Most number of consecutive games?

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I don't know of the actual record, but the most I know of is 167+ by Scott Morphett for Torrens and Eagles.

167 has a plus next to it because I don't know when he missed games in 1988, so it could be something like 175 matches in a row.

He played 167 games in a row between Round 1 1989 and Round 9 1996 - this excludes pre season games.

Other 100+ games in a row I know of:

158 by Alf Roberts (Torrens) - c.1949 to c.1958
135 by Andrew Rogers (Eagles) - Round 1 1993 to Round 6 1999 - excludes pre season matches.
111* by Brett James (Norwood) - Elimination Final 2000 to Round 5 2006 - unbroken.

Also, Brett O'Hara has played his 61st consecutive game tonight - from Round 17 2003 onwards.

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So updating this table:

178 by Scott Morphett (Torrens/Eagles) Round 12 1988 to Round 9 1996
169 by Frank Tully (South) - Round 6 1927 to 1st Semi Final 1936
158 by Alf Roberts (Torrens) - Round 1 1950 to Round 8 1958
135 by Andrew Rogers (Eagles) - Round 1 1993 to Round 6 1999
126 by Brett James (Norwood) - Elimination Final 2000 to Round 22 2006
125 by Trent Mills (South) - Round 22 1994 to Round 23 2000
122 by Pat Broderick (Torrens) - Round 7 1922 to 1st Semi 1929 - his entire career
120* by Ruory Kirkby (Glenelg) - Round 10 2006 to Round 21 2011 (current)
116 by Jade Sheedy (Sturt) - Elimination Final 2005 to Round 6 2011
113 by Gerrard Bennett (South) - Round 1 2003 to Round 12 2008 - entire career
112 by Corey AhChee (Port) - Round 1 2000 to Round 8 2005
110 by Scott McGlone (South/Sturt) - Round 1 2006 to Elimination Final 2010
108 by Jack Tredrea (South) - Round 9 1903 to Round 1 1912
108* by Ben Kane (Glenelg) - Round 1 2007 to Round 21 2011 (current)
103^ by David Kappler (South) - Round 1 1987 to Round 16 1991

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I presume that this list may not be as long as you may expect, as the best players used to miss games when off playing interstate games.

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Yeah, that's correct. As I mentioned to you about the Magarey votes in 1989, that was the last time a State match was played at the same time as an SANFL round - 21 rounds worth were counted. In the Torrens book, Bruce Lindsay missed Round 12 on State duty (2nd July). He played all other 21 minor round matches. But all the other players noted above did not miss any on State duty.

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Gerrard Bennett played his 100th match last weekend, and it's a consecutive run, so he makes the table.

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I knew that Pat Broderick had played all of his career in consecutive matches, but that fantastic 1897-1944 Torrens Book has enabled me to find out when he made his debut.

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Jack Tredrea played 108 consecutive games for South from his debut match in Round 9 1903, to Round 1 1912. A poisoned finger kept him out of the Round 2 1912 match.

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Gerrard Bennett played 113 matches, all consecutively.
The first 112 matches of the 206 Corey AhChee played for Port were all consecutive.

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The last 110 matches Scott McGlone played in were consecutive.
Jade Sheedy has played the last 111 matches consecutively.

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Roury Kirkby has played a 101 games consecutively

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Roury Kirkby has played a 101 games consecutively

Thank you, aB.

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I've updated the table to last weekend. Ben Kane is only five matches away from joining this select list.

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Ben Kane ends his run of consecutive matches on 169, equal second on this table of known sequences of 100 or more. Nick Liddle is the newest addition to the table: