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Top 12 Combined Results by the
Top 4 and Top 2 Teams on the Final Ladder

(New in 2019)

The 1st Quarter of a Team's 1st Match of a New Season.

• The two highest margins:
  57 pts: Essendon 11.3-69 vs Nth Melbourne 1.6-12 in Round 1 1988.
  52 pts: Richmond 8.11-59 vs Nth Melbourne 9.9-63 in Round 1 1938
   

• The two greatest points deficits by a reigning Premier:
  41 pts: Sydney/SM 2.2-14 vs Essendon 9.1-55 in Round 1 2006
  30 pts: Collingwood 2.3-15 vs WB/Footscray 7.3-45 in Round 1 1991
   

• The two greatest points surpluses by the previous season's 'wooden-spooner'
  36 pts: St Kilda 6.2-38 vs Melbourne 0.2.2 in Round 1 1900.
  32 pts: Sydney/SM 6.8-44 vs Brisbane 1.6-12 in Round 1 1994
   

• The two greatest points surpluses by a reigning Premier:
  37 pts: Carlton 6.7-43 vs Hawthorn 1.0-6 in Round 1 1948
  35 pts: Essendon 6.6-42 vs University 1.1-7 in Round 1 1912
   

• The two greatest points deficits by the previous season's 'wooden-spooner'
  52 pts: Nth Melbourne 1.1-7 vs Richmond 8.11-59 in Round 1 1938.
  39 pts: Richmond 2.0-12 vs Melbourne 8.3-51 in Round 1 1988
   

• The two greatest points deficits by an eventual Premier
  36 pts: Melbourne 0.2-2 vs St Kilda 6.2-38 in Round 1 1900
  33 pts: Nth Melbourne 2.0-12 vs Hawthorn 6.9-45 in Round 1 1975
   
• The two greatest points surpluses by an eventual Premier
  41 pts: WB/Footscray 7.1-43 vs Fremantle 0.2-2 in Round 1 2016
  38 pts. Richmond 5.9-39 vs St Kilda 0.1-1 in Round 1 1932
  38 pts: Essendon 7.3-45 vs Hawthorn 1.1-7 in Round 1 1949
  38 pts: Geelong 5.9-39 vs Sydney/SM 0.1-1 in Round 1 1963.
   
• The two greatest points surpluses by an eventual 'wooden spooner'
  36 pts: St Kilda 6.2-38 vs Melbourne 0.2.2 in Round 1 1900.
  35 pts: Richmond 7.4-46 vs Carlton 1.5-11 in Round 1 1960
   
• The greatest points deficits by an eventual 'wooden spooner'
  52 pts: Gold Coast 1.1-7 vs Carlton 9.5-59 in Round 2 2011
  43 pts: Nth Melbourne 1.0-6 vs Essendon 7.7-49 in Round 1 1926
   
• The highest points aggregate:
  105 pts: Essendon 8.2-50 vs WB/Footscray 8.7-55  in Round 1 1934.

Each Team's Biggest Loss in a 1st Match of the Season

(Note: In some cases due to 'Byes' matches were sometimes not the first match of the team's opponent.)

Each Team's Results from 1st Matches of the Season.
(1897-2018)

Each Team's Results from 1st Matches of the Season.
(1987-2018)

No Scoring At One End of the Ground

• In 15,407 matches 1897-2018, there has been no match where both teams were scoreless at one end.
   
• The nearest has been Geelong  vs Carlton at Corio Oval in Round 12 1905 where the only score at one end (the southern) being a behind by Carlton in the last quarter, A combined total of 12.15-87 was scored at the other end.
  
  An account of the match is here: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/17553962
   
• The last of only 4 matches (including the above match) where there was no scoring at one end until the last quarter was Essendon  vs Carlton in Round 16 1910. (The wind which had been favouring one end, dropped in the last quarter allowing Essendon to score 2.1-13 to Carlton's 4.7-31.)
  
  
   
• There have been 22 matches where there was no scoring at one end in the first half. The last was in Round 15 1968:
  
   
• There have been 25 matches where there was no scoring at one end in the second half. The last was the 2013 Semi-final:
  

Matches Played Being Scoreless at One End



Last Match where One Team was Scoreless at One End of the Ground

Average Winning and Losing Margins

Number and Percentage of Matches Played 1897-1986
Scoring Twice as many Goals as Behinds.

Number and Percentage of Matches Played 1987-2018
Scoring Twice as many Goals as Behinds.

• There have only been 78 matches where both teams scored twice (or more) as many goals as behinds. (0.51%) of matches played. 45 of the matches have been since 2000 with only 10 being before 1969.
   
• The first match where both teams scored twice as many goals as behinds was: Melbourne 10.5-65 vs Collingwood 10.5-65 in Round 9 1909.
   
• The above match is the only draw in this category.
   
• The last match where both teams scored twice as many goals as behinds was West Coast 16.5-101 vs St Kilda 14.4-88 in Round 11 2018.
   
• The highest aggregate score in these matches has been 330 points in Round 16 2001 - Essendon 27.9-171 vs Nth Melbourne 25.9-159.

Number and Percentage of Matches Played 1897-1986
Scoring Twice as many Behinds as Goals.

Number and Percentage of Matches Played 1987-2018
Scoring Twice as many Behinds as Goals.

• In 1900 there were 15 matches where both teams scored twice as many behinds as goals (21.43% of matches.)
   
• The first season where less than 2% of matches saw both teams scoring twice as many behinds as goals was 1920 (1.32%).
   
• The last season where more  than 2% of matches saw both teams scoring twice as many behinds as goals was 1966 (2.68%)
   
• There have been 39 seasons where there was no match where both teams score twice as many behinds as goals. 20 of the seasons have been since 1987.
   
• The last match where both teams scored twice as many goals as behinds was: Sydney/SM 8.17-65 vs Carlton 5.13-43 in Round 14 2013.

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