By Noel McPhee
15/5/21Division P Round 5Wins WinsDrawsStreakBalwyn13South Croydon30B 2Noble Park9Rowville30R 2^North Ringwood15Blackburn130B 4^Doncaster East10Norwood120N 1Doncaster Bye Berwick Bye Vermont Bye
Norwood and Doncaster East meet for the first time since 2003 in what was then the old Division Three.
The Premier Division ladder is pretty tight – a win for Noble Park could see them head the ladder but a loss and they may be a low as sixth with several teams below them just a game behind but with a game in hand.Division 1 Round 6Wins WinsDrawsStreakBayswater22Lilydale160L 1Mitcham34East Ringwood531ER 1Mooroolbark14Croydon190C 4Montrose16Upper FTG110M 6^Wantirna South2Park Orchards20WS 1^
Mitcham and East Ringwood along with Vermont, East Burwood and Scoresby were the mainstays of the top echelon of EFNL for over four decades. The Tigers will take on the Kangaroos for the 89th time since 1962 but the first time since 2006. (See below for some gold from the SBRD* out of the Statsbench archives).
Bayswater reached the 1100 match milestone last round and have won exactly half of those games.Division 2 Round 6Wins WinsDrawsStreakTemplestowe7Boronia190B 2Ringwood15The Basin81R 2Mulgrave13Heathmont140H 3Knox–South Belgrave–––
Knox and South Belgrave meet for the first time; South Belgrave will be Knox’s 46th opponent in the EFNL and Knox will be South Belgrave’s 37th opponent.Division 3 Round 6Wins WinsDrawsStreakEast Burwood8Ferntree Gully20FTG 2^Fairpark9Warrandyte150W 8^Glen Waverley0Waverley Blues50WB 5^Whitehorse3Donvale30D 1^Scoresby Bye
It’s the sixth Waverley showdown!
Whitehorse and Donvale have only met six times in the EFNL but they have a history of many more meetings in the old Eastern Suburban Churches Football Association in the 1970s and 80s.
Division 4 Round 5Wins WinsDrawsStreakChirnside Park3Silvan10CP 3^Surrey Park5Coldstream90C 2Nunawading2Croy North MLOC00N 2^Kilsyth18Forest Hill270FH 3
Based on previous scores so far this season the Nunawading and Croydon North-MLOC match could be each club’s best chance for a win.
Most match-ups:
117 East Ringwood V Vermont
112 East Burwood V Vermont
101 East Burwood V East Ringwood
96 East Burwood V Scoresby
92 Mitcham V Vermont
91 East Burwood V Mitcham
91 Scoresby V Vermont
88 East Ringwood V Mitcham
Current Streaks:
W5 The Basin
L20 Croydon North-MLOC
All figures are for men’s EFL matches 1962 – 2021 rd4/5.
* Statsbench Research Department
^ Best Winning Streak against this opponent
Acknowledgment: localfootystats.com
© Noel McPhee 2021