2011 in Depth and Obscure Trivia from
Round 1 Match Results
Round 1 2011 is the first round of
matches in VFL/AFL history to feature a draw, a one point win and a
two point win.
Round 15 1959: Carlton
14.20-104 v Richmond 13.6-84.
Carlton is the
first team to score less than 6 points in the 3rd quarter to their
opponents more than 36 points and then score more than 36 points in
the last quarter to their opponents less than 6 points and win the
match.
70 points: Biggest
turnaround in 3rd quarter and last quarter margins in a Carlton
v Richmond match. Previous: 63 points R8 1948 - Carlton
lost the third quarter by 43 points but won the last by 20
points. (Carlton lost that match 9.21-75 v Richmond 13.10-88.)
Carlton's 120th
win v Richmond from 206 matches (2 drawn) with a combined
margin of 1,692 points and a percentage of 110.14.
Carlton's 6th
consecutive win v Richmond and their 20th from the last 30
matches v the Tigers.
Fifth consecutive round
1 match between these two and the 4th win for Carlton.
Combined scores: Carlton 81.82-568 v Richmond
63.44-422.
2.8: The fewest goals
with the most behinds in a first quarter for Carlton v Richmond.
Previous 2.7 R17 1908 and R3 1947. Carlton scored 3.7 in the
first quarter of their last match v Richmond R20 2010.
7 goals: The 2nd most
goals scored by Richmond without a behind to half time. Most:
8.0 R15 1921 v Melbourne.
The last time and only
time in 2010 that Carlton scored 7 goals or more in a
second quarter was 7.5-47 R20 v Richmond.
3rd time that Richmond
has been 13.3 at 3/4 time. (Essendon is the only other team
to have three times been 13.3 at 3/4 time.)
First time that Carlton
has been goalless v Richmond in the 3rd quarter since the
1980 Qualifying Final. Scores in that quarter were 5.3 v 0.3.
60,654: The lowest
attendance of the last 5 consecutive Carlton v Richmond
round 1 matches. Average attendance: 70,407.
Geelong with this win has
achieved their best result from 100 consecutive matches. Full
Table
Geelong's equal 2nd lowest winning
score v St Kilda. Previous: 6.12-48 in round 6 1955 and round
11 1905. Lowest: 6.5-41 - round 7 1906. (The scores in the round 6
1909 match that St Kilda forfeited to Geelong for
playing a suspended player were Geelong 6.12-48 v St Kilda
6.13-49).
Fifth 1 point match between Geelong
and St Kilda. Geelong has won all five including one by
forfeit.
The average scores rounded to the
nearest goal and behind tallies in the last 4 matches between Geelong
and St Kilda are: Geelong 9.11-65 v St Kilda
9.12-66.
Geelong's last 1 point win in
an opening round was in 1987 - 14.18-102 v St Kilda
15.11-101. This match was also St Kilda's last one point loss
in round 1.
Geelong's first goalless first
quarter since 0.2 v St Kilda round 22 2003. Final score: Geelong
12.12-84 v St Kilda 9.11-65. (Geelong's 13th goalless
quarter since then.)
24th quarter since round 1 2009 that St
Kilda has kept an opponent goalless.
The last match where the scores were 2
goals to 1 goal at half time was the round 5 2002 8.8-56 draw
between St Kilda 2.2-14 v Sydney/SM 1.4-10.
The last team to win the last three
quarters but only win by 1 point was Geelong 13.12-90 v Footscray
13.11-89 - round 16 2006. (There have been 7 others.)
The last time a winning score was only
1 point lower than the lowest score of the round and lower than Geelong's
score this round was round 21 1976. Footscray 4.11-35 v Fitzroy
3.16-34.
Collingwood's 4th consecutive
win v Port Adelaide setting a new club record.
Collingwood's 4th consecutive
century score v Port Adelaide setting a new club
record.
13.3: Collingwood's
highest half time score v Port Adelaide. Previous:
12.1-73 round 1 1997.
13.3: Collingwood's
2nd equal most goals with the fewest behinds at half time. Previous:
Round 10 1979 v Carlton and Round 20 1972 v Geelong
(lost both matches). Most: 14.1 v Richmond round 2 1936. (Won
match).
45 points: Collingwood's
highest half time lead v Port Adelaide. Previous: 39 points
round 1 1997.
Collingwood
have won 7 of their last 8 matches v Port Adelaide.
Collinwood's 2nd
highest score and 2nd biggest win v Port Adelaide. Highest:
26.10-166 v 13.9-87 round 1 1997.
Port Adelaide's
16th defeat from their last 20 matches 'on the road'.
Essendon's 2nd win v WB/Footscray
in 9 matches since 2005.
Essendon's biggest win v WB/Footscray
since 67 points, round 19 2003.
Essendon's last win in round 1
was by 55 points v Nth Melbourne in 2008.
37 points: Essendon's highest
2nd quarter margin v WB/Footscray since 55 points in round 6
1983.
Essendon's 19th win of 50
points or more v WB/Footscray. (The Bulldogs have
beaten Essendon by 50 points or more on only 2 occasions and
not since 1977.)
55 points: WB/Footscray's
biggest round 1 loss since 87 points v Brisbane in 1996.
First time that WB/Footscray
has had 4 consecutive matches without scoring a century since rounds
19-22 2007.
Seven of WB/Footscray's last 8
scores have been under 78 points compared with 7 in the previous 44
matches.
First time WB/Footscray has
been 16th on the ladder after a completed round since round 22 2003.
First time Essendon has
been 1st on the ladder after a completed round since round 1 2002.
200th match between Melbourne
and Sydney/SM. Sydney/SM have won 106 with 2 draws and
leads by a combined margin of 214 points. Previous draw - round 7 1992
- 13.18-96 each.
The 11th draw in round
1 and the first since Carlton and Fitzroy drew in
1982. 2nd time Melbourne has drawn in round 1 (1921 v Essendon) - 1st time Sydney/SM has.
14th of Sydney's 23
draws where they were ahead at 3/4 time.
9th of Melbourne's
21 draws where they were behind at 3/4 time.
5th time Melbourne
has drawn after trailing the first three quarters. Previous: Round
12 2010 v Collingwood.
6th time Sydney/SM
has drawn after leading the first 3 quarters. Previous: Round 9 1951
v Fitzroy.
First time Melbourne
has been in the top 8 after a completed round since round 22 2006.
