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"Records: Oldies but Goodies Being Superseded"

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I posted just before in the "Embarrassing Records" thread that it's time we started a thread for positive records being broken.

For example, yesterday's win means we have defeated teams by greater than 90 points three times this season. That's a first. Ever.

Our first quarter score was the highest in something like 40 years (someone will know).

Anyway, you get the drift. Please add. 

 

I count 14 players that have reached double figures in goals this year. I don’t know if that’s a record but it’s a nice stat nonetheless. 

 
2 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

I count 14 players that have reached double figures in goals this year. I don’t know if that’s a record but it’s a nice stat nonetheless. 

Gone are the days of Dawes winning the leading goalkicker award with 20 for the year.

2 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

I count 14 players that have reached double figures in goals this year. I don’t know if that’s a record but it’s a nice stat nonetheless. 

We had 13 players kick 10 or more in 2000, but haven't done that since. 


2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I posted just before in the "Embarrassing Records" thread that it's time we started a thread for positive records being broken.

For example, yesterday's win means we have defeated teams by greater than 90 points three times this season. That's a first. Ever.

Our first quarter score was the highest in something like 40 years (someone will know).

Anyway, you get the drift. Please add. 

I think we donned about ten in the first quarter v north when Brian Dixon was coach of roos.  About 1971.

Some individual statscourtesy of afltables.com

Clayton Oliver is on target to top our 'most in a season' for posessions and contested posessions and may also sneak to top for most tackles... surpassing... Clayton Oliver!  Also needs 24 more clearances in 3 games to scratch Brent Moloney off the top.

Max Gawn also on target to pass himself for most hitouts in a season.

Oscar McDonald needs 31 more 1%ers to make top 5, and in the process make our entire top-5 either himself or Tom.

Four players this season are in our top-20 all-time for goal assists in a season; Neal-Bullen, Petracca, Oliver, and Melksham, who is averaging a staggering 1.5 a game. And if you want to know about consistency, well, he hasn't had more than 2 in a game.

 

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1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

Some individual statscourtesy of afltables.com

Clayton Oliver is on target to top our 'most in a season' for posessions and contested posessions and may also sneak to top for most tackles... surpassing... Clayton Oliver!  Also needs 24 more clearances in 3 games to scratch Brent Moloney off the top.

Max Gawn also on target to pass himself for most hitouts in a season.

Oscar McDonald needs 31 more 1%ers to make top 5, and in the process make our entire top-5 either himself or Tom.

Four players this season are in our top-20 all-time for goal assists in a season; Neal-Bullen, Petracca, Oliver, and Melksham, who is averaging a staggering 1.5 a game. And if you want to know about consistency, well, he hasn't had more than 2 in a game.

 

So what you're telling me is that this is pretty much the best Melbourne team of all time?

 

Despite missing last week Melksham is still topping score assists. Can’t imagine the last time that happened if he maintains it for the year. 


7 hours ago, Demonland said:

We need to beat Sydney this week to collect a full set of wins against all 18 teams since the competition became an 18 team competition.

I wonder when (if) we a) last beat all teams at least once in the same season and b) last won our most recent match against all teams. 

8 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I posted just before in the "Embarrassing Records" thread that it's time we started a thread for positive records being broken.

For example, yesterday's win means we have defeated teams by greater than 90 points three times this season. That's a first. Ever.

Our first quarter score was the highest in something like 40 years (someone will know).

Anyway, you get the drift. Please add. 

The one l remember because l happened to be there, and it was at Arden street against North Melb who were a lowly side. Year 1972  kicking towards the city end won the toss.The  breeze worth 5 to 6 goals we thought. The Dees kicked 11.  7.  73 pts    to 0.2.2 in the opening quarter. We won by 108 points.  North finished on the bottom with one win that year.

10 hours ago, MSFebey said:

Gone are the days of Dawes winning the leading goalkicker award with 20 for the year.

I think a hefty bag of three goals in the final round propelled Dawes to that significant milestone.

Amazingly, I also recall that Dom Tyson was runner up that year with 16 or 17. Wasn't our finest year in regards to scoring.

One doesn’t need a huge bag of goals to win a flag: IIRC our last flag was won with our rover, John Townsend kicking 35 to win our goal kicking.

The top forward got I think 25 or so (Vagg will remember surely). 

15 hours ago, Demonland said:

We need to beat Sydney this week to collect a full set of wins against all 18 teams since the competition became an 18 team competition.

The captain just negged the rare positive thread on here.


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13 hours ago, Chook said:

So what you're telling me is that this is pretty much the best Melbourne team of all time?

Actually, pretty much the best Melbourne team since these sort of statistics were collected.

3 hours ago, monoccular said:

One doesn’t need a huge bag of goals to win a flag: IIRC our last flag was won with our rover, John Townsend kicking 35 to win our goal kicking.

The top forward got I think 25 or so (Vagg will remember surely). 

Well, you are basing that assertion on 50+ year old stats. Not sure too many teams will win a flag with a top goal scorer only getting 35.

12 hours ago, monoccular said:

One doesn’t need a huge bag of goals to win a flag: IIRC our last flag was won with our rover, John Townsend kicking 35 to win our goal kicking.

The top forward got I think 25 or so (Vagg will remember surely). 

John Townsend. My PE teacher at a private school in Heyington that rhymes with St Kevin’s. Nice bloke. If I’d known how famous he was at the time I would have climbed that damn rope! Bloke called Morewood in my year, I wander what he went on to do? Good player at school 

Highest percentage this deep into a season since 1964.

  • 3 weeks later...

Our 6th highest points for ever, and highest since 2000.

And our lowest points against since 1968, and third leader points ever (1932 was the other).

 


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