AFL by Season Trivia

1. Who were the defending premiers entering the 2013 AFL season?

From Quiz 2013 AFL Season

Answer: Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans won the previous year's AFL premiership, defeating Hawthorn by ten points.

From Quiz 1950s VFL

Answer: 12th (last)

Melbourne finished last in 1951, winning just one game. Even the great teams had bad seasons in between golden eras. They also finished second last in 1953, one year before they were runner-up to Footscray in the Grand Final.

From Quiz AFL Season 2015

Answer: Mick Malthouse

The previous record of 714 games as coach was held by Jack McCale who coached Collingwood from 1912-1949. Mick Malthouse began his sporting career as a player for St Kilda then moved to Richmond Tigers. His coaching career began in 1984 with Footscray (previous name of Western Bulldogs) whom he coached until 1989. He moved west to take over the head job at West Coast Eagles. In his ten years there, they made the finals series each year, playing in three Grand Finals, and winning two of those. He moved to Melbourbe and, from 2000 until 2011 he was coach of Collingwood, guiding them to four Grand Final appearances, only one of which they won. He left Collingwood at the end of 2011 after a three year plan by club President Eddie McGuire to have him train up former player Nathan Buckley as the new coach. He refused the job offered to him for 2012 at Collingwood as Director of Coaching, instead taking a role as commentator for that season. He returned to coaching in 2013 as coach of Carlton with hopes of taking them to his past successes. They finished in ninth place in his first season, but due to the supplements scandal at Essendon and penalties imposed against them, Carlton made it to the finals series as Essendon were disqulified. They won their elimination final, giving Malthouse the record of the most successful finals coach. The following week they lost and their season was over. Season 2014 was not a successful year and Carlton finished in thirteenth place at the end of the home and away season. Things did not improve in 2015, and after Round 8, sitting at one win and seven losses and 718 games as a coach, he was sacked after he was critical of the club board and administrators in a radio interview, though whispers were rife that his job was already under consideration. Carlton would go on to win only three more games in the season and take out the wooden spoon.

From Quiz Sirengate

Answer: The siren sounded signalling the end of the game but the umpires didn't hear it and called for the match to go on.

With forty seconds on the clock St Kilda kicked a goal to bring them within one point of the Dockers after an errant kick from the Dockers lead to St Kilda gaining possession. The Dockers had at one stage been up by 33 points but midway through the third quarter, St Kilda had fought their way back into the match. The ball was returned to the centre circle for clearance with the time clock now down to thirty seven seconds. St Kilda knocked it out of the middle and brought the ball within their 50m line. The clock was ticking down and a battle was on for possession with each team having the ball before losing it. At eight seconds left on the clock and still inside St Kilda's fifty, the ball was locked in to a pack and the umpire called for a bounce. The ball was knocked out, the clocked restarted and with seconds still ticking down dribbled across the ground as a pack again formed on the ball. The umpire blew his whistle to call for a bounce. At this point, the time clock which is not displayed at grounds, but visible to home viewers and the broadcast commentators disappeared from the television screen, which should indicate that the match had finished. The clock had showed 0.00. Commentators on the match were confused as to if the match had finished and were unsure themselves as to if the siren had sounded. The siren at the ground had previously been noted due to its low volume, though without any impact on the result of a match. Combined with the loudness of the 15000+ crowd at the match on the day, it was even harder to hear. Dockers players, believing they had heard the siren, threw their hands in the air celebrating that they had won before realising that the umpire was going for a bounce and play was continuing. They started to argue that the siren had sounded, the umpire disagreed and continued with the bounce. The Dockers were unprepared for the bounce. The ball was knocked out and possession was taken by St Kilda and kicked through for a behind (one point), tying the match. The time keeper having being informed by a member of the crowd that the match was continuing, had sounded the siren again while the ball was in air. This time field umpires indicated that it had been heard. The field umpires came together to confer on the claim that the siren had sounded twice. None of the field umpires claim to have heard the first siren. During the shot on goal Dockers' Daniel Gilmore bumped St Kildas' Stephen Baker, this was deemed illegal in the game and a free kick was awarded to St Kilda. He took a shot on goal which missed, going through for a behind. At this time there was confusion as to whether the previous point stood and the second point meant that St Kilda had won, or if the first point was cancelled and the second point meant a draw. After review, the first point was declared to have been cancelled as it happened after the incident that led to the free kick. The goal umpires, who make note of scores during the match met in the middle of the field to compare scores. They signaled all correct to the scorekeeper and the score on the board St Kilda 13.16(94) to Dockers 14.10(94) was ruled to be correct. The Dockers immediately lodged an appeal as to the outcome of the match, contesting that the siren sounded at the same time as the bounce had been called for and therefore the behinds, both the one from the contest, as well as the one from the free kick, occurred after the siren and should not stand. In game time, an extra twelve seconds of play continued, though in real time it took almost six minutes to play out. Most betting agencies paid out the match as a draw, but some paid the match as a gratuitous win for the Dockers. The name 'Sirengate' was given by Channel Nine's "AFL Footy Show".

