40 years of unnecessary wastage must end at a stroke

As I have noted, there is little public confidence about using Victoria’s ecologically critical public transport network.

Today, my mother confirmed that a mere thirteen percent of the state’s residents are confident about using public transport due to the risk of COVID spread. My mother says that when COVID ebbs this will improve, but I am neither:

1. certain of this
1. COVID-19 is so much more severe than previous pandemics that people will not forget it even when and if improved treatments are developed.
2. More likely the public will come to fear public transport as an incubator for viruses on a permanent basis
3. Victorians in the future will be thus even more willing to accept road traffic congestion and its ecologically deadly consequences
2. accepting of the situation, give Australia’s execrable environmental performance outlined for may years by the New Climate Institute in its annual Climate Change Performance Index
3. accepting that there is no better alternative to a car-based transport system and drastic cuts to already inadequate services

Both the Public Transport Users’ Association and the Democratic Socialist Party conclusively demonstrated in the 1990s that a public transport system providing equal mobility to Melbourne’s current car- and freeway-based transport system would cost about ⅒ as much as freeway projects planned and built since 1990.

Earth’s ecology has been demanding from Australia a rigid zero roads budget policy throughout forty years of uncalled-for wastage on freeways that benefit only the car companies, the oil companies, and businesses supplying them with raw materials and components.

If all money earmarked for unbuilt proposed roads were transferred to the critical issue of making ecologically essential public transport perfectly safe through all pandemics, there would no doubt – although I have not made calculations – exist ample money to sanitise every public transport vehicle and to ensure all passengers are given hand sanitiser, masks and gloves. Such a transfer of funding would have the following advantages:

1. prevention of huge losses for Victoria’s public transport system
2. prevention of drastic cuts to services after the COVID-19 pandemic ends
3. prevention of massive increases in traffic congestion – which more roads exacerbates – as more cars are on the road
4. reduction Australia’s lamentable level of greenhouse gas emissions and reducing the impacts on the global climate
5. preparing for a complete transfer of all public and private transport funding to rail and buses – forty or more years overdue as I write this
6. following from (5), major public savings from not subsidising the car and fossil fuel industries who benefit from public and private wasting of money on ecologically damaging transport systems

25-scoring-shot quarter aggregates

Ten years ago, I did a post on cases of 100 points being scored in a quarter in VFL/AFL football. A few weeks ago, I listed all 37 cases in a tabulated manner.

Having long been interested in the length of [Australian rules] football games and quarters, I have recently considered whether aggregate scoring shots rather than aggregate points scored would provide a better indication of how long a quarter or match is likely to last.

For this reason, I have looked for quarters in VFL/AFL football with at least 25 aggregate scoring shots. As a first note, I have tabulated such quarters in pink below:

