games
1903: George Moodie played his 100th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1903: Son Barry played his 100th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. South Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1914: Charlie Hammond played his 100th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1925: Wels Eicke played his 200th V/AFL game: North Melbourne vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1931: Dick Taylor played his 150th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R16)
1953: Roy Wright played his 100th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1953: Leo Turner played his 100th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1953: Dave Bryden played his 100th V/AFL game: Footscray vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1959: Allan Woodley played his 100th V/AFL game: Hawthorn vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1964: Barry Capuano played his 100th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1970: Frank Davis played his 100th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1970: Stan Alves played his 100th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1981: Mike Fitzpatrick played his 100th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1981: David O'Halloran played his 100th V/AFL game: Hawthorn vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1981: Jim Jess played his 100th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1987: Gary Buckenara played his 100th V/AFL game: Hawthorn vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2003: Dustin Fletcher played his 200th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2003: Jason Johnson played his 100th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2003: Scott Lucas played his 150th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2003: Mark Johnson played his 100th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2004: Ben Harrison played his 150th V/AFL game: Western Bulldogs vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2009: Paul Bevan played his 100th V/AFL game: Sydney vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2009: David Mundy played his 100th V/AFL game: Fremantle vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2015: Ty Vickery played his 100th V/AFL game: Richmond vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2015: Jack Gunston played his 100th V/AFL game: Hawthorn vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2020: Darcy Byrne-Jones played his 100th V/AFL game: Port Adelaide vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
2020: Jake Lloyd played his 150th V/AFL game: Sydney vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
Career goals
1970: Peter 'Percy' Jones kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Carlton vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1987: Jason Dunstall kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Hawthorn vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1992: Paul Hudson kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Hawthorn vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R24)
1993: Sav Rocca kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Collingwood vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1993: Jason Dunstall kicked his 900th career V/AFL goal: Hawthorn vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1998: Nick Holland kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Hawthorn vs. Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1999: Clive Waterhouse kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Fremantle vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1999: Michael Mansfield kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Geelong vs. Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2008: Leon Davis kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Collingwood vs. Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2014: David Hale kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Hawthorn vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R23)
2020: Matt Taberner kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Fremantle vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R14)
Goals in a season
1925: Harry Davie kicked his 50th goal for the season for Melbourne vs. Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R15)
1931: Gordon Coventry kicked his 50th goal for the season for Collingwood vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R16)
1931: Doug Strang kicked his 50th goal for the season for Richmond vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R16)
1936: Bob Pratt kicked his 50th goal for the season for South Melbourne vs. Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R17)
1942: Norm Ware kicked his 50th goal for the season for Footscray vs. South Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1953: Jack Collins kicked his 50th goal for the season for Footscray vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R18)
1970: Alex Jesaulenko kicked his 100th goal for the season for Carlton vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2009: Jason Porplyzia kicked his 50th goal for the season for Adelaide vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2014: Jack Gunston kicked his 50th goal for the season for Hawthorn vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R23)
2015: Jake Stringer kicked his 50th goal for the season for Western Bulldogs vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)

Big Stats - Teams

Final score
Winning margin
Aggregate score
2009: (280 total) Carlton 104 vs. Adelaide 176 (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
Big crowds
1964: 92,231 attended Geelong vs. Essendon at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, 1SF)
1981: 64,207 attended Richmond vs. Carlton at M.C.G. (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
1998: 61,089 attended Geelong vs. Essendon at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)
2009: 77,278 attended Hawthorn vs. Essendon at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, R22)

Birth & Deaths

Births
Deaths

Footnotes

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