23/7/22 Premier Round 14Wins WinsDrawsStreakNorth Ringwood6Vermont301V 14^Balwyn19Norwood100B 1Berwick0Noble Park30NP 3^Park Orchards0Rowville10R 1^South Croydon21Blackburn200SC 2Doncaster East7Doncaster90DE 1
Vermont’s winning exploits over the years have been mentioned many times in this column. SBRD* had to go back through the archives to 1976 to find the last time the Eagles lost seven in a row. There is a possibility that Vermont could miss the finals for just the fifth time since 1980.Division 1 Round 15Wins WinsDrawsStreakBeaconsfield0Croydon10C 1^East Ringwood24Lilydale60ER 3Mitcham5Montrose60Mon 2Mooroolbark25Upper FTG270M 2Bayswater10Wantirna South120WS 1
East Ringwood, with nine wins in a row is on their best winning streak since their last Premiership year in 2002 when they won the first 12 of the season, lost one and finished the season with seven wins in a row.Division 2 Round 15Wins WinsDrawsStreakRingwood44Boronia230R 4Heathmont7Knox90H 2The Basin1Oakleigh District00TB 1^East Burwood0South Belgrave20SB 2^Mulgrave4Templestowe30M 1
With Ringwood certain and Boronia likely to play finals they might meet each other in finals for the sixth time. Their 68th match up since 1962 ranks inside the top 20 of all match ups in the EFL. (Vermont v East Ringwood the most at 117).Division 3 Round 15Wins WinsDrawsStreakGlen Waverley4Donvale80D 6^Scoresby6Coldstream20C 1^Fairpark12Whitehorse Prs160WP 4^Ferntree GullyByeWaverley BluesBye WarrandyteBye
Fairpark and Whitehorse have spent 14 of the last 22 seasons in the same division.Division 4 Round 15Wins WinsDrawsStreakChirnside Park10Forest Hill130CP 2^Kilsyth23Surrey Park81K 1Croydon Nth MLOC0Silvan40S 4^Nunawading Bye
Between 2007 and 2018 Kilsyth lost just one match to Surrey Park (also one draw).
Current Streaks: Waverley Blues W13; Oakleigh District L14, Nunawading L14, Upper Ferntree Gully L14.
All figures are for men’s EFNL matches 1962 – rd13/14 2022.
^ Best Winning Streak (BWS) against this week’s opponent
Acknowledgement: localfootystats.com
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