Round	Home Team	¼ time	½ time	¾ time		Away Team	¼ time	½ time	¾ time
Round 1, 1934	Essendon	8.2 (50)	12.5 (77)	15.9 (99)	19.11 (125)	Footscray	8.7 (55)	10.13 (73)	13.15 (93)	16.18 (114)
Round 6, 1935	Carlton	2.4 (16)	12.11 (83)	15.13 (103)	20.16 (136)	North Melbourne	2.5 (17)	6.9 (45)	8.12 (60)	9.14 (68)
Round 2, 1939	South Melbourne	3.4 (22)	8.11 (59)	10.14 (74)	15.17 (107)	Collingwood	8.12 (60)	11.13 (79)	17.18 (120)	21.20 (146)
Round 3, 1940	Collingwood	5.4 (34)	6.8 (44)	13.18 (96)	18.19 (127)	Carlton	2.4 (16)	5.6 (36)	7.13 (55)	12.18 (90)
Round 19, 1945	Carlton	5.3 (33)	12.9 (81)	14.13 (97)	23.23 (161)	Geelong	1.2 (8)	2.6 (18)	7.8 (50)	9.13 (67)
Round 15, 1969	Collingwood	3.3 (21)	6.5 (41)	12.13 (85)	15.16 (106)	Carlton	4.2 (26)	7.6 (48)	14.10 (94)	17.14 (116)
Round 19, 1975	South Melbourne	4.4 (28)	7.13 (55)	10.17 (77)	13.20 (98)	Fitzroy	6.1 (37)	10.10 (70)	12.14 (86)	16.19 (115)
Round 1, 1977	Fitzroy	8.5 (53)	13.11 (89)	16.13 (109)	21.17 (143)	Richmond	5.3 (33)	13.10 (88)	16.17 (113)	18.21 (129)
Round 6, 1977	Hawthorn	5.11 (41)	10.24 (84)	15.32 (122)	25.41 (191)	St. Kilda	2.0 (12)	10.3 (63)	11.5 (71)	16.7 (103)
Round 2, 1978	Melbourne	4.7 (31)	14.15 (99)	20.20 (140)	24.23 (167)	Fitzroy	5.3 (33)	8.7 (55)	16.13 (109)	23.19 (157)
Round 6, 1978	Melbourne	6.2 (38)	8.5 (53)	15.8 (98)	21.15 (141)	St. Kilda	8.7 (55)	19.12 (126)	23.13 (151)	31.18 (204)
Round 13, 1978	Essendon	1.6 (12)	2.12 (24)	7.16 (58)	12.26 (98)	Collingwood	3.2 (20)	9.8 (62)	11.14 (80)	14.21 (105)
Round 14, 1978	Richmond	3.5 (23)	11.15 (81)	16.15 (111)	17.20 (122)	Geelong	5.3 (33)	11.4 (70)	15.8 (98)	18.9 (117)
Round 7, 1979	Footscray	4.3 (27)	10.7 (67)	13.10 (88)	22.17 (149)	South Melbourne	4.4 (28)	9.6 (60)	10.12 (72)	14.17 (101)
Round 15, 1979	Melbourne	5.3 (33)	9.11 (65)	17.17 (119)	24.23 (167)	South Melbourne	4.5 (29)	10.5 (65)	18.8 (116)	24.10 (154)
Round 5, 1980	Richmond	6.1 (37)	13.8 (86)	18.19 (127)	29.25 (199)	Fitzroy	4.3 (27)	4.8 (32)	9.13 (67)	11.15 (81)
Round 9, 1980	Collingwood	2.8 (20)	10.18 (78)	13.23 (101)	18.28 (136)	Geelong	0.7 (7)	6.10 (46)	10.13 (73)	15.15 (105)
Round 22, 1980	Carlton	5.5 (35)	9.11 (65)	19.17 (131)	21.20 (146)	Fitzroy	3.5 (23)	5.11 (41)	11.14 (80)	20.22 (142)
Round 3, 1982	Richmond	4.7 (31)	12.14 (86)	15.18 (108)	25.22 (172)	Essendon	6.3 (39)	12.9 (81)	14.13 (97)	16.14 (110)
Round 17, 1983	Fitzroy	2.4 (16)	14.10 (94)	16.12 (108)	20.18 (138)	St. Kilda	7.6 (48)	14.7 (91)	19.14 (128)	22.17 (149)
