Carlton VFL/AFL Player Statistics Page 2

Statistics weren’t always a part of Australian Rules football - it was not until 1974 that records* were kept beyond the number of games played and the number of goals scored. In 1987 those records were extended to include the number of tackles laid by a defensive player.

In 2008 those records were extended again to include: 

• Inside 50s: the number of times the ball is inside a side’s forward-50. An individual’s inside-50s count is the number of times that player has put the ball into his side’s forward-50. As with many AFL statistics, this may also count toward a goal-assist or, for the more powerful (or lucky) kickers, a goal.
• Goals contributed: the number of goals kicked as well as the number of goal-assists
• Goal-assists: a statistic which shows the last player to have had the ball prior to the one that scored the goal. Players like Chris Judd have a lot of goal-assists as they would prefer the “glory” to be taken by another player, whereas players like Brendan Fevola would prefer that glory for themselves.

After Round 12, 2012, these details were hidden from public view, changing back to the “standard” stats which were recorded from 1987. And from 2010 additional statistics of which I am yet to ascertain the meaning have been recorded. So my next page of stats is going to take a little longer to collate and post- do I include these new numbers, or just continue on with the ‘87s?! We will see in time enough!  

As we are seeing in the modern game, each touch of the ball represents a number of stats- follow a game live on www.afl.com.au any weekend and you’ll see that a game statistician’s is not an easy job! Contested or uncontested possessions, effective or ineffective disposals, errors, clangers, the list is huge. This spread-sheet is only a snap-shot of the main player stats from 1987 to 1999.

On the front page you will see the name of every man to have worn the old dark Navy Blue in that period, including names like Silvagni, Bradley, McKay, Ratten, Kernahan, Camporeale, Koutoufides... The first page shows the totals for each stat for each player for his entire career (Silvagni 312games 1985-2001, Bradley 375 games 1986-2002, McKay 244 games 1993-2003, Camporeale 233 games 1995-2006, Koutoufides 278 games 1992-2007, etc). The subsequent pages show the numbers for those players alongside those of his team mates for that year.

Have a look, bring back some memories, or wonder about memories you could have had of the late 1980s and the entire 1990s of the old dark Navy Blue!

peterg

16Aug12

*Champion Data, AFL Tables, FinalSiren, and All the Stats are just examples of statistical repositories for AFL players. The detail available is determined by how deep you want to drill!

Carlton VFL/AFL Player Statistics Page 1

This is a snap-shot of the player-statistics for every man to wear the Old Dark Navy Blue between 1974 and 1986.

Some of these players had been playing for years prior to this period, and others started during this time and continued on afterwards.

The numbers for those who started playing prior to this period cannot reflect their games from that time because these statistics (for the time being) were not recorded before 1974. For example, John Nicholls played from 1957 to 1974 but this sheet only reflects his statistics from those last 14 matches that he played in 1974. And Bruce Doull (1969-1986) only has the details of games played in the last 12 years of that era.

Records for 1897-1973, at the time of writing, only include Games Played/Won/Drawn/Lost, and the player’s Goals. Brownlow votes were recorded from 1924.

However, Stephen Silvagni, who started his playing career in 1986, continued on to the early years of the next century. While his summary shows the total for that career, you will only find the numbers from 1986 in this spread-sheet. The next pages in this series will fill that out more.

Players in each year are recorded according to their jumper number. Some changed : this has not been reflected on the summary page. The link to the web-page embedded in the first cell will lead you to that player's page at AFL Tables.

There is only one more page in this series for the moment, being 1987-1999. The reason for the breaks:

- More and different statistics were being recorded after 1987, and again after 2007

- I thought the end-of-the-Century would be a good break, anyway

More statistics began again in 2007, but as many of the players from that period are still playing, it's best not to upload it until there's another opportunity for a break. That will ensure accuracy of the data. 

My reason for doing this? I became interested in AFL as a sport in the 1990s, began following it in earnest in 2002, and became interested in the statistics of the game from 2006. These pages began to be compiled in 2007 and were renewed / revitalised this year when I found many, many mistakes, as well as new / more / older data.

Please let me know if there is any more explanation needed! Check my About Me page to get up-to-date stats on a game-by-game basis: snap-shots are taken at every break and posted to my Google Docs, with links tweeted and +'d almost immediately after the game.   

peterg

01Aug12

- Horse's birthday

- Swiss National Day

- Pinch-and-a-punch
- only 30 days left of my 47th year on earth.