From Quiz 2010 AFL Premiership Season

Answer: Jack Riewoldt

Barry Hall kicked 75 goals for the regular season but Jack Riewoldt kicked 78.

From Quiz The AFL Centenary Year: 1996

Answer: 56 points

In an upset win, St Kilda won its first flag since 1966 and only their second night premiership. Ironically, this was the same margin the Saints had beaten the Blues by the last time the two teams had met in Round 9 1995. It was one of only two losses for Carlton that year.

From Quiz 2013 AFL Season

Answer: 148

This was Essendon's highest-ever winning margin against Melbourne, 184-36. The previous record margin was 11 points in 1986.

From Quiz 1980s VFL

Answer: 271

Flower had certainly been starved of finals, finally playing one in his 272nd game. Melbourne seemed to have a good chance of a Grand Final in 1987, but they lost the preliminary final to Hawthorn by two points, after big Jim Stynes famously ran over the mark, giving Hawthorn a great opportunity to score a goal, which they did.

From Quiz AFL Season 2015

Answer: An imaginary spear

Indigenous Round is a round to celebrate the contribution of Aboriginal players in the league. Ceremonies such as Welcome to Country are preformed before the match as well as entertainment featuring Indigenous performers. Teams wear specially designed guernseys of Aboriginal art in their club colours. On scoring a goal, Goodes performed a dance which finished with him throwing an imaginary spear into the crowd. Playing at his home ground, he threw the "spear" towards a group of Carlton fans sitting in the stands. Incorrectly labeled in some media outlets as a traditional war dance, it was actually created by an under 16 Indigenous football team (the Flying Boomerangs) that Adam was involved with and was his homage to future stars of the game as well as a celebration of the Indigenous Round. Though the move was imitated by children across playgrounds and football fields around the country, reaction to his dance was seen by some as an act of aggression and as a threat and over the next several weeks anger towards this action would build. Adam Goodes, at the time held the record for the longest playing Indigenous player in the AFL, having taken that title in 2014. He has English, Irish and Scottish ancestry on his fathers side and Indigenous Australian (Adnyamanthanha/Narungga) on his mothers. Some of his other achievements have been: Rising Star (1999), Club Captain (2009-20012), Premiership player (2005, 2012), Club Champion (2003, 2006, 2011), Brownlow Medalist (2003, 2006), All Australian (2003, 2006, 2009, 2011) Indigenous All-Stars (2003), Indigenous Team of the Century (2008), Club leading goal kicker (2009-2011) as well as many media awards. Off the field he is an ambassador for Recognise, campaigning for Indigenous Australians to be mentioned in the Constitution, co-founder of GO Foundation, providing scholarships for Indigenous youth and the face of the government program "Racism. It stops with me." In 2014 he was awarded Australian of the Year for his sporting achievements as well as his charity and youth work. Other themed rounds that occurred during the season were Women's Round, Multicultural Round, Heritage Round and Rivalry Round.

