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On this day in Australian Football: March 19

Big Stats - Players

Goals
2000: Daniel Bradshaw kicked 7 goals for Brisbane against Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R2)
Behinds
2000: Brendan Fevola kicked 5 behinds for Carlton against Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R2)
2023: Izak Rankine kicked 5 behinds for Adelaide against Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Kicks
2000: Scott Camporeale had 30 kicks for Carlton vs. Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R2)
2000: Wayne Schwass had 26 kicks for Sydney vs. West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R2)
2022: Dan Houston had 27 kicks for Port Adelaide vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
2023: Luke Ryan had 30 kicks for Fremantle vs. St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Handballs
2022: Darcy Parish had 20 handballs for Essendon vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
2022: Zach Merrett had 25 handballs for Essendon vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
2023: Brad Crouch had 23 handballs for St. Kilda vs. Fremantle (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Marks
2023: Brennan Cox took 20 marks for Fremantle vs. St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
2023: James Sicily took 15 marks for Hawthorn vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Tackles
2017: Ebony Marinoff had 11 tackles for Adelaide WFC vs. Collingwood WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R7)
2022: James Rowbottom had 10 tackles for Sydney vs. Greater Western Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)

Player Milestones

Debuts
2020: Jack Newnes debuted for Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Last game
2020: Matthew Kreuzer played his last game for Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Career games
2000: Paul Salmon played his 300th V/AFL game: Hawthorn vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R2)
2000: Sav Rocca played his 150th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R2)
2023: Dylan Shiel played his 200th V/AFL game: Essendon vs. Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
Career goals
2000: Paul Williams kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Collingwood vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R2)
Club games
2022: Jasmine Garner set a new club games record for North Melbourne WFC vs. Fremantle WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, 2QF)
Club goals
2017: Jessica Duffin set a new club goals record for Collingwood WFC vs. Adelaide WFC (AFL, Women's Premiership Season, R7)
Big crowds
2022: 54,495 attended Geelong vs. Essendon at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)
2023: 68,691 attended Hawthorn vs. Essendon at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, R1)

Birth & Deaths

Births
1873: Danny Flaherty (Collingwood)
1875: Dolph Skuce (South Adelaide, Sturt)
1876: Dick Condon (Collingwood, Richmond)
1881: Bert Lithgow (Carlton)
1885: Alby Matheson (Essendon)
1886: Charlie Hammond (Carlton, Northcote)
1889: Dick Lee (Collingwood)
1896: Alwyn Davies (St. Kilda)
1900: Joe Scanlan (South Melbourne)
1900: Vic Gross (Geelong)
1901: George Shorten (Essendon)
1902: Bill Browne (South Melbourne, Hawthorn)
1906: Walter Ware (Hawthorn)
1908: Reg Taylor (North Melbourne)
1911: Ted McCarthy (St. Kilda)
1912: Alan Hammond (Collingwood)
1916: Jack Hubbert (Essendon)
1922: Doug Smith (Collingwood)
1922: Monty Horan (Fitzroy)
1924: Allen Odgers (North Adelaide)
1924: Allan Moncrieff (Footscray)
1927: Les Parker (Footscray)
1930: Arthur Pound (Melbourne)
1933: Eddie Wylde (West Perth)
1934: Frank McDowell (Footscray)
1938: John Winneke (Hawthorn)
1939: Charlie Stewart (Footscray)
1940: Hedley Wills (South Melbourne)
1941: Allan Cook (Geelong)
1942: Robert Johnstone (Collingwood)
1946: Barry Teague (Richmond)
1946: Greg Dowd (Footscray)
1948: Barry Mugeli (Collingwood)
1949: John Ferguson (Richmond)
1954: John Wise (Collingwood)
1958: Geoff Wiseman (Sturt)
1965: Darren Baxter (Footscray, Hawthorn)
1967: Robert Kerr (North Melbourne, Sydney)
1968: Mark Orval (Collingwood)
1971: Matthew Robran (Norwood, Hawthorn, Adelaide)
1975: Matthew Richardson (Richmond, Australia)
1976: Robert Powell (Richmond, St. Kilda)
1976: Clark Keating (Brisbane)
1977: Daniel Harford (Hawthorn, Carlton)
1982: Callan Beasy (Carlton)
1986: Tom Murphy (Hawthorn, Gold Coast Reserves, Gold Coast)
1991: Christian Howard (Williamstown, Western Bulldogs, Footscray)
1996: Rosie Dillon (St. Kilda WFC)
1997: Matthew Owies (Carlton)
1997: Gach Nyuon (Essendon Reserves, Casey)
1997: Demi Okely (Fremantle WFC)
1998: James Cousins (Richmond Reserves, Box Hill, Hawthorn)
1998: Jake Brown (Sydney Reserves)
1999: Jack Higgins (Richmond, Richmond Reserves, St. Kilda)
1999: Oscar Allen (West Coast)
Deaths
1935: Harold Robertson (South Melbourne)
1947: Vic Wawn (St. Kilda)
1947: Bert Hewett (Sturt)
1950: Harry Wright (Essendon)
1956: William Cowan (Norwood)
1958: Dave Lynch (Richmond)
1963: Lionel Hill (West Adelaide, North Adelaide, Norwood)
1965: Alex Johnston (Carlton, Richmond)
1978: Wal Jenkins (South Melbourne)
1985: Colin Dixon (North Melbourne)
1992: Cyril O'Brien (Richmond)
1993: Bruce Gotz (St. Kilda)
1994: Mel Rudd (Fitzroy)
1995: Len Harris (Carlton)
1999: Richie Green (Carlton, South Melbourne)
2007: Bill Campbell (North Melbourne)
2008: Alan Aldenhoven (North Adelaide)
2010: Ron Porta (Footscray, South Melbourne)
2019: Ian Thorogood (Melbourne)
2019: Lance Oswald (St. Kilda)

Footnotes

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