Footyinfo

23 August

1975
51 years ago

Glenelg kicked 49.23 (317) against Central District at Glenelg Oval, still the highest score in SANFL history, against a visiting side fielding 11 players aged 20 or under.

The winning margin of 238 points is also the league record.

Records

From the archive

  1. 1997

    Hobart played its final TFL match, losing to North Hobart by 48 points, after the league withdrew its licence and a three-way merger plan failed.

    State leagues

  2. 2002

    Ireland beat Papua New Guinea 51 to 19 in the grand final of the first International Cup at the MCG, played as a curtain raiser to Hawthorn against North Melbourne.

    Ireland finished the tournament undefeated, ahead of 10 other nations.

    Overseas

  3. 2003

    Sydney hosted Collingwood at the SCG before 72,393, the largest crowd to watch an AFL game outside Victoria.

    Records

Matches

  1. 1986
    40 years ago

    Hawthorn won by 135 points

    VFL · Round 21 · Princes Park · crowd 9,659

  2. 1986
    40 years ago

    Collingwood won by 101 points

    VFL · Round 21 · Victoria Park · crowd 17,800

  3. 1919

Milestones

  1. 2026
    Jack Gunston

    300th AFL game, Hawthorn v West Coast

Debuts

  1. 1987
    Sean Denham

    Geelong v Sydney, first of 186 VFL/AFL games

  2. 1980
    Peter Schwab

    Hawthorn v South Melbourne, first of 171 VFL/AFL games

  3. 2008
    Pearce Hanley

    Brisbane v Carlton, first of 169 VFL/AFL games

  4. 1958
    Ian Synman

    St Kilda v Geelong, first of 154 VFL/AFL games

  5. 1941
    Billy Deans

    South Melbourne v Essendon, first of 152 VFL/AFL games

Birthdays

  1. 2001
    Francis Evans

    Carlton, 67 games (2021-2026)

  2. 1998
    Will Brodie

    Port Adelaide, 56 games (2017-2026)

  3. 2004
    Noah Long

    West Coast, 36 games (2023-2025)

  4. 2005
    Amy Gaylor

    Essendon, 33 games (2024-2026)

  5. 2003
    Oscar Steene

    Collingwood, 8 games (2026)

Born on this day

  1. 1951
    David Dench

    North Melbourne, 275 games (1969-1984)

  2. 1979
    Lance Whitnall

    Carlton, 216 games (1997-2007)

  3. 1962
    David Murphy

    Sydney, 156 games (1984-1993)