By: Noel McPhee
Check out all the head-to-head club stats ahead of Round 2 all thanks to Tobin Brothers Funerals – Celebrating Lives…Premier Round 2Wins WinsDrawsStreakDoncaster6Vermont210D 1Rowville13South Croydon140SC 1Norwood13North Ringwood162DrawMontrose3Noble Park40NP 3Balwyn17Blackburn90Bl 3
Vermont’s BWS^ against Doncaster is a massive 16.Division 1 Round 2Wins WinsDrawsStreakKnox4Mooroolbark00K 4Doncaster East6Croydon70DE 4Lilydale1Park Orchards10PO 1Upper FTG–East Ringwood–––Bayswater9Wantirna South100B 3
Upper Gully and East Ringwood have not met previously under the EFL banner but the SBRD* discovered that they did play each other in the old Croydon-FTG FL back in the 1950s with East Ringwood winning 12 of 13 contests.Division 2 Round 2Wins WinsDrawsStreakMulgrave13Heathmont110M 11Mitcham38Ringwood420R 1The Basin8Boronia230B 4Templestowe3Scoresby10S 1
Mulgrave and Heathmont last matched up in 1979. Heathmont won the first 10 encounters between the two teams and Mulgrave won 13 of the next 14.
Ringwood’s most played opponent is Mitcham with 80 match-ups and they played against each other in the very first round of the EFL in 1962.Division 3 Round 2Wins WinsDrawsStreakDonvale7Warrandyte20D 2South Belgrave7Chirnside Park50SB 2Whitehorse Prs14Ferntree Gully60FTG 2Glen W Hawks0Waverley Blues20WB 2
GW Hawks and Waverley Blues last met in 2005.Division 4 Round 2Wins WinsDrawsStreakColdstream34Nunawading160C 10Fairpark4Silvan70S 1Forest Hill–Croydon Nth-MLOC–––Kilsyth22Surrey Park51K 6East Burwood Bye
Coldstream’s current streak of 10 V Nunawading is its BWS^ against the Lions.
Kilsyth is undefeated in its last nine games against Surrey Park; two wins, a draw and then another six wins.
Congratulations to Nunawading on having a win.
Chirnside Park now has the current longest EFL losing streak sitting at 19.
Whitehorse Pioneers are on the longest EFL winning streak of 11.
* Statsbench Research Department
^ Best Winning Streak
(All figures are for senior men’s EFL matches 1962 – rd 1 2019)