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AUS cricketers to hit the two highest scores in a Test match (scores from both sides) Warren Bardsley Don Bradman Greg Chappell Allan Border Steve Waugh Ricky Ponting (x2) Phil Hughes Jess Jonassen Steve Smith (x2) Usman Khawaja MATT RENSHAW #SAvAUS

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Cricketers to score 250+ runs and take 2+ wickets in a Test played on a different continent to their own Vijay Hazare 1948 v AUS Frank Worrell 1950 v ENG Vinoo Mankad 1952 v ENG MATT RENSHAW 2026 v SA #SAvAUS

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Steve Smith (with the dismissal of Kyle Verreynne off Matt Renshaw's bowling) has now taken more career catches in Test matches than Joe Root #SAvAUS

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Most runs in boundaries in a Test by a player without scoring a half century 76 - Chris Gayle 2001 wi v sa 70 - George Mann 1949 eng v nz 68 - DAVID BEDINGHAM 2026 SA v AUS 68 - Chris Gayle 2002 wi v ban 68 - Kris Srikkanth 1985 ind v sl #SAvAUS

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Cricketers to score 250+ runs and take 1+ wickets in a Test played on a different continent Vijay Hazare Frank Worrell Vinoo Mankad Bob Simpson Viv Richards Jacques Kallis Ben Stokes Joe Root MATT RENSHAW #SAvAUS

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Most runs in a Test match without scoring two hundred or two hundreds 288 - Justin Langer 277 - Younis Khan 276 - Gautam Gambhir 272 - MATT RENSHAW 272 - Jamie Smith 272 - Zaheer Abbas #SAvAUS

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Steve Smith has taken 221 catches in Tests Joe Root has taken 223 - 3 as a sub fielder #SAvAUS

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Batters to score three centuries in their first 15 women's ODIs Meg Lanning GEORGIA VOLL #AUSvBAN

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Megan Schutt bowling to Farzana Haque in 1st 2 matches of the #AUSvBAN ODI series 2 balls bowled 2 wickets taken #AUSvBAN

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

List of AUS cricketers to score more in a Test innings than they had in their previous 16 Test knocks combined Alan Connolly Glenn McGrath MATT RENSHAW #SAvAUS

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Longest run of single figure scores by a batter in Tests ended by scoring 150+ 7 - MATT RENSHAW 6 - Budhi Kunderan 5 - Billy Murdoch 4 - Syd Gregory 4 - Andy Sandham 4 - VVS Laxman 4 - Adam Gilchrist 4 - Chris Gayle #SAvAUS

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Longest run of single figure scores by a batter in Tests ended by scoring a century 10 - John Reid 7 - MATT RENSHAW 6 - Charles Macartney 6 - Budhi Kunderan 6 - Ajit Agarkar #SAvAUS

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Smith scores Test run #10928 40 years and 287 days after taking the record, Waugh's time as the leading Test run scorer by Steves born on the 2nd of June has come to an end #SAvAUS

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The side for the 1st Test for SA is the first AUS XI (men's or women's) in any international cricket match where every player is aged in their 30s #AUSvSA

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Longest careers - Aussie cricketers 22y 32d - Syd Gregory 20y 131d - Bob Simpson 19y 262d - Don Bradman 19y 227d - Warwick Armstrong 19y 79d - ELLYSE PERRY #AUSvBAN

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Average age of top 5 in 2026 club B&Fs (sorted oldest to youngest) 28 - MELB RICH ADEL NTH SYD 27 - BRIS COLL GWS WBD 26 - WCE 25 - FREM PORT STK GCS CARL ESS 24 - HAW GEEL #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Max Gawn is the third oldest V/AFL player to win a club B&F behind Jim Adamson in 1940 and Billy McCarter in 1923 #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jasmine Garner and Tahlia Randall have become the first #AFLW pairing to play in 75 wins as teammates #AFLW #AFLWNorthSwans

