Richmond was a crap team so some things never change. The Goal King: Jason Dunstall's own story ( With Ken Piesse) Melbourne : Wilkinson Books, 1995. On Sunday, on a windy day in the Apple Isle, Brent Harvey, shortly to turn 38, kicked six goals as North Melbourne edged past Melbourne.
Hudson was the first of the one hit wonders, never reaching the mark again. Burst onto the scene as a 17-year-old Coorparoo full forward in 1984 when he topped the QAFL goal-kicking (73 goals), kicked seven goals in the Roos’ grand final win, made a brilliant debut for Queensland, and was snapped up by the Hawks. “That sort of miserable, miserable cold wet day we were getting beaten, happy to be on the bench, just wanted it to be over.”.
Dunstall finished his quadrilogy of forward dominance with a 123-goal, 166-mark performance in 1993. 150 marks went along with 105 goals for the year as the Cats finished fourth. Is there anyone who could go near making the 100-150 club, or is this exclusive AFL statistical club closed for admissions for good? Modra never reached either of those heights again, his next best in each category being 93 marks and 84 goals in 1997. His 1970-71 seasons set a benchmark in this stat that was not equalled until 18 years later. Ayres, Dunstall’s teammate that day and many others, paints a vivid picture of the precinct.
Robert Nguyen is WAtoday's AFL statistics columnist. He compiled another stellar year, registering 134 goals and taking 159 marks. Watch Foxtel in an instant. Whether it was Dunstall meeting the ball full chested, or Lockett overpowering his defender, it was that aspect of the game that allowed so many shots on goal. You have to remember – people have never thought of Franklin as a great mark of the footy, but with those 2008 numbers, and the company they put him in, maybe we are too harsh on him? Hudson wasn’t far behind, with 146 goals, but fell ten marks short of the target, with 140 for the season. Jason Dunstall A Hawthorn champion and genuine AFL superstar who was Queensland’s first member of the AFL Hall of Fame.
Three years later he almost equalled his 1989 output.
While Quinlan’s 116 goals were a career-high, he actually took more marks in a season 12 years earlier. “So it wasn’t actually what happened out on the ground it was the sort of makeup of the ground and the excitement of going in the gate down the stairs, walking around the tunnels and into the rooms that was part of what was exciting and almost boyish about playing football.”. Jason Dunstall kicked 17 goals in one game at Waverley and took out the 1991 Premiership at the venue as well.
Doug Wade booted 127 goals in 1969 but his 139 marks left him 11 short, while Alex Jesaulenko kicked the ton in 1970 with 115 goals, and added 141 marks to fall short as well. He has had the marking component covered in both 2016-17, but his goal tally has fallen well short. His next best haul was 90 goals in 1990, and that was accompanied by 139 marks. Donohue is not spoken about in the same manner of other gun forwards of his era, but his 1976 season must have been something to behold. Dunstall finished his quadrilogy of forward dominance with a 123-goal, 166-mark performance in 1993.
“It was a beautiful ground, big wide open expanses, absolutely brilliant playing forward because there was so much space so it was a fantastic ground to play on,” Dunstall said. McKenna had 164 marks to go along with his 143 goals in 1970. Prior to him climbing that mountain, only two other players had achieved the feat this century – Fraser Gehrig in 2004, and Matthew Lloyd in 2000 and 2001. In 1998, the year of his last five-goal game (and when John Howard was in his first term as PM), that feat was achieved 138 times across the league. Funnily enough for Fitzroy and Geelong in Round 3 of 1970, the weather was fine and the grass glistening, in no way a warning of the frosty reputation it would eventually inherit. ISBN 1-86350-208-4 : External links. It was a once in a lifetime season.
To kick 100 goals and combine it with 150 marks in a season is an achievement that will, sadly, rule out many of the old-timers, but gives an indication as to just how good those who achieved it were. His combined totals over that two year period are 323 marks and 277 goals.
We had names such as Brad Hardie (two), Dale Lewis (one) and Terry Keays (two) pop up, along with obvious ones in Peter Sumich (13), John Longmire (nine), Dunstall (eight) and Allen Jakovich (eight).
His first trip to the power forward’s statistical Everest occurred in his 1987 Brownlow year when he slotted 117 goals to go along with 164 marks. It was Boomer's first bag of five or more goals in 6,498 days (or more than 17 years).
His 132 goals were accompanied by 157 marks in 1992.
Just better. Matthew Lloyd was another who went back-to-back with 100-150 seasons. His closest effort came in ’16, when he bagged 81 goals. In 1996, Lockett proved that his move to the Swans had done nothing to hamper him when he kicked 121 goals to go along with 168 marks.
“Coming back two nights or three nights later that was pretty bizarre as well, finishing off with a quarter to go. MEMBERS – The Top 20 Defenders Of The 2000s. What we do.
But those days you did as you we’re told. Peter McKenna beat out his rival, Peter Hudson to be the first man to ever achieve the 100 goals/150 marks in a season milestone. With that in mind….
He had almost 30 Possessions .. Jamie Morrisey was running into an open goal .. he was looking around to Dunstall but his opponent wouldnt peel off to save the goal..
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100 goals in a season is extraordinary.
The last man to kick 100 goals in an AFL season was Lance Franklin, twelve long years ago. In just his second season, Modra sat on enough heads to pull in 163 marks, and kick 129 goals. Want more of this kind of stuff?
“Probably a few things that come to mind obviously, the fact that it was actually the time I played my first game ever for Hawthorn which was a reserve game against Richmond in 1978, so gee whiz that’s what, 42 years ago! As good as Lloyd was, Tony Lockett was a class above again. Bernie Quinlan kicked 100 goals in a season twice, but it was only his 1983 season that saw him take enough marks to make the club.
I cannot see his standing atop this category ever being challenged, let alone broken.
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A season with 150 marks and 100 goals the way the game is currently being played, with team defences and very little room to move in the forward 50 could be close to the best season by a forward of all time.
But there is a catch... we cannot find the vision! Franklin has been close-ish since.
Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. It was a once in a lifetime season. In 1983, he got the equation right, grabbing 155 marks to go with his 116 goals. This season included his incredible 25 disposal, 16 mark, 15.9 performance against St Kilda.
Five years later, Lockett was at it again, compiling an even more impressive set of numbers.
The strength to these forwards was always their marking ability.
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