Jun 23, 2021

STATSBENCH – 26/6 + KILSYTH’s 1000th GAME

By Noel McPhee Premier Round 10WinsWinsDrawsStreakSouth Croydon–Berwick–––North Ringwood4Noble Park120NP 1Doncaster8Doncaster East60DE 1Rowville4Balwyn80B 2Vermont53Blackburn250V 4NorwoodBye

South Croydon meet their 48th EFL opponent when Berwick comes to visit this weekend.Division 1 Round 11WinsWinsDrawsStreakMontrose4Mitcham50Mi 1Mooroolbark12Bayswater280M 1Park Orchards3Lilydale30PO 2^Upper FTG4Croydon70C 1East Ringwood5Wantirna South10ER 1

It’s been more than a decade since East Ringwood racked up five wins on the trot and further back than that for six in a row, which they are aiming for in this round when they take on Wantirna South.Division 2 Round 11WinsWinsDrawsStreakHeathmont23Boronia231H 1Mulgrave24Ringwood252R 3Templestowe15Knox60K 2^South Belgrave4The Basin171TB 3

Ringwood’s five finals’ series in a row and a likely sixth in 2021 is their best streak of late season action since the early 1960s (11 in a row from 1954-1964).Division 3 Round 11WinsWinsDrawsStreakEast Burwood17Donvale120EB 3Warrandyte17Ferntree Gully140W 1Waverley Blues3Scoresby20WB 1Fairpark12Whitehorse140W 2Glen WaverleyBye

Five of the nine Division 3 teams have played in the top echelon of the EFL at one point.

Division 4 Round 10WinsWinsDrawsStreakForest Hill12Chirnside Park80FH 1Croy North MLOC0Surrey Park30SP 3^Kilsyth20Nunawading120K 2Silvan6Coldstream110C 3

Kilsyth join the 1000 matches played ‘club’. Kilsyth were an inaugural EFL team in 1962, they played for three years in the then-VFA 1982-1984 and then returned to the EFL. The SBRD* has examined the archives and produced a Kilsyth 1000 game special.

Current Streaks:

W7 Coldstream

L9 Nunawading, Upper Ferntree Gully

All figures are for men’s EFL matches 1962 – 2021 rd9/10.

*SBRD StatsBench Research Department

^ Best Winning Streak against this opponent

Acknowledgment: localfootystats.com

Kilsyth FC join the 1000 EFNL games club having been an inaugural member when the league started in 1962. Apart from a three-year hiatus 1982-84 when the club joined the then VFA in a bold move before a return to the EFNL in 1985.

In the early years the Cougars spent the majority of the time in the top division, making finals in 1966, 1970 and 1973. A drop to Division 2 in 1975 resulted in a Premiership and an immediate return to the top division. By end of 1981 though the club was facing a drop to Division 3, before embarking on the short chapter in the VFA.

Six finals’ series in eight years saw Kilsyth progress from Division 4 back to Division 2 before a few bad years saw the club back in Division 4.

In addition to the three EFNL flags the club has another four Premierships prior to 1962.

Kilsyth have played their highest number of matches against Ferntree Gully (47), Forest Hill (46) and Fair Park (39). The Cougars’ best results have come against Surrey Park (73% of matches won) and Nunawading (63%). Worth acknowledging is the 12 of 27 matches won against Vermont in the 1960s and 70s. Not many teams have a ratio that high against the Eagles.

Kilsyth is one of only two clubs (with East Burwood) to have played in all five divisions. The club has played against 53 senior EFNL football teams and has a current winning ratio of 44% of the 999 games played.

Competition Medallists

Chandler Medal

1965 John Clegg

1966 Phil Lord

Edie Medal

1991 Gavin McNay

1992 Steve Adams

1993 Steve Adams

1994 Gavin McNay

James Medal

1989 Gavin McNay

2003 Quenin Van Veen