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

V/AFL players to win B&Fs in 4 straight seasons Dick Reynolds Jack Dyer Kevin Murray Bob Skilton Noel Teasdale Gary Dempsey Matthew Pavlich Scott Pendlebury Dayne Zorko ZACH MERRETT JORDAN DAWSON #AFL

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Will Ashcroft is the youngest V/AFL player to win a BnF in a premiership year since Marcus Bontempelli in 2016 #AFL

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UPDATE: Winning BnFs in the #AFL era 1x: 230 players 2x: 74 players 3x: 34 players 4x: 16 players 5x: 8 players 6x: GAblettJnr NBuckley MPavlich NRiewoldt LNeale 7x: Scott West, MARCUS BONTEMPELLI, ZACH MERRETT #AFL

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Youngest V/AFL players to win 3 club Best and Fairests 20 years old: Des Fothergill 21 years old: John Murphy HARRY SHEEZEL 22 years old: Dick Reynolds Kevin Murray Glen Jakovich Leigh Matthews Bob Skilton #AFL

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List of people to finish last in their first year as a V/AFL senior coach and first in their last year CHRIS FAGAN #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Winning BnFs in the #AFL era 1x: 228 players 2x: 75 players 3x: 33 players 4x: 16 players 5x: 8 players 6x: GAblettJnr NBuckley ZMerrett LNeale MPavlich NRiewoldt 7x: Scott West, MARCUS BONTEMPELLI #AFL

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Lowest percentage of game time in front on the scoreboard across the finals series by #AFL premiers this century 39.7% - BRIS 2026 42.8% - syd 2005 50.6% - wce 2018 56.2% - rich 2020 56.9% - bris 2024 57.4% - bris 2025 #AFLFinals #AFLGF

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Three time V/AFL premiership players sorted youngest to oldest 20y 81d - Albert Collier 20y 198d - Alex Lang 20y 322d - Len Murphy 21y 139d - LOGAN MORRIS ... 35y 176d - Les Hughes 35y 229d - Percy Parratt 37y 189d - Jim Flynn 37y 229d - DAYNE ZORKO #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Jaspa Fletcher is the 24th person to have played in a Grand Final in each of their first 4 V/AFL seasons John Platten (1986-89) the only other member of that group to achieve the feat in the last 66 years #AFL #AFLFinals #AFLGF

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Players to win a V/AFL premiership the year after winning a V/AFL wooden spoon Jack McDonough 1904 Ern Hazel 1911 Norm Turnbull 1921 Shane Clayton 1999 OSCAR ALLEN 2026 #AFLFinals #AFLGF #AFL

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

V/AFL players with premierships in each of their first 3 years Les Beck 1906-08 Fred Jinks 1906-08 Alex Lang 1906-08 Len Murphy 1928-30 Syd Anderson 1939-41 Jack O'Keefe 1939-41 Trevor Johnson 1955-57 LOGAN MORRIS 2024-26 #AFLFinals #AFLGF

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V/AFL flags for BRIS Won their 1st in a year ending in 1 Won their 2nd in a year ending in 2 Won their 3rd in a year ending in 3 Won their 4th in a year ending in 4 Won their 5th in a year ending in 5 Won their 6th in a year ending in 6 #AFLGF

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Darcy Fort a 3x premiership player His last 6 seasons in finals 2021 - listed in 2 as emergency (GEEL) 2022 - 2 as emergency, played SF (BRIS) 2023 - 3 as emergency 2024 - 3 as emergency, played GF 2025 - played all 4 finals 2026 - played all 4 finals #AFL

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Quickest players from V/AFL debut to play in 18 finals 4y 25d - DARCY WILMOT 5y 8d - Dermott Brereton 5y 133d - Paul Puopolo 5y 133d - Isaac Smith 5y 153d - Malcolm Blight 5y 162d - Wayne Schimmelbusch 5y 169d - Dean Kemp #AFLFreoLions #AFLFinals #AFL

