Wins

[JamesH]

for my australia wide records im trying to compile a list of conseutive wins and undefeated teams.... does anyone have Norwoods details???? of the 1878-79 season.... were they undefeated in both and how many consecutive wins...

This is what I have so far;

UNDEFATED TEAMS

1870 Melbourne (Vic)
1873 Carlton (Vic)
1874 Carlton (Vic)
1878 Geelong (VFA)
1878 Norwood (SA)
1879 Norwood (SA)
1885 South Melb. (VFA)
1886 Geelong (VFA)
1888 Norwood (SA)
1893 Essendon (VFA)
1896 South Adelaide(SA)
1897 West Perth (WA)
1909 Cananore (TFL)
1914 Port Adelaide (SA)
1915 North Melb. (VFA)
1938 Launceston (NTas)
1946 East Fremantle (WA)
1972 Geelong West (VFA)
1973 Scottsdale (NTas)
1998 North Launceston (TFL)


The following clubs were undefeated in the home and away matches (minor round) but failed to win the premiership: Port Adelaide (1912), North Melbourne (1919), Acton (1926), Coburg (1945), Longford (1956), Williamstown (1957), Sandy Bay (1973), Campbelltown (1985), North Launceston (2003), East Coast Eagles (2006)

WINLESS TEAMS

1888 University* (VFA)
1892 East Perth (WA)
1893 Rovers (WA)
1897 St Kilda (VFL)
1898 St Kilda (VFL)
1898 West Adelaide (SA)
1898 Brunswick (VFA)
1899 St Kilda (VFL)
1899 Rovers (WA)
1902 St Kilda (VFL)
1902 Subiaco (WA)
1903 Essendon A (VFA)
1904 Preston (VFA)
1906 West Adelaide (SA)
1908 Cananore (TFL)
1908 Sturt (SA)
1909 South Adelaide(SA)
1910 Preston (VFA
1912 Melbourne C (VFA)
1913 Melbourne C (VFA)
1913 University (VFL)
1914 University (VFL)
1917 Mid. Junction (WA)
1919 Melbourne (WA)
1921 Glenelg (SA)
1922 Glenelg (SA)
1923 Glenelg (SA)
1924 Glenelg (SA)
1926 South Adel*(SA)
1928 Hawthorn (VFL
1931 Nth Melb (VFL)
1933 West Adelaide (SA)
1934 Nth Melb (VFL)
1937 Longford (TFL
1941 Sandringham (VFA)
1944 Sth Fre* (WA)
1946 Longford (TFL)
1947 Longford (TFL)
1948 South Adel (SA)
1950 Hawthorn (VFL)
1950 South Adel (SA)
1951 Box Hill* (VFA)
1958 Launceston (NTas)
1961 Brighton (VFA)
1964 Central Dist. (SA)
1964 Fitzroy (VFL)
1973 Box Hill (VFA)
1977 Box Hill (VFA)
1981 Sunshine (VFA)
1983 Waverley (VFA)
1986 Camberwell (VFA)
1986 Mordialloc (VFA)
1989 Camberwell+ (VFA)
1990 Camberwell (VFA)
1993 Coburg (VFA)
1994 Launceston (TFL)
1995 Sturt (SA)
1995 Williamstown (VFA)
1997 Hobart (Tas)
1999 Peel Thunder (WA)
2000 Devonport (TFL)
2002 Bendigo* (VFA)
2006 Triabunna (STas)
* Includes draws
+ In 1989 Camberwell won only 1 match. The match was against Sunshine,
who withdrew from the VFA and had their record expunged.

LONGEST UNBEATEN SEQUENNCES
58 by North Melbourne (VFA) 1914-19 (49 VFA 9 Oth)
56 by Essendon (VFA) 1892-94 (47 VFA 9 Oth)
55 by St Marys (NT) 1990s
50 by South Melbourne (VFA) 1884-86 (47 VFA 3 Oth)
43 by Carlton (Vic) 1872-75
42 by Geelong (VFA) 1885-87 (35 VFA 7 Oth)
40 by Sydney Swans Reserves (ACT) 2005-CURRENT
36 by Ulverstone (NTasFL)* 1992-1994
35 by East Fremantle (WA) 1945-1947
32 by Port Adelaide (SA) 1913-15 (30 SA 2 Oth)
30 by Western Suburbs (NSW) 1972-1963
by Burnie Dockers (NTasFL)* 2000-2001
28 by Ainslie (ACT) 1952-1953
26 by Geelong (VFL) 1952-1953
27 by Launceston (NTas) 1937-1939
25 by Victoria (Rep) 1952-1959
by Williamstown (VFA) 1956-1957
by Eastlake (ACT) 1960-1961
by Ainslie (ACT) 1981-1983
24 by Longford (NTas) 1955-1956
23 by Coburg (VFA) 1925-1926
by Newtown (NSW) 1972-1973
by Victoria (Rep) 1965-1977
by Preston (VFA) 1983-1985
22 by Geelong West (VFA) 1971-1972
Norwood remained undefeated for two years (1878-79). Exact totals are unknown (13 matches in 1878 ?? in 1879).

Highest Known Totals: 50 years by St Pats School (Ballarat), 129 games Port Melbourne (VFA Third grade 1946-1952), 88 by Heathfield-Aldgate, 72 by Payneham

LONGEST LOSING STREAKS
56 by Glenelg (SA) 1921-1924
51 by St Kilda (VFA/VFL) 1896-1900
by University (VFL) 1912-1914
44 by Sandringham (VFA) 1940-1945
41 by Longford (NTFA) 1945-1948
39 by Penguin (NTasFL) 1997-2000
36 by Melbourne City (VFA) 1912-1913
35 by North Melbourne (VFL) 1933-1935
by Longford (NTas) 1946-1948
by Bendigo (VFA) 2001-2002
34 by South Adelaide (SA) 1947-1949
by Subiaco (WA) 1903-1905
by East Launceston (WA) 1973-1975

Highest Known Totals:
121 by Tarpeena (SA) 1993-2001

MOST WOODENSPOONS
29 by St Kilda (VFA/VFL/AFL)
25 by South Adelaide (SA)
20 by Subiaco (WA)
19 by Swan Districtsm (WA)
18 by Glenelg (SA)
18 by Sturt (SA)

MOST CONSECUTIVE WOODENSPOONS
9 by Wanderers (NT) 1964-1972
8 by Sturt (SA) 1989-1995
6 by Lindisfarne (STas) 1998-2003
6 by Woodville (SA) 1980-1985
6 by Cornwall/East Launceston (NTas) 1952-1957
6 by St Kilda (VFL) 1897-1902