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Big Stats - Players

Goals
1935: Clarrie Hearn kicked 7 goals for Essendon against Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1935: Bob Pratt kicked 7 goals for South Melbourne against Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1935: Jack Green kicked 9 goals for Hawthorn against Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1935: Bill Mohr kicked 8 goals for St. Kilda against Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1946: Ken Baxter kicked 7 goals for Carlton against St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1957: Jack Collins kicked 7 goals for Footscray against Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1963: Charlie Payne kicked 7 goals for Essendon against Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1991: Paul Hudson kicked 9 goals for Hawthorn against Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
1991: John Longmire kicked 7 goals for North Melbourne against Footscray (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
1996: Tony Modra kicked 7 goals for Adelaide against Footscray (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
Behinds
1968: John Sharrock kicked 6 behinds for Geelong against Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
1974: David Clarke, Snr kicked 5 behinds for Geelong against Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1985: Michael Roach kicked 6 behinds for Richmond against North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1985: Donald McDonald kicked 5 behinds for North Melbourne against Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1985: Mike Richardson kicked 5 behinds for Collingwood against St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1985: Mark MacLure kicked 5 behinds for Carlton against Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1991: Bill Brownless kicked 6 behinds for Geelong against Fitzroy (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
1996: Scott Cummings kicked 5 behinds for Essendon against Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2002: Leigh Harding kicked 5 behinds for North Melbourne against Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
Disposals
1968: Bill Goggin had 45 disposals for Geelong vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
2018: Adam Treloar had 40 disposals for Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
Kicks
1968: Kevin Bartlett had 27 kicks for Richmond vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
1968: Stuart Magee had 29 kicks for Footscray vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
1968: Des Tuddenham had 26 kicks for Collingwood vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
1968: Bob Skilton, Jnr had 30 kicks for South Melbourne vs. North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
1968: Bill Goggin had 38 kicks for Geelong vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
1968: Denis Marshall had 30 kicks for Geelong vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
1974: Wayne Richardson had 29 kicks for Collingwood vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1974: David Clarke, Snr had 26 kicks for Geelong vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1974: Barry Armstrong had 29 kicks for Carlton vs. Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1974: Barry Davis had 31 kicks for North Melbourne vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1974: Kevin Bartlett had 30 kicks for Richmond vs. North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1980: Ian Marsh had 25 kicks for Essendon vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1985: Terry Wallace had 28 kicks for Hawthorn vs. Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1985: Spiro Kourkoumelis had 25 kicks for Carlton vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1991: Jason Baldwin had 25 kicks for Fitzroy vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
1996: John Platten had 27 kicks for Hawthorn vs. West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2002: Adem Yze had 25 kicks for Melbourne vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2012: Steve Johnson had 25 kicks for Geelong vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2013: Brent Stanton had 28 kicks for Essendon vs. Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2019: Ricky Henderson had 27 kicks for Hawthorn vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Bachar Houli had 28 kicks for Richmond vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Dustin Martin had 26 kicks for Richmond vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Brad Crouch had 26 kicks for Adelaide vs. West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
Handballs
1986: Terry Wallace had 21 handballs for Hawthorn vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1996: Scott West had 22 handballs for Footscray vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2007: Paul Hasleby had 22 handballs for Fremantle vs. St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2008: Brady Rawlings had 20 handballs for North Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2014: Dion Prestia had 20 handballs for Gold Coast vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2018: Adam Treloar had 27 handballs for Collingwood vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Ben Cunnington had 20 handballs for North Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
Marks
2007: Luke McPharlin took 20 marks for Fremantle vs. St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2008: Jonathan Brown took 15 marks for Brisbane vs. St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
Hitouts
2013: Will Minson had 46 hitouts for Western Bulldogs vs. St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2019: Jarrod Witts had 51 hitouts for Gold Coast vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Nathan Vardy had 48 hitouts for West Coast vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Todd Goldstein had 57 hitouts for North Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
Tackles
2014: Tom Liberatore had 12 tackles for Western Bulldogs vs. Gold Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2017: Scott Selwood had 17 tackles for Geelong vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2017: Darcy Lang had 11 tackles for Geelong vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2017: Brad Ebert had 10 tackles for Port Adelaide vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2018: Toby McLean had 10 tackles for Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Nick Holman had 14 tackles for Gold Coast vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Cameron Guthrie had 11 tackles for Geelong vs. Gold Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Tom Atkins had 11 tackles for Geelong vs. Gold Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Cameron Ellis-Yolmen had 10 tackles for Adelaide vs. West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Hugh Greenwood had 13 tackles for Adelaide vs. West Coast (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Jack Redden had 15 tackles for West Coast vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Luke Shuey had 10 tackles for West Coast vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2019: Elliot Yeo had 15 tackles for West Coast vs. Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
Frees for
1968: Stuart Magee received 8 frees for Footscray vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
1974: George Bisset received 7 frees for Collingwood vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1974: Kelvin Matthews received 7 frees for Hawthorn vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1974: Ken Roberts received 7 frees for Essendon vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1980: Neale Daniher received 7 frees for Essendon vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1985: Roger Merrett received 8 frees for Essendon vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
Frees against
1974: Ron Andrews gave away 7 frees for Essendon vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1985: Roger Merrett gave away 7 frees for Essendon vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1991: Tony Liberatore gave away 7 frees for Footscray vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)

