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First recorded by Collingwood in 1898 and most recently by Gold Coast in 2020, 4.11 has been a final score 44 times across 125 V/AFL seasons. Its reverse — 11.4 — has been recorded 32 times. — Andrew Gigacz
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Sturt's Ray Whelan was born 100 years ago today. Nicknamed 'Rusty', Whelan played exactly 100 games for the Double Blues between 1943 and 1951. — Andrew Gigacz
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South Melbourne's Max Scott was born 115 years ago today. Scott played 15 games for the Bloods in 1929 and 1931. He died in 1989, aged 82. — Andrew Gigacz
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2.11 has been a final score in 12 of 15,983 VFL/AFL matches, while 11.2 has been registered on just six occasions. 2.11 was most recently recorded by North Melbourne in 2020, while 11.2 was registered by GWS this year. - Andrew Gigacz
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Carlton's Leo Brereton was born 85 years ago today. Brereton played 72 VFL matches wearing the CFC monogram on his jumper between 1957 and 1962, kicking 129 goals. — Andrew Gigacz
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Footscray's Frank Barton was born 121 years ago today. Barton played two VFL matches for the Bulldogs as a 25-year-old in 1926. He passed away in 1983, aged 83. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy 150th birthday to Fitzroy's Geoff Moriarty. Beginning his senior football career with Carlton in 1891, Moriarty went on to play 187 VFA/L matches for the Maroons between 1892 and 1907. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy 150th birthday to Collingwood's Bill Stranger. Across the 1897 and 1898 VFL seasons, Stranger played 17 games for the Magpies. He passed away in 1945, aged 73. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy 130th birthday to Fitzroy's Frank Strawbridge. Between 1917 and 1919, Strawbridge played 32 games for the Maroons, kicking 10 goals. — Andrew Gigacz
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First recorded by Geelong in 1932 and most recently by Essendon in 2006, 25.10 has been a final score 12 times across 125 V/AFL seasons. Its reverse, 10.25, has been registered only twice. — Andrew Gigacz
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Geelong's Johnny Keon passed away on this day 100 years ago, aged just 36. Keon played four games for the Pivotonians in 1908, kicking one goal. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy 121st birthday to Leo Tasker of Geelong and Carlton. Tasker played five VFL games for the Pivotonians in 1917, and 15 for the Blues in 1918-19. — Andrew Gigacz
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On this day 98 years ago Essendon won the 1923 VFL premiership, defeating Fitzroy by 17 points in the Grand Final. That match remains the only V/AFL game to be played on October 20. — Andrew Gigacz
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Melbourne's Dick Fenton-Smith was born 90 years ago today. Fenton-Smith's VFL career lasted just three seasons, incorporating only 50 games, but it included three grand finals and two premierships, in 1957 and 1959. — Andrew Gigacz
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Recorded twice in 2021, 18.10 has now been a final score 77 times in V/AFL history. Its reverse — 10.18 — has been recorded 80 times, although not since 2018. — Andrew Gigacz
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The only V/AFL match every played on October 17 came on this day last year when Geelong defeated Brisbane in the 2020 Second Preliminary Final. The Cats lost the Grand Final to Richmond a week later. — Andrew Gigacz
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Happy birthday to Doug Wade, who turns 80 today. Wade played 267 games for Geelong and North Melbourne from 1961 to 1975, kicking 1057 goals. He is one of only five players in V/AFL history to kick more than 1000 goals. — Andrew Gigacz
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The only V/AFL match ever played on October 15 came on this day 100 years ago when Carlton and Richmond met in the 1921 Grand Final. The Tigers won the match by four points to claim a second consecutive premiership. — Andrew Gigacz
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On this day 99 years ago, the only V/AFL match ever staged on October 14 was played. It was the 1922 VFL Grand Final, in which Fitzroy defeated Collingwood by 11 points to claim their seventh premiership. — Andrew Gigacz
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Not recorded at all in 2021, 13.10 has been a final score exactly 200 times over 125 V/AFL seasons. Its reverse — 10.13 — was registered six times in 2021, for a total of 252. — Andrew Gigacz
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Andrew Gigacz
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AFL: Western Bulldogs (VIC)
Local: Footscray (VIC)
Footy-head since I fell in love with the game in 1973 after receiving the Murfett "Aussie Footy" game for my 8th birthday. Born and bred in the western suburbs, I'm a passionate FOOTSCRAY supporter. David Smorgon might like the name Western Bulldogs, but they'll always be Footscray to me and many others.
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1. In a reserves game in 1978 at the Western Oval, from deep in the pocket at the Barkly St end, Peter Welsh sent a handball towards a team-mate in the goal square. He overcooked it and it went straight through the big sticks. The goal umpire thought he'd kicked it and signalled a goal, putting the Dogs in front against Essendon just before the final siren. The sight of the Essendon cheer-squad going nuts at the injustice will always be a highlight for me. 2. October 1st, 5pm. I think you know why.
