Footyinfo

25 August

1983
43 years ago

Glenorchy kicked 16.3 (99) in the last quarter against Hobart at KGV Football Park, the biggest single quarter in Tasmanian state league history.

Records

From the archive

  1. 1923

    Perth beat Subiaco by two points at Subiaco Oval for its first win since round 6 of 1922, ending a run of 21 consecutive winless games.

    The same Saturday East Fremantle was in Melbourne losing to Fitzroy, so its game against East Perth was never played.

    Records

  2. 1996
    30 years ago

    A crowd of 48,884 turned out at the MCG for Fitzroy's last ever game in Melbourne as an AFL club.

    Clubs

Matches

  1. 2000
  2. 1956
    70 years ago
  3. 1900
  4. 1900
  5. 1900
  6. 1900
  7. 2018

    Adelaide won by 104 points

    AFL · Round 23 · Etihad Stadium · crowd 17,000

  8. 2018

    Geelong won by 102 points

    AFL · Round 23 · GMHBA Stadium · crowd 28,004

Milestones

  1. 1989
    Garry Foulds

    300th VFL game, Essendon v Sydney

Debuts

  1. 2012
    Sebastian Ross

    St Kilda v GWS, first of 211 VFL/AFL games

  2. 1984
    Steven Hocking

    Geelong v Richmond, first of 199 VFL/AFL games

  3. 2017
    Patrick Lipinski

    Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn, first of 161 VFL/AFL games so far

  4. 2017
    Harry Morrison

    Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs, first of 138 VFL/AFL games so far

Birthdays

  1. 1998
    Brandon Zerk-Thatcher

    Port Adelaide, 94 games (2019-2026)

  2. 1997
    Claudia Gunjaca

    Geelong Cats, 59 games (2022-2026)

  3. 2001
    Flynn Perez

    Hawthorn, 31 games (2020-2026)

  4. 2004
    Lily-Rose Williamson

    Brisbane Lions, 27 games (2022-2026)

Born on this day

  1. 1987
    Josh J. Kennedy

    West Coast, 293 games (2006-2022)

  2. 1944
    Frank Davis

    Melbourne, 168 games (1964-1973)