Player Milestones

Debuts
1907: Dave Ryan debuted for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1912: Harry Saltau debuted for South Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1918: Clarrie Sherry debuted for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R3)
1929: Jack Ryan debuted for Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1940: Shane McGrath debuted for Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1940: Leo Merrett debuted for Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1940: Des Calverley debuted for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1946: Vic Chanter debuted for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1946: Ray Horwood debuted for Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1957: Ken Boyd debuted for South Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1957: Eric Guy debuted for St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1963: Greg Brown debuted for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1963: Terry Benton debuted for North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1974: Garry Foulds debuted for Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1986: Ray Jencke debuted for Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2002: Chris Newman debuted for Richmond (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
Last game
1946: Norm Hillard played his last game for Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1963: Jim O'Brien played his last game for St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1974: Ian Robertson played his last game for Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1980: Alan Mangels played his last game for Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1991: Dwayne Russell played his last game for Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
1996: Paul Cooper played his last game for Hawthorn (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
Career games
1912: Jim Marchbank played his 100th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1912: Dick Lee played his 100th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1918: Harry Haughton played his 100th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R3)
1929: Charlie Dibbs played his 100th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. Fitzroy (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1935: Fred Gilby played his 150th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1935: Colin Niven played his 100th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1940: Jack Knight played his 100th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1940: Leo Ryan played his 100th V/AFL game: Footscray vs. North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1957: Wally Donald played his 200th V/AFL game: Footscray vs. Richmond (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1957: Jock Spencer played his 150th V/AFL game: North Melbourne vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1957: Neil Trezise played his 150th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1957: Frank Tuck played his 100th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. North Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1963: Brian Pert played his 100th V/AFL game: Fitzroy vs. Collingwood (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1963: John Schultz played his 100th V/AFL game: Footscray vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1968: Terry Waters played his 100th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
1968: Brian Dixon played his 250th V/AFL game: Melbourne vs. Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
1974: Reg Gleeson played his 100th V/AFL game: South Melbourne vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1974: Adrian Gallagher played his 200th V/AFL game: Footscray vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R8)
1985: Tony Shaw played his 150th V/AFL game: Collingwood vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1985: Colin Robertson played his 100th V/AFL game: Hawthorn vs. Footscray (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1986: Robert Neal played his 200th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. Hawthorn (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1991: Richard Osborne played his 150th V/AFL game: Fitzroy vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
1997: Scott West played his 100th V/AFL game: Western Bulldogs vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2001: Adrian Hickmott played his 150th V/AFL game: Carlton vs. North Melbourne (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2002: Darren Milburn played his 100th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2003: Nathan Thompson played his 100th V/AFL game: Hawthorn vs. Geelong (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2003: Brent Harvey played his 150th V/AFL game: North Melbourne vs. Sydney (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2003: Matthew Clarke played his 200th V/AFL game: Adelaide vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2008: Shannon Grant played his 300th V/AFL game: North Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2008: David Hale played his 100th V/AFL game: North Melbourne vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2013: Jed Adcock played his 150th V/AFL game: Brisbane vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2013: James Gwilt played his 100th V/AFL game: St. Kilda vs. Western Bulldogs (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2017: Mark Blicavs played his 100th V/AFL game: Geelong vs. Port Adelaide (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
Career goals
1940: Lou Reiffel kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: South Melbourne vs. Geelong (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R5)
1946: Sam Loxton kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: St. Kilda vs. Carlton (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1957: Bob Johnson, Jnr kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Melbourne vs. South Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R6)
1968: Peter Hudson kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Hawthorn vs. Melbourne (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R7)
1980: Ken Sheldon kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Carlton vs. Essendon (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1985: Tony Shaw kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Collingwood vs. St. Kilda (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
1991: Tim Watson kicked his 300th career V/AFL goal: Essendon vs. St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)
2008: Daniel Bradshaw kicked his 400th career V/AFL goal: Brisbane vs. St. Kilda (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2013: Robin Nahas kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Richmond vs. Essendon (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2013: Jarrad Waite kicked his 200th career V/AFL goal: Carlton vs. Brisbane (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2013: Brent Staker kicked his 100th career V/AFL goal: Brisbane vs. Carlton (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)