From Quiz Sirengate

Answer: Dockers 2-2 and Saints 2-2

Sitting at two wins and losses each, the match had been touted as a must win for each side for paving their way for the rest of the season. Speculation as to the safety of the job of coach was beginning to stir for Dockers Chris Connolly. The contest between the two was already heated due to a close victory and controversy in their last meeting at Subiaco Oval in Perth in the preceding season, with the Dockers snatching the victory in the final seconds of the game by five points. A contentious umpiring decision had gone the way of the Dockers, resulted in free kick and score on goal. There were allegations that one of the field umpires deliberately favoured giving free kicks to the Dockers. The matter was investigated and ruled to be unfounded. The previous match at Aurora stadium between the two in Season 2005, was won by St Kilda by the margin of one point. Another memorable, but far more humourous incident between the clubs, happened in 1999, when umpire Peter Carey took a spectacular mark (catch)from a kick by Dockers player Adrian Fletcher.

From Quiz 2010 AFL Premiership Season

Answer: Mark LeCras

Mark LeCras kicked 12 in Round 16, Jack Riewoldt kicked 10 in Round 12, and his cousin Nick booted 7 on two occasions, rounds 2 and 20. Steve Johnson kicked six goals on 3 occasions in rounds 4, 8, and 18.

From Quiz The AFL Centenary Year: 1996

Answer: Adelaide

The following week, the Swans would lose on their own turf to Fremantle, but then went on to win 12 of their next 14 matches. The only loss was to West Coast in Round 8 by 36 points, while the other disappointment was a come-from-behind draw against Essendon in Round 6.

From Quiz 1930s VFL

Answer: North Melbourne

North were the epitome of the bad throughout the 1930s, winning an average of 3.6 games out of 18 a year. They were win-less in 1931 and 1934.

From Quiz AFL Season 2015

Answer: Fremantle Dockers

The previous best start to the season had been three consecutive wins for the Dockers. They lost their Round 10 match at home, with Richmond the winners by 27 points. Of those teams mentioned, West Coast lost their season opener in Round one, and the Magpies and the reigning Premiers Hawthorn had their first loss in Round two. The Dockers had been on top of the ladder since Round 4 and would remain there for the remainder of the home and away season. Though they had an impressive start to the season, Fremantle were not a favourite with punters to win the flag with Hawthorn the leading the betting.

From Quiz Sirengate

Answer: Aurora Stadium, Launceston

York Park or Aurora Stadium as it is known under sponsorship deals, is in Launceston, Tasmania. It's a small stadium holding a maximum crowd of just over 20000. It had been used as a home away from home ground by both St Kilda and Hawthorn since 2001. Other grounds in Tasmania that have used by the AFL include Bellerive Oval(sponsor name Bludstone arena) and North Hobart Oval. Tasmania had already been in the news in the preceding week due to the Beaconsfield mine disaster, in which one miner was killed and two were still missing and the tenth anniversary of the events at Port Arthur.

From Quiz 2010 AFL Premiership Season

Answer: Barry Hall

Barry Hall kicked kicked 80 for the year. Jack Riewoldt had 78, Buddy Franklin had 64, and Steve Johnson booted 63.

From Quiz The AFL Centenary Year: 1996

Answer: Footscray

Footscray, who were later known as the Western Bulldogs were beaten 5.7.37 to 26.12.168, and went straight to the bottom of the ladder. The year didn't get much better for the Bulldogs finishing with just five and half wins from 22 matches.

From Quiz 2013 AFL Season

Answer: 10

Tom Lynch originally played for St Kilda, but switched to the Adelaide Crows at the end of the 2011 season. Adelaide Crows won the match 187-52.

From Quiz 1990s AFL

Answer: Essendon had more scoring shots

Essendon had actually had 3 more scoring shots than the Blues, losing with an incredibly inaccurate 7.22.64 to Carlton's 18.8.116. A total of 14 Essendon players kicked at least one behind, with Simon Madden the most accurate with 4 of their 7 goals.

From Quiz 1970s VFL

Answer: 25.41.191

Kicking a mind-boggling 41 behinds in their record-breaking 191-103 win it was, despite the total, one of the most inaccurate performances seen by any team ever, with an average of 6.25 goals and 10.25 behinds per quarter. Five Hawthorn players kicked at least four behinds, with Kelvin Matthews kicking the most with six.

From Quiz 1950s VFL

Answer: 99,346

The crowd number for this game was bigger than the actual Grand Final crowd that year of 97,956 ... between the same teams, Melbourne and Collingwood!