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Fewest games to win three Premierships in the AFL era 70 - Nathan Broad 71 - LOGAN MORRIS 75 - Brad Hill 76 - Jonathan Brown 80 - KAI LOHMANN 82 - Toby Nankervis 83 - DARCY FORT #AFLFreoLions #AFLGF #AFLFinals #AFL

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Fewest games to win two Premierships in the AFL era 20 - Marlion Pickett - RICH 2019,20 27 - TY GALLOP - BRIS 2025-26 31 - Simon Goodwin - ADEL 1997-98 37 - Kane Johnson - ADEL 1997-98 42 - Liam Baker - RICH 2019-20 45 - Logan Morris - Bris 2024-25 #AFLGF #AFL

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Most V/AFL Premierships as Captain 4 - Syd Coventry 4 - Dick Reynolds 4 - Michael Tuck 3 - Allan La Fontaine 3 - John Nicholls 3 - Michael Voss 3 - Luke Hodge 3 - Trent Cotchin 3 - HARRIS ANDREWS #AFLGF #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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V/AFL sides to lose the Grand Final after leading at 3QT 1899 sth v fitz 1918 coll v sth 1921 carl v rich 1943 ess v rich 1947 ess v carl 1969 carl v rich 1970 coll v carl 1971 stk v haw 1981 coll v carl 1984 haw v ess 2009 stk v geel 2026 FREM v BRIS #AFLGF #AFL

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There have been 2 new names added to the list of V/@AFL premiership surnames Allen Draper #AFLGF #AFL

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V/AFL players to win multiple premierships while still a teenager Alex Lang 1906-07 Doug Gillespie 1906-07 Albert Collier 1927-28 Len Murphy 1928-29 Hassa Mann 1959-60 LEVI ASHCROFT 2025-26 #AFLGF #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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Marcus & Will Ashcroft become the first father and son pairing to both be V/AFL triple premiership players #AFLFinals #AFLGF #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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Scores in the 2026 Grand Final Before Wharfie Time FREM 12.17 (89) BRIS 10.12 (72) After Wharfie Time BRIS 4.0 (24) FREM 0.0 (0) #AFLGF #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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Tallest combined heights for opposing captains in a V/AFL Grand Final 403cm - 2023 coll v bris Darcy Moore & Harris Andrews 403cm - 2021 melb v wbd Max Gawn & Marcus Bontempelli 401cm - 2026 FREM v BRIS ALEX PEARCE & HARRIS ANDREWS #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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374 games of prior finals experience for BRIS today is the 2nd most for any side in a V/AFL game GEEL in the 2022 GF had 381 #AFLFinals #AFLGF

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The 2026 #AFLFreoLions Grand Final is V/AFL game #17,056 V/AFL game #41 where both sides have gone into the match with an unchanged line-up 7 of the 41 games are Grand Finals #AFLGF #AFL

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Most V/AFL Finals kicking 1+ goals 28 - Gordon Coventry 27 - CHARLIE CAMERON 26 - Tom Hawkins 23 - Lance Franklin 23 - Leigh Matthews 23 - Kevin Bartlett 23 - Jason Akermanis 22 - Jack Titus 22 - Dick Lee #AFLFreoLions #AFLFinals #AFLGF #AFL

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Highest number of former players from the same team to play in a V/AFL Grand Final side 4 - GEEL in 1995 (ex NTH) Tim McGrath Liam Pickering Brad Sholl Leigh Tudor 4 - FREM in 2026 (ex MELB) LUKE JACKSON OSCAR McDONALD JUDD McVEE COREY WAGNER #AFLFinals #AFL

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V/AFL Grand Finals with the score level at HT 1905 - coll v fitz 1909 - sth v carl 2025 - geel v bris 2026 - FREM v BRIS #AFLFreoLions #AFLGF #AFLFinals

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