Round 5, 1985	Hawthorn	4.8 (32)	9.16 (70)	14.18 (102)	21.23 (149)	Richmond	5.5 (35)	13.10 (88)	23.11 (149)	29.14 (188)
Round 14, 1985	Geelong	7.9 (51)	10.13 (73)	14.19 (103)	17.22 (124)	Footscray	7.3 (45)	12.6 (78)	17.8 (110)	23.8 (146)
Round 21, 1985	Sydney	8.10 (58)	14.15 (99)	20.17 (137)	24.21 (165)	Melbourne	2.5 (17)	5.10 (40)	10.11 (71)	14.13 (97)
Round 5, 1988	North Melbourne	3.2 (20)	7.8 (50)	12.11 (83)	19.14 (128)	Hawthorn	7.3 (45)	14.7 (91)	25.14 (164)	31.19 (205)
Round 1, 1989	Carlton	1.2 (8)	2.6 (18)	8.10 (58)	10.13 (73)	Footscray	5.3 (33)	9.6 (60)	17.13 (115)	19.18 (132)
Round 1, 1989	North Melbourne	2.5 (17)	11.9 (75)	14.14 (98)	18.17 (125)	Geelong	6.3 (39)	9.12 (66)	14.17 (101)	17.21 (123)
Round 5, 1989	North Melbourne	3.1 (19)	8.9 (57)	10.12 (72)	20.14 (134)	Richmond	7.3 (45)	9.5 (59)	18.10 (118)	26.15 (171)
Round 6, 1989	Hawthorn	5.3 (33)	9.5 (59)	16.9 (105)	26.15 (171)	Geelong	8.4 (52)	17.6 (108)	19.10 (124)	25.13 (163)
Round 8, 1989	West Coast	3.4 (22)	7.13 (55)	9.20 (74)	12.21 (93)	Melbourne	1.3 (9)	7.10 (52)	8.12 (60)	13.17 (95)
First Semi-Final, 1989	Geelong	3.3 (21)	8.8 (56)	12.11 (83)	22.21 (153)	Melbourne	1.5 (11)	3.11 (29)	8.16 (64)	12.18 (90)
Round 4, 1991	Richmond	5.8 (38)	9.10 (64)	14.12 (96)	19.13 (127)	Sydney	9.4 (58)	13.8 (86)	16.14 (110)	24.20 (164)
Round 4, 1991	Brisbane	2.1 (13)	8.8 (56)	10.11 (71)	12.16 (88)	Geelong	4.9 (33)	11.16 (82)	21.21 (147)	27.28 (190)
Round 6, 1991	North Melbourne	5.7 (37)	13.12 (90)	19.18 (132)	27.26 (188)	Sydney	9.3 (57)	19.6 (120)	21.8 (134)	21.8 (134)
Round 21, 1991	Hawthorn	7.6 (48)	11.15 (81)	22.25 (157)	28.27 (195)	Fitzroy	2.2 (14)	4.5 (29)	7.6 (48)	10.9 (69)
Round 22, 1991	Fitzroy	7.5 (47)	14.9 (93)	17.14 (116)	22.16 (148)	North Melbourne	4.2 (26)	14.6 (90)	16.12 (108)	21.21 (147)
Round 13, 1992	North Melbourne	4.2 (26)	5.6 (36)	14.8 (92)	17.13 (115)	Geelong	7.5 (47)	16.8 (104)	23.16 (154)	29.18 (192)
Round 23, 1992	Adelaide	5.6 (36)	14.17 (101)	17.21 (123)	24.25 (169)	Geelong	1.9 (9)	4.5 (29)	8.9 (57)	11.12 (78)
Round 7, 1994	Geelong	7.3 (45)	13.9 (87)	15.12 (102)	18.16 (124)	Collingwood	0.1 (1)	4.10 (34)	12.14 (86)	13.18 (96)
Round 22, 1995	North Melbourne	7.11 (53)	16.13 (109)	25.21 (171)	30.24 (204)	Fitzroy	6.1 (37)	8.2 (50)	12.6 (78)	15.11 (101)
Round 5, 2001	Brisbane	3.4 (22)	9.9 (63)	12.15 (87)	25.21 (171)	Fremantle	6.2 (38)	8.4 (52)	15.6 (96)	19.8 (122)

