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On this day in Australian Football: March 18

Big Stats - Players

Goals
2000: Peter Everitt kicked 9 goals for St. Kilda against Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R2)
Behinds
2000: Peter Everitt kicked 6 behinds for St. Kilda against Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R2)
Handballs
2021: Patrick Cripps had 20 handballs for Carlton vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
2023: Adam Treloar had 21 handballs for Western Bulldogs vs. Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
2023: Luke Davies-Uniacke had 20 handballs for North Melbourne vs. West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Hitouts
2023: Jarrod Witts had 51 hitouts for Gold Coast vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Tackles
2017: Angelica Gogos had 12 tackles for Western Bulldogs WFC vs. Greater Western Sydney WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R7)
2023: James Rowbottom had 10 tackles for Sydney vs. Gold Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
2023: Reuben Ginbey had 12 tackles for West Coast vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)

Player Milestones

Career goals
2021: Jason Castagna kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Richmond vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
2022: Jade Gresham kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: St. Kilda vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
2022: Jamie Elliott kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Collingwood vs. St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)

Birth & Deaths

Births
1873: Dick Stewart (Carlton)
1877: Clem Hill (South Adelaide)
1879: Arthur Nickless (South Melbourne)
1881: Sam Stivey (Carlton)
1885: Leo Duff (St. Kilda)
1885: Les Weate (South Melbourne)
1887: Harry Burton (Richmond)
1887: Bert Glover (Geelong)
1889: Wilfred Stott (Essendon, Richmond)
1893: Les Oram (Collingwood)
1895: Bill Talbot (South Melbourne, St. Kilda)
1898: Harry Purdy, Jnr (South Melbourne)
1900: George Gough (Fitzroy, Carlton)
1906: Harold Logan (Port Adelaide)
1911: Mick Cronin (East Perth)
1913: Ted Griffin (Fitzroy)
1929: Pat Harrington (South Melbourne)
1936: Brendan Edwards (Hawthorn)
1945: Terry McGee (South Melbourne)
1947: Bob Mallett (South Melbourne)
1953: Renato Serafini (Fitzroy, Carlton)
1957: Noel Jenkinson (Richmond, South Melbourne)
1957: Ross Ditchburn (Claremont, Carlton)
1962: Grant Fielke (West Adelaide, Collingwood, Adelaide)
1964: Mark Williams (Carlton, Footscray)
1978: Matthew Clucas (Fremantle)
1983: Setanta O'Hailpin (Carlton, Greater Western Sydney)
1988: Nathan Batsanis (Woodville West Torrens, Port Melbourne, Norwood)
1995: Patrick Cripps (Carlton)
1995: Jordan Zanchetta (Brisbane WFC, Essendon WFC)
1996: Oscar McDonald (North Ballarat, Casey, Melbourne, Carlton)
1996: Declan Hamilton (Footscray, North Adelaide)
1997: Ainslie Kemp (Melbourne WFC, Hawthorn WFC)
1998: Kobe Mutch (GWS Reserves, Essendon Reserves, Essendon)
1999: Tarir Bayok (East Perth)
1999: Rene Caris (Geelong WFC)
2001: Charlotte Hammans (Carlton WFC)
2002: Alex Davies (Gold Coast)
Deaths
1920: Tom Bollard (South Melbourne)
1951: Peter Bourke (South Melbourne, South Ballarat)
1952: Bill Sugg (West Adelaide, North Adelaide, Sturt)
1958: Harrie Cross (Collingwood)
1962: Bill Pickering (St. Kilda)
1974: Frank Ford (Richmond, Essendon)
1985: Charlie Healy (North Melbourne)
1987: Ken Reynolds (South Melbourne)
1997: Tom Butherway (Fitzroy)
2003: Noel Ross (Richmond)
2003: Stan Le Lievre (St. Kilda)
2006: Allan Miller (South Melbourne)
2009: Bill Snell (Essendon)
2009: Des Healey (Collingwood)
2009: Eddie Gray (Collingwood)
2010: Ernie Payne (South Melbourne)
2014: Roy Rawlings (Footscray)
2018: Fred Bills (West Torrens)
2020: Bob Myers (St. Kilda)

Footnotes

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