And more on wacky scorelines ...
Last V.F.A. round of 1936, top side Brunswick, winners of 16 from 17 are down to play Preston, eighth, at Preston.
Preston got up by eight points in a major upset. But more intriguing was how! Quarter by quarter scores were :
Q1. Preston 0.1, Brunswick 8.3 Q2. Preston 10.10, Brunswick 8.3 Q3. Preston 10.11, Brunswick 17.19 Q4. Preston 18.21, Brunswick 17.19
Preston came from 50 points down to win by eight, probably not unique, but some arithmetic suggests it was freakish.
Just two behinds, both to Preston, kicked at the Cramer Street end, and a total of 35 goals and 38 behinds scored at the southern end of the ground!
On the face of it, you would think a howling gale, but strangely, a check on other north-south grounds suggest otherwise, nothing unusual at either V.F.L. or V.F.A. venues!
I have a lot more articles to share, but without knowing of australianfootball.com coming, I set up my own site ozsportshistory.com with a Melbourne Rules section covering (to date) the very earliest days of the game and some of the unheralded heroes of the time. Check it out while I duplicate some of the articles
Footnotes
I have a lot more articles to share, but without knowing of australianfootball.com coming, I set up my own site ozsportshistory.com with a Melbourne Rules section covering (to date) the very earliest days of the game and some of the unheralded heroes of the time. Check it out while I duplicate some of the articles here.
Comments
Andrew Gigacz 26 June 2012
Love that one, Brian. What an amazing game!
John Truslove 28 June 2012
Amazing scoreline in that they TWICE came back from 50 points down.
Brian Membrey 28 June 2012
Thanks, John, I confess I had'nt noted that little oddity before!
Ron Shaw 29 June 2012
Quirky and intriguing. There's no upward slope to the Cramer St end? It would be interesting to know if the southern end there at Preston has traditionally been the heavier scoring end. An interesting entry indeed Brian.
Brian Membrey 29 June 2012
Hi Ron, I am going to revisit this - on-line material mentions a strong wind in other matches. I need to recheck Q by Q scores at North-south grounds, but the Globe at the State Library is my only source for this. The Argus report on the Preston match suggests the locals packed the backline in the third term and 25 minutes of time-off resulted. Captain-coach Bert Hyde played at the southern end for all four quarters, alternately between full-back where presumably he kicked off 19 times and full-forward where he kicked six goals!
Ron Shaw 29 June 2012
Hey hey....the story just gets better. Maybe he was Hyde when booting those goals and Jeckle when kicking out! Keep up the great work Brian.
Brian Membrey 29 June 2012
Groannnnn!
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