Some notable facts about 25-scoring-shot quarters:

1. the total number of 43 is six more than the 37 century-aggregate quarters
2. the most in one season is six in 1989
3. the second-most is five in 1978 and five in 1991
4. other seasons with multiple cases are 1977 (three), 1979, 1980 (three), 1985 (three), 1992 and 1995 (two in one match)
5. the most 25-scoring-shot quarters played by any club is 11 by Fitzroy and Geelong
6. Port Adelaide, Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney have played no 25-scoring-shot quarters; Adelaide, Fremantle and West Coast just one
7. Essendon have the fewest by any pre-1987 club with just three
8. unlike century-aggregate quarters, three matches have seen two 25-scoring-shot-aggregate quarters:
1. Hawthorn v St. Kilda, Round 6, 1977 (second and final)
2. Melbourne v Fitzroy, Round 2, 1978 (second and third)
3. North Melbourne v Fitzroy, Round 22, 1995 (first and third)
9. unlike century-aggregate quarters, there has been one case in a finals match of 25 scoring shots in a quarter, between Geelong and Melbourne in the last quarter of the 1989 First Semi-Final
• although not reching the century aggregate, this last quarter is the highest-scoring quarter ever recorded in a finals match – remarkably it was quite a rainy day
10. of the 43 25-scoring-shot-aggregate quarters, a total of twelve were also century-aggregate quarters
1. these twelve quarters constitute 32.43 percent of all century-aggregate quarters and 27.91 percent of all 25-scoring-shot-aggregate quarters
11. there have been six of the consistent 22 rounds since 1970 without a 25-scoring-shot-aggregate quarter:
1. Round 10
2. Round 11
3. Round 12
4. Round 16
5. Round 18
6. Round 20
12. Contrariwise, there have been six cases on Round 6, five cases on Round 5, and four cases on Round 1 and Round 22
13. This pattern is broadly similar to those of century-aggregate quarters, though with a larger drop occurring at the height of the season in the coolest and darkest winter weather
14. unlike century-aggregate quarters, there have been two rounds – Round 1, 1989 and Round 4, 1991 – with two games featuring a 25-scoring-shot aggregate quarter
15. the lowest aggregate for a 25- or more-scoring-shot-quarter is 7.18 (60) between South Melbourne and Fitzroy in Round 19, 1975
16. the lowest match aggregate with a 25-scoring-shot quarter is 25.38 (188) between West Coast and Melbourne in Round 8, 1989
17. of the 43 quarters with 25 scoring shots, 23 have had exactly 25 scoring shots, 15 had 26 aggregate scoring shots, four had 27 aggregate scoring shots, none had 28 aggregate scoring shots, and one (the second quarter between Hawthorn and St. Kilda in Round 6, 1977) had 29 aggregate scoring shots
18. of the 20 quarters with 26 or more scoring shots, there were three (two in one match) in 1977 and 1991. Two occurred in 1980, 1985, and 1989
19. all of the five quarters with 27 or more aggregate scoring shots were first or second quarters – four being second quarters alone
20. the previous point does suggest that accuracy improving as players are exhausted may be a factor in causing century-aggregate quarters to concentrate in the final quarter when players are most weary

A disastrous mistake for the planet

Today, in the chemist getting medicine for Mummy’s dog Lotte, I discovered that Premier Daniel Andrews has made a disastrous mistake of political expediency.

The State Government has frozen vehicle licence and registration fees in an effort to relieve poor people whose employment is affected by the worsening coronavirus pandemic. Whilst I presume this is a temporary measure and will end when and if the COVID-19 pandemic is controlled by a new drug or drugs, I fear that it will be permanent. If the freeze is permanent, it will further add to Australia’s uniquely bad environmental and climate change performance, by making ecologically unaffordable car use – which in Australia means any car use – still cheaper. This is aided by petrol prices plummeting to less than ⅒ Australia’s ecological parity price.

Under this scenario, what will happen once businesses return? Most likely, we will see the kind of traffic congestion and pollution feared by organisations like the Public Transport Users’ Association. With petrol prices stuck at basement level ever since the indexation of excise ended in 2002, without which change petrol would be over 40¢ per litre less cheap today, if businesses reopen then there will be no incentive to not use cars.

What the government needs to do – politically unpalatable as it is – is to do something to make public transport safer during the pandemic. Providing free masks and gloves not only to drivers, but also for all passengers, would no doubt alleviate fears amongst the public of using public transport. The cost of doing this I have not calculated, but a moratorium on spending on new roads and postponement of planned road-only maintenance projects – already three whole decades and counting overdue – would certainly provide enough money to protect a critical service to Australia’s ecology from long-term decimation beyond the damage of the Lonie Report, CityLink, EastLink and other unnecessary wastes of public and private money.

The end of public transport in Melbourne?

The reality noted in my previous post that Victoria is faced with an explosion of new COVID-19 cases and a much more restrictive lockdown that will last most likely many years – Premier Daniel Andrews admitted this even when cases looked like they would fall to zero – hides something much deeper and darker.

The World Socialist Web Site – which I have known for almost two decades since its exposé on the death of gridiron lineman Korey Stringer back in 2001 – has pointed out that even in less car-dependent Britain and Ireland, bus drivers have worked without personal protective equipment, arguing that this is untenable given that twenty-nine have died in the UK. Although I have not been allowed to ride a bus since the COVID-19 pandemic began, I have zero evidence that any protective equipment has been made available to drivers, let alone to passengers, for whom it would minimise or eliminate the risk of public transport travel during a pandemic if all vehicles were sanitised. Un-sanitised public transport vehicles are a highly plausible source of the new wave of COVID-19 infections beginning to his Victoria and certain to dwarf the state’s peak in late March and early April. This is further argument that some government funds must be redirected to sanitise public transport vehicles and provide protective equipment free of extra charge for passengers as well as drivers. In the case of trains this would be difficult with so many stations un-staffed, but it would be easy with trams if entry were limited only to the front door – highly feasible with patronage as low as it is now.