Big Stats - Teams

Final score
1981: South Melbourne Reserves 27.23.185 vs. Footscray Reserves (V/AFL, Reserves, R5)
1991: Hawthorn Reserves 29.10.184 vs. Collingwood Reserves (AFL, Reserves, R10)
Winning margin
1985: St. Kilda Reserves d. Collingwood Reserves by 123 points (V/AFL, Reserves, R9)
1991: St. Kilda Reserves d. Essendon Reserves by 132 points (AFL, Reserves, R10)
Aggregate score
1981: (297 total) South Melbourne Reserves 185 vs. Footscray Reserves 112 (V/AFL, Reserves, R5)
1985: (299 total) St. Kilda 137 vs. Collingwood 162 (V/AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
Big crowds
1997: 52,257 attended St. Kilda vs. Richmond at Waverley Park (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2002: 54,129 attended Sydney vs. Essendon at Stadium Australia (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2013: 84,234 attended Richmond vs. Essendon at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, R9)
2019: 80,176 attended Richmond vs. Essendon at M.C.G. (AFL, Premiership Season, R10)

Birth & Deaths

Births
1883: Bill Walker (Fitzroy)
1886: Charlie Cameron (South Melbourne, Geelong)
1890: Norm Ingham (St. Kilda)
1891: Fen McDonald (Carlton, Melbourne)
1891: Jimmy Seaton (Collingwood)
1901: George Robinson (Richmond)
1904: Jack Wadham (Sturt)
1906: Ernest Budd (West Perth)
1907: Alex Clarke (North Melbourne)
1913: George Doig (East Fremantle)
1913: Joe Cosgriff (South Melbourne)
1916: Arthur Robertson (St. Kilda)
1916: Sid Dyer (North Melbourne)
1918: Harold Winberg (Fitzroy, North Melbourne)
1918: Jim Thoms (Footscray, West Torrens)
1922: Hal Hanton (Carlton)
1922: Alex Hanton (Carlton)
1930: Colin Dodd (Fitzroy)
1932: John Harding (Fitzroy)
1936: Wally Clark (Fitzroy, Latrobe)
1942: Tony Thiessen (Melbourne, Carlton, North Melbourne)
1952: Colin Dell (Footscray)
1953: Kevin Worthington (Claremont, Collingwood, Perth)
1953: Carl Vesty (Footscray)
1959: Malcolm Smith (St. Kilda)
1962: David Cordner (Melbourne, Sydney)
1962: Guy Baxter (Perth, East Fremantle, Subiaco)
1972: Tom Bottrell (South Fremantle)
1973: Anthony Harvey (St. Kilda, Norwood)
1974: Daniel Parker (Fremantle)
1979: Troy Longmuir (West Perth, Melbourne, Fremantle, Carlton)
1982: Luke Webster (Fremantle)
1984: Luke Ball (St. Kilda, Australia, Sandringham, Collingwood)
1985: Julian Rowe (Collingwood)
1990: Alicia Janz (Fremantle WFC, West Coast WFC)
1991: Gerrick Weedon (West Coast)
1991: Mark Hutchings (East Perth, Sandringham, West Perth, West Coast, West Coast Reserves)
1993: Sophie Alexander (Collingwood WFC, Essendon WFC)
1993: Tiah Toth (Fremantle WFC)
1994: Brandon Jack (Sydney)
1998: Harri Rocke (Coburg Reserves)
1998: Oskar Baker (Casey, Melbourne, Western Bulldogs)
2003: Luke Nankervis (Adelaide)
2004: Josh Weddle (Hawthorn)
2005: Coen Livingstone (West Coast)
Deaths
1935: James Flynn (South Adelaide, Sturt)
1940: George Sandford (St. Kilda)
1949: Jim Piper (Geelong, University)
1953: Doug Buckingham (Perth)
1958: Jack Anderson (Richmond, North Melbourne)
1958: Tommy Murphy (South Melbourne)
1958: Frank Twomey (Richmond)
1960: Bill Morris (Richmond, Box Hill)
1960: Hurtle Rice (Essendon)
1962: Dick Taylor (Melbourne, North Melbourne)
1962: Fred Chanter (Fitzroy)
1966: Dick Williams (North Adelaide, St. Kilda)
1969: Alf Smith (Sturt)
1971: Tom Hart (West Adelaide, Norwood, Carlton)
1981: Edgar Shaw (Melbourne)
1985: John Carmody (Collingwood, Fitzroy)
1985: George Faulkner (Essendon)
1991: Bob Merrick (Fitzroy)
1993: Vic Castles (South Melbourne)
1995: Frank Murphy (Collingwood, Subiaco)
1996: Arthur Dickens (Fitzroy, Melbourne)
2001: Roy Quinn (Richmond, North Melbourne)
2006: Jim White (Hawthorn)
2010: Alan Hickinbotham (South Adelaide, Geelong)
2012: George Hassell (Essendon)
2016: Des McKenzie (Richmond)
2018: Allan Blagrove (Port Adelaide)
2021: Les Reed (Geelong)

Footnotes

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