From Quiz 1940s VFL

Answer: Hawthorn, St Kilda, Geelong, North Melbourne

It wasn't a fantastic decade for these four teams, although North actually finished top in 1949. Hawthorn and St Kilda each won the spoon four times, and North and Geelong won it once each, North in 1940, and the Cats did it in 1944.

From Quiz AFL Season 2015

Answer: Adelaide Crows & Adelaide & Crows

Phil Walsh, in his first year as head coach, was stabbed to death at home. He was aged fifty five. His son was charged in relation to his death. With a career spanning thirty three years, first as a player, then in coaching roles, he had finally achieved his dream of head coach. In his career he had been involved with seven of the leagues clubs. The football world was in shock and mourning. The match between Adelaide and Geelong was cancelled, the first time in AFL/VFL history that had match was cancelled rather than postponed or rescheduled and the points split between the two. For the remaining matches on the weekend, all pre-game and post game ceremonies were scrapped, so too the playing of club songs and the banners the players run through. A video tribute to Walsh was played before the game and there was a minute of silence. Players wore black arms. At the end of each match both teams and coaches came together and stood arm in arm around the centre circle, alternating colours. Starting times of other matches were changed so that the memorial from Adelaide Oval could be shown across other arenas. On social media tributes flew with the hashtags We Fly As One (the club motto) and Put Out Your Scarves trending. Memes were created along the lines of "I support (team name), but this weekend We Fly As One." A makeshift memorial of flowers, candles and team memorabilia was set up by fans at Adelaide Oval. On the day the match was supposed to have been played, the gates were thrown open. A crowd of more than 15,000 representing fans of various AFL teams, had marched silently to the stadium. At 2.50pm local time, when the match was scheduled to start, the siren sounded. After a minutes silence the siren sounded again, the crowd clapped and cheered and shouted "Carn crows!" and then the tears flowed. Tribute was paid to him in the opposing football code, the NRL, with a minutes silence being observed at all matches there as well. Their first match back, in the following round, took place in Perth against the West Coast Eagles, where Walsh had been an assistant coach for five years. The team was given a standing ovation by the crowd. Adelaide were in the lead at the end of the first quarter but went on to lose the match. The players walked off the field in tears through an honour guard of family and friends flown in from interstate for the match to a heartfelt round of applause. Their Round 16 match was the Showdown, held between the two Adelaide clubs. Walsh had been an assistant coach for Port Power in the preceding season. Both teams ran onto the field together, through a single banner with the words "Vale Phil Walsh". Adelaide won the Showdown. A one time only medal, named in his honour, was created for the match. Awarded to the fairest and best on field that day, it was presented by Walsh's daughter to Crows midfielder Scott Thompson. A second tragic event, though not as widely felt came during Round 20 when the son of Hawthorn assistant coach Brett Ratten was killed in a car accident.

From Quiz 2010 AFL Premiership Season

Answer: Collingwood and St Kilda

Collingwood won by 41 points over Geelong at the MCG, and the Western failed to hold their lead as St Kilda won by 24 points at the MCG.

From Quiz The AFL Centenary Year: 1996

Answer: Fremantle

Carlton, struck with injuries, had to travel to Perth for the game and was trounced by second-season club Fremantle to the tune of 53 points. Coach Gerard Neesham called this their greatest victory.

From Quiz 2013 AFL Season

Answer: Neil Craig

Ex-Adelaide Crows coach Neil Craig replaced Neeld after the club's round twelve bye, and held the coaching role until the end of the season when Paul Roos was eventually appointed as head coach.

From Quiz 1960s VFL

Answer: He was captain, coach, won Footscray's best and fairest and was also their leading goalkicker

This was a remarkable thing to happen so late in the evolution of the VFL, as most teams had actual coaches who coached from the sidelines. It could certainly be said that Whitten was an integral part of the talented young Footscray team making it to the Grand Final. Hawthorn beat Footscray in the GF by 94-51.

From Quiz 1950s VFL

Answer: Ken Smale & Smale

Smale had a huge reputation when he was recruited, and while he didn't live up to expectations, his talent and footy smarts were evident, kicking 98 goals in 60 games.

From Quiz 1940s VFL

Answer: 1946

The prestigious award returned in 1946 after the war finished. It was suspended because the general public didn't see fit to keep awards like the Brownlow during the War, as there were more important, serious things happening.

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