From the other side of politics, the rural Weekly Times argued last Wednesday (I actually discovered the article in the Coles at Caulfield Plaza) that public transport services should be at least temporarily cut to offset the heavy losses it is incurring with patronage down by 78 percent. The Times noted public transport was already making losses before COVID-19 hit.

With COVID-19 infections in Victoria certain to grow much faster in the next weeks and months than at the first peak in late March and early April, the public is bound to perceive public transport as unsafe to a much greater degree than even then. Patronage could well decline to not 22 percent, but 2.2 percent, of pre-pandemic levels. Under such conditions, calls for “temporary” service cuts would become much louder and extent more widely amongst the ruling class and small business owners who wish to be relieved of paying taxes for services they do not use. However, there is real danger, as the WSWS have noted and experience from the previous economic downturn in the early 1990s reveals, that these services cuts will be permanent or at the very least long-term.

The demands for service cuts from rural and suburban small business owners, from wealthy businessmen and from the frustrated lower middle class is in fact likely to be so great that Melbourne’s public transport as I have known it – and deplored it as an example of what is causing global warming even as it serves as an outlet for my own recreation and exploration – is almost certain to become a true “thing of the past”. The plain facts are that:

1. politically influential groups are unlikely to accept paying for public transport under the long-term economic crisis caused by escalating COVID-19
2. road capacity is far too large for public transport to pay its way even with the cheapest and most bare-bones service (at least outside of the most “captive” patronage of all, schoolchildren who are too young to drive) possible
3. people who have given up on public transport due to COVID-19 are not likely to return to it even if restrictions are completely eliminated – a situation that even Premier Andrews admits is  many years away as I write this

Given these things, public transport trips are certain to be a permanent casualty of COVID-19, even if it is not easy to see where Victoria really went so wrong, with the only possibilities being inadequate early testing and purchase of protective equipment to operate such essential services.

A never-ending and intensifying lockdown, for sure

The news that Victoria had had thirteen new cases of the novel coronavirus since last morning is sadly depressing.

Mummy and I have hoped and even expected that cases would fall to zero soon – they had been low since the middle of April and other states of Australia have had very few cases in the period. South Australia has not had a case since April 23, whilst Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory have experienced just a handful.

Although part of the increase in COVID-19 cases over the past two days may be a result of increased testing, five of twenty cases have been due to unknown domestic sources. This number is much greater than the total number of cases reported on many days since mid-April. Since it stands implausible that all these people responsible for unknown domestic cases can be traced step but step, it is almost certain that Victoria will experience:

1. a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases, far beyond the peak of 111 cases per day at the end of March
2. must more rigid social restrictions and closures of non-essential businesses than seen over the past six weeks, akin to those seen in many Enriched World cities
3. an extremely long period of social distancing and lockdowns, that will last for many years unless a new drug or vaccine be found
4. radical alterations to the economy even if and when restrictions like closures of public meeting places be eased
• as Premier Andrews admitted when new cases in Victoria were at their low point, social distancing is here to stay until 2022 at the very earliest and probably many years beyond that
5. major economic losses for the majority of people as the government attempts to conserve spending to deal with a long-lasting COVID crisis

The fact that Victoria has had the most rigid restrictions yet has the worst outbreaks six weeks into the crisis and has no hope of averting case and death totals far, far worse than already experienced will no doubt have profound political effects. Rural and outer suburban Australia – entirely unsuited to contagious viruses due to their oligotrophic soils and sparse population – will demand elimination of public interference into such pandemics, and desire further reductions in public services, believing city dwellers must fund these entirely from their own pockets. (A clue exists in last Wednesday’s Weekly Times). Urban dwellers actually affected by the crisis will desire a much deeper safety net and improved quarantine or sanitation to prevent such a crisis again, but this will arouse hostility in outer suburban and rural areas. The result could be either:

1. persistent political deadlock with permanent severe lockdowns or,
2. a ruling class attack on Australia’s democracy in favour of an authoritarian systems that does not have to consider the demands of urban dwellers for public services

Either of these scenarios is undesirable, but one or the other is a sad certainty.

