30/4/22 Premier Round 3Wins WinsDrawsStreakNoble Park18Vermont310V 10^Balwyn0Berwick10Bk 1^Norwood26Rowville130N 3Park Orchards–South Croydon–––Doncaster24Blackburn320B 5^North Ringwood5Doncaster East20NR 5^
Of teams making the step up to the top division, Park Orchards have made the best start to a season since North Ringwood won their first two games in 2015. The Sharks will become South Croydon’s 49th EFNL opponent. Park Orchards’ current nine game winning streak equals their best ever in the EFNL across late 2013, early 2014.
Vermont’s current 10 game winning streak is unique against Noble Park; no other team has ever managed to win more than five on the trot against the Bulls.Division 1 Round 4Wins WinsDrawsStreakEast Ringwood–Beaconsfield–––Bayswater24Mitcham211M 1Lilydale18Mooroolbark141M 2Montrose17Upper FTG110M 7^Wantirna South5Croydon90C 3^
East Ringwood will meet opponent number 35 in the EFNL as Beaconsfield visit for the first time.Division 2 Round 4Wins WinsDrawsStreakBoronia9East Burwood241DrawKnox7Templestowe150K 3^Mulgrave13Heathmont160H 5Ringwood–Oakleigh District–––South Belgrave5The Basin171SB 1^
Oakleigh District will be Ringwood’s 44th EFNL opponent.
It seems like much more than a pandemic ago that Boronia and East Burwood played out a draw, but it was only 2017.Division 3 Round 4Wins WinsDrawsStreakDonvale5Fairpark30D 1Coldstream1Glen Waverley81GW 2Ferntree Gully14Warrandyte180W 2Waverley Blues4Scoresby20WB 2^Whitehorse Bye
Ferntree Gully and Warrandyte first matched up in 1965 and have played against each other in every decade since.Division 4 Round 4Wins WinsDrawsStreakSilvan8Surrey Park70SP 2Kilsyth3Croydon Nth MLOC10CNM 1^Forest Hill33Nunawading90FH 16^Chirnside Park Bye
Forest Hill have 33 wins on the board against Nunawading but they have chalked up 37 against Fairpark and 34 V Ferntree Gully.
Current Streaks: Park Orchards W9, Vermont W9; Mulgrave L10.
All figures are for men’s EFNL matches 1962 – rd2/3 2022.
^ Best Winning Streak against this week’s opponent
Acknowledgement: localfootystats.com
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