THE HISTORY OF REPRESENTATIVE / INTERSTATE FOOTBALL
VFA-VFL - REPRESENTATIVE RECORDS
Detailed below are the VFA's representative records, scroll down to view each section: |
- WIN-LOSS RECORD (overall)
- WIN-LOSS RECORD (interstate) - SCORING RECORDS - MOST GOALS IN A REPRESENTATIVE MATCH |
VFA - REPRESENTATIVE WIN-LOSS RECORD (OVERALL)
VFA-VFL REPRESENTATIVE RECORDS |
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STATES AND STATE LEAGUES |
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OPPONENT |
YEARS |
PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
DRAWN |
Australian
Amateurs |
1951-1989 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
Canberra/ACT/ACTAFL/AFL
Canberra |
1950-present |
7 |
7 |
- |
- |
New
South Wales/NSWAFL/AFL Sydney |
1881-present |
8 |
7 |
1 |
- |
Northern
Territory/NTFL |
1988-present |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
Queensland/QAFL/AFL
Queensland |
1960-present |
7 |
5 |
2 |
- |
South
Australia/SANFL |
1879-present |
42 |
19 |
23 |
- |
Tasmania/TFL/TSL |
1887-present |
17 |
11 |
6 |
- |
Victoria/VFL
(now AFL) |
1902-1966 |
11 |
- |
11 |
- |
Western
Australia/WAFL |
1950-present |
12 |
3 |
9 |
- |
TOTAL |
109 |
55 |
54 |
- |
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OTHER LEAGUES AND CLUBS |
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OPPONENT |
YEARS |
PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
DRAWN |
Ballarat FA |
1897 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Barrier
Ranges FA |
1908-1912 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
- |
Bendigo & Northern District FAs |
1906 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
Central
Gippsland FA |
1926-1927 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
Goldfields
FA |
1