All 37 century quarters

A whopping ten years ago, I did a post on the thirty-seven cases of 100 points being scored in a quarter of VFL/AFL football.

With shortening of quarters to compete with basketball, and more defensive play on drier grounds – like virtually every change in football since the Lonie Report, designed with the goal of preventing basketball supplanting [Australian Rules] football – there have been no cases since 2010 and it is not likely there will ever be any as a shortening of quarter to ten minutes each is likely in the behind-closed-doors world of post-COVID-19 football.

In the table below, quarters with over 100 points scored are highlighted in pink.

		Home team	¼ time	½ time	¾ time		Away team	¼ time	½ time	¾ time
Round 12	1919	South Melbourne	2.5 (17)	6.7 (43)	12.11 (83)	29.15 (189)	St. Kilda	0.0 (0)	2.2 (14)	2.6 (18)	2.6 (18)
Round 1	1934	Essendon	8.2 (50)	12.5 (77)	15.9 (99)	19.11 (125)	Footscray	8.7 (55)	10.13 (73)	13.15 (93)	16.18 (114)
Round 8	1934	Essendon	6.4 (40)	14.12 (96)	19.14 (128)	29.16 (190)	North Melbourne	3.3 (21)	6.5 (41)	9.11 (65)	15.13 (103)
Round 1	1940	Melbourne	9.6 (60)	13.11 (89)	17.17 (119)	22.19 (151)	Geelong	7.2 (44)	15.4 (94)	19.9 (123)	24.10 (154)
Round 21	1970	Richmond	2.4 (16)	13.7 (85)	16.11 (107)	23.13 (151)	Essendon	2.1 (13)	7.2 (44)	9.5 (59)	11.11 (77)
Round 2	1975	Essendon	5.1 (31)	9.2 (56)	13.3 (81)	15.5 (95)	Carlton	1.4 (10)	15.5 (95)	22.9 (141)	27.13 (175)
Round 6	1977	Hawthorn	5.11 (41)	10.24 (84)	15.32 (122)	25.41 (191)	St. Kilda	2.0 (12)	10.3 (63)	11.5 (71)	16.7 (103)
Round 20	1978	South Melbourne	8.2 (50)	14.3 (87)	19.6 (120)	24.11 (155)	Geelong	9.3 (57)	18.3 (111)	21.7 (133)	26.11 (167)
Round 15	1979	Melbourne	5.3 (33)	9.11 (65)	17.17 (119)	24.23 (167)	South Melbourne	4.5 (29)	10.5 (65)	18.8 (116)	24.10 (154)
Round 18	1979	Richmond	5.7 (37)	12.14 (86)	20.17 (137)	28.22 (190)	St. Kilda	4.2 (26)	8.5 (53)	10.9 (69)	18.11 (119)
Round 22	1980	Carlton	5.5 (35)	9.11 (65)	19.17 (131)	21.20 (146)	Fitzroy	3.5 (23)	5.11 (41)	11.14 (80)	20.22 (142)
Round 8	1981	Hawthorn	2.1 (13)	7.7 (49)	11.14 (80)	21.18 (144)	Fitzroy	3.6 (24)	7.12 (54)	10.17 (77)	16.19 (115)
Round 7	1982	Melbourne	4.0 (24)	7.4 (46)	16.6 (102)	22.11 (143)	North Melbourne	7.5 (47)	17.8 (110)	25.10 (160)	28.12 (180)
Round 9	1982	Richmond	2.6 (18)	7.7 (49)	12.11 (83)	21.13 (139)	Footscray	2.2 (14)	3.5 (23)	7.9 (51)	14.14 (98)
Round 7	1983	Sydney	7.4 (46)	10.6 (66)	15.6 (96)	18.10 (118)	Carlton	1.3 (9)	14.7 (91)	15.12 (102)	22.17 (149)
