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Results 		   Oddities, Anomalies and Plain Amazing VFL/AFL Footy Facts. 30/10/2009

 

Century scores:
First century score:- round 5 1897 - Melbourne 15.17-107 v Carlton 3.8-26. (Total for 1897 - 2)
 First season with more than 20 century scores - 1925 (25).
 First season with more than 50 century scores - 1930 (51)
 First season with more than 75 century scores - 1934 (81)
 First season with more than 100 century scores - 1971 (101)
 Most century scores in one season - 199 in 2000.
 Least century scores in one season - 1 in 1916 and 1917.
 Number of century scores in 2009 - 140.

 First match where both teams scored a century was round 1, 1924 Fitzroy 16.9-105 v Carlton 15.13-103.

 First season where there were more than 20 matches where both teams scored a century - 1976 (24).

 First and only season where there more than 50 matches where both teams scored a century - 1982 (57).

 In 2009 there were 18 matches where both teams scored a century,

 The last season where there were no matches where both teams scored a century was 1963.

 There have been 44 finals (out of 573 played) where both teams scored a century including 5 Grand Finals - Richmond v Geelong in 1967 being the first, Hawthorn v Geelong 1989 being the most recent.

 From 2000-2009 their were 5 (out of 90) finals where both teams scored a century, from 1980-1989 their were 13 (out of 60).

Most century scores in a season
  For Against
Adelaide  15 2002 14 1996, 2000
Brisbane 20 2000, 2002 19 1991
Carlton  22 1979 21 2007
Collingwood 18 1977 15 1982
Essendon 21 2000 17 2008
Fitzroy 18 1979,1980 18 1980,1988, 1995,1996
Fremantle 11 2006,2007 15 1999,2000
Geelong 20 1989,1992 16 1971
Hawthorn 21 1982 15 2004
Melbourne 17 2000 20 1978, 1981
Nth Melbourne 20 1999 17 1972,1982,1984,1987
Port Adelaide 17 2004 13 2008,2009
Richmond 18 1972,1980 18 1992
St Kilda 16 1991 20 1982,1985
Sydney/SM 18 1982 19 1983,1993
WB/Footscray 17 2008,2009 20 1982
West Coast 16 1990,1992 15 2000,2001,2008

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All the seasons in the table consisted of 22 rounds (except 1993 - 20). Finals matches are included in the totals. No team has scored a century in every match in a complete season nor had had a century scored against them in every match, Carlton and Sydney/SM came closest in 2007 (1 score of 98 against) and 1993 (1 score of 94 against).
Centuries scored 1997-2009 Centuries against 1997-2009

Teams scoring centuries have won 83.39% of the matches.

Teams scoring centuries by 3/4 time have won 94.58% of the matches.

Teams scoring centuries by half time have won 97.33% of the matches.

Adelaide, Brisbane and West Coast are the only teams to score a century in their first match in the competition.

St Kilda's first century score was round 6, 1907 - the last of the original 8 teams to do so. (They had 23 centuries scored against them prior to them scoring their first.)

St Kilda also has the longest streak of matches without scoring a century - 172, round 1 1897 to round 5 1907.

Carlton had 106 centuries scored against them 2003-2009. In the period 1990-2002 they had 105 centuries scored against them.

Nth Melbourne scored their first century at Victoria Park v Collingwood in round 17 1933 (8th meeting), 9 years before Richmond's first century at Victoria Park v Collingwood, round 14 1942 (34th meeting).

Hawthorn scored their first century at Victoria Park v Collingwood in round 4 1938 (13th meeting), 4 years before Essendon's first century at Victoria Park v Collingwood, round 4 1942 (41st meeting).

St Kilda scored their first century at Victoria Park v Collingwood, round 15 1963 (60th meeting).

West Coast has only scored 1 century in their 27 matches played at Football Park. (Round 10 1996.)

WB/Footscray has scored 12 centuries in their 25 matches at Football Park.

In the last 3 seasons (2007-2009) Melbourne has scored centuries in 16.67% (11/66) of their matches, Geelong has scored centuries in 65.43% (49/75) of their matches. 

In 1980 the most centuries for the season were scored by Richmond and Fitzroy. Richmond were Premiers and scored their tally of 18 from 25 matches, Fitzroy won the Wooden Spoon and scored their 18 from 22 matches.

In 2008 Richmond scored 13 centuries, in 2009 only 2. This is the 2nd greatest drop in century scores from one season to the next. The most was Geelong 20 in 1989 to 8 in 1990. Hawthorn in 2009 scored 8 centuries a drop of 10 from 2008 which is the 3rd greatest recorded.

Consecutive Century Scores: 1897-2009 Consecutive Century Scores Against: 1897-2009
Each team's longest streak of scores of 100 or more points, including all streaks of 10 or more. Each team's longest streak of scores of 100 or more points arainst, including all streaks of 10 or more.
      Start of Streak   End of Streak
 Carlton 19   Round 3  1979   Round 19  1979  
  13   Round 6  2000   Round 18  2000
 Nth Melbourne 19   Round 14  1999   Round 7  2000
  12   Round 24  1992   Round 12  1993
  10   Round 3  1983   Round 12  1983
 Essendon 17   Round 21  1999   Round 13  2000
 WB/Footscray 12   Round 1  2008   Round 12  2008
  10   Round 7 2009   Round 16 2009
 Brisbane 11   Round 13  2000   EF 2000
  11   Round 11  2002   Round 21  2002
 Hawthorn 11   Round 14  1982   SF 1982
 Collingwood 10   Round 17  1970   Round 2  1971
 Geelong 10   Round 1  2009   Round 10  2009
 Melbourne 9   Round 2  1939   Round 10  1939
  9   Round 9  1941   Round 17  1941
  9   Round 14  2000   Round 22  2000
 Fitzroy 9   Round 5  1979   Round 13  1979
 Sydney/SM 9   Round 10  1987   Round 18  1987
 West Coast 8   Round 12  2003   Round 5  2003
 Richmond 7   Round 17  1971   SF 1971
  7   Round 10  1974   Round 16 1974
  7   Round 7  1980   Round 13 1980
 Port Adelaide 7   Round 8  2001   Round 2  2001
  7   Round 11  2007   Round 17  2007
 St. Kilda 7   Round 11  1992   Round 4  1992
  7   Round 12  2005   Round 18  2005
 Adelaide 5   Round 1  1996   Round 5  1996
  5   Round 12  2006   Round 16  2006
 Fremantle 5   Round 6  2003   Round 10  2003

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      Start of Streak   End of Streak
 Sydney/SM 25   Round 9 1992   Round 11 1993
 Carlton 24   Round 2 2007   Round 3 2008
 St Kilda 21   Round 20 1984   Round 18  1985
  15   Round 5 1982   Round 19 1982
  10   Round 17 1977   Round 4 1978
  10   Round 1 2000   Round 10 2000
  10   Round 18 2000   Round 5 2001
 Melbourne 17   Round 4 1978   Round 20 1978
  12   Round 22 1979   Round 11 1980
  11   Round 16 1981   Round 4 1982
  11   Round 15 1982   Round 3 1983
  10   Round 22 1978   Round 9 1979
  10   Round 19 1980   Round 6 1981
  10   Round 21 2007   Round 8 2008
 WB/Footscray 14   Round 21 1979   Round 12 1980
  14   Round 2 2003   Round 15 2003
  12   Round 1 1982   Round 12 1982
 Fitzroy 13   Round 19 1990   Round 10 1991
  12   Round 11 1995   Round 22 1995
  10   Round 19 1980   Round 6 1981
  10   Round 19 1897   Round 6 1988
  10   Round 18 1988   Round 5 1989
 Essendon 12   Round 18 1977   Round 7 1978
  11   Round 12 2007   Round 22 2007
 Geelong 11   Round 6 1999   Round 16 1999
 Nth Melbourne 11   Round 9 1992   Round 20 1992
 Richmond 11   Round 12 1992   Round 23 1992
  11   Round 13 2004   Round 1 2005
 Brisbane 10   Round 21 1990   Round 9 1991
 Fremantle 10   Round 19 1998   Round 6 1999
Collingwood 8   Round 4 2000   Round 11 2000
Port Adelaide 8   Round 22 1999   Round 6 2000
West Coast 7   Round 15 1987   Round 21 1987
  7   Round 19 2000   Round 3 2001
Adelaide 6   Round 22 1999   Round 5 2000
Hawthorn 6   Round 12 1941   Round 17 1941
  6   Round 6 2006   Round 11 2006

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