2/7/22 Premier Round 11Wins WinsDrawsStreakVermont31Noble Park190NP 1Doncaster2Balwyn60B 4^North Ringwood0Park Orchards10PO 1^Norwood13South Croydon150N 2Blackburn8Rowville80B 1Berwick0Doncaster East10DE 1^
Vermont and Noble Park’s 50 meetings include 10 finals.
Norwood and South Croydon have met in three divisions; the Vikings have the edge over the Bulldogs in Premier Division but the reverse is true in meetings in Division 1 and 2.Division 1 Round 12Wins WinsDrawsStreakBayswater0Beaconsfield10Bcf 1^East Ringwood49Croydon230ER 4Lilydale9Mitcham80M 1Wantirna South6Upper FTG210WS 2
Of East Ringwood and Croydon’s 72 match ups not one has been a final.
Upper Gully won the first 13 matches against Wantirna South.Division 2 Round 12Wins WinsDrawsStreakRingwood24Heathmont100R 2Mulgrave13East Burwood170EB 1Knox1Oakleigh District00K 1^South Belgrave5Templestowe110SB 2^Boronia27The Basin91Draw
Ringwood and Heathmont were in the same division for four seasons in the 1960s, three seasons in the 1970s and then did not cross paths again until 2012.Division 3 Round 12Wins WinsDrawsStreakFerntree Gully15Glen Waverley70GW 1Donvale8Warrandyte50W 3^Waverley Blues9Fairpark00WB 9^Coldstream14Whitehorse Prs100W 4^Scoresby Bye
Waverley Blues can take their BWS against Fairpark into double figures which would be their best ever streak against any team (previously had a BWS of 9 against Whitehorse in the late 1990s-2000s.Division 4 Round 12Wins WinsDrawsStreakChirnside Park10Kilsyth90CP 3Forest Hill3Croy Nth MLOC10CM 1^Silvan13Nunawading50S 13^Surrey Park Bye
Chirnside Park and Kilsyth spent eight seasons in a row in the same division (2 & 3) in the 2000s and then didn’t meet again for a decade.
Current Streaks: Mooroolbark W16; Oakleigh District L11, Nunawading L11, Upper Ferntree Gully L11.
All figures are for men’s EFNL matches 1962 – rd10/11 2022.
^ Best Winning Streak (BWS) against this week’s opponent
Acknowledgement: localfootystats.com
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