Round 11	1983	Melbourne	6.3 (39)	10.6 (66)	16.9 (105)	18.17 (125)	North Melbourne	4.5 (29)	5.9 (39)	15.13 (103)	20.19 (139)
Round 17	1983	Fitzroy	2.4 (16)	14.10 (94)	16.12 (108)	20.18 (138)	St. Kilda	7.6 (48)	14.7 (91)	19.14 (128)	22.17 (149)
Round 3	1984	Carlton	2.1 (13)	9.3 (57)	12.7 (79)	15.7 (97)	Geelong	2.3 (15)	11.6 (72)	16.9 (105)	19.12 (126)
Round 11	1984	Fitzroy	8.2 (50)	14.7 (91)	19.10 (124)	25.16 (166)	North Melbourne	4.5 (29)	10.7 (67)	21.11 (137)	23.14 (152)
Round 3	1985	Carlton	4.3 (27)	8.7 (55)	15.10 (100)	22.13 (145)	North Melbourne	5.3 (33)	7.6 (48)	13.14 (92)	22.15 (147)
Round 5	1988	North Melbourne	3.2 (20)	7.8 (50)	12.11 (83)	19.14 (128)	Hawthorn	7.3 (45)	14.7 (91)	25.14 (164)	31.19 (205)
Round 19	1988	Hawthorn	7.5 (47)	11.9 (75)	19.10 (124)	27.16 (178)	Fitzroy	1.2 (8)	3.9 (27)	7.12 (54)	15.14 (104)
Round 5	1989	North Melbourne	3.1 (19)	8.9 (57)	10.12 (72)	20.14 (134)	Richmond	7.3 (45)	9.5 (59)	18.10 (118)	26.15 (171)
Round 6	1989	Hawthorn	5.3 (33)	9.5 (59)	16.9 (105)	26.15 (171)	Geelong	8.4 (52)	17.6 (108)	19.10 (124)	25.13 (163)
Round 15	1989	Brisbane	0.4 (4)	5.7 (37)	7.10 (52)	11.11 (77)	Geelong	4.4 (28)	9.8 (62)	10.13 (73)	22.19 (151)
Round 22	1989	Hawthorn	3.2 (20)	12.7 (79)	17.11 (113)	28.13 (181)	St. Kilda	2.5 (17)	4.8 (32)	7.10 (52)	13.13 (91)
Round 5	1991	Melbourne	9.1 (55)	15.7 (97)	20.12 (132)	28.14 (182)	North Melbourne	9.1 (55)	12.6 (78)	13.7 (85)	17.10 (112)
Round 6	1991	North Melbourne	5.7 (37)	13.12 (90)	19.18 (132)	27.26 (188)	Sydney	9.3 (57)	19.6 (120)	21.8 (134)	21.8 (134)
Round 15	1991	Sydney	1.5 (11)	4.6 (30)	7.8 (50)	14.10 (94)	Melbourne	4.6 (30)	7.11 (53)	16.18 (114)	26.21 (177)
Round 22	1991	Fitzroy	7.5 (47)	14.9 (93)	17.14 (116)	22.16 (148)	North Melbourne	4.2 (26)	14.6 (90)	16.12 (108)	21.21 (147)
Round 7	1992	Brisbane	2.2 (14)	2.4 (16)	7.8 (50)	11.9 (75)	Geelong	7.4 (46)	16.9 (105)	23.14 (152)	37.17 (239)
Round 13	1992	North Melbourne	4.2 (26)	4.6 (36)	14.8 (92)	17.13 (115)	Geelong	7.5 (47)	16.8 (104)	23.16 (154)	29.18 (192)
Round 4	1994	Hawthorn	2.0 (12)	4.4 (28)	9.6 (60)	11.7 (73)	Carlton	6.2 (38)	8.6 (54)	19.9 (123)	24.16 (160)
Round 17	1998	Carlton	7.6 (48)	18.8 (116)	25.8 (158)	29.11 (185)	Western Bulldogs	3.1 (19)	9.4 (58)	11.10 (76)	15.15 (105)
Round 1	2000	North Melbourne	3.4 (22)	9.7 (61)	12.11 (83)	16.15 (111)	West Coast	6.0 (36)	17.4 (106)	22.7 (139)	24.10 (154)
Round 5	2001	Brisbane	3.4 (22)	9.9 (63)	12.15 (87)	25.21 (171)	Fremantle	6.2 (38)	8.4 (52)	15.6 (96)	19.8 (122)
Round 16	2007	Richmond	7.4 (46)	7.7 (49)	10.9 (69)	15.10 (100)	Port Adelaide	9.3 (57)	13.6 (84)	19.9 (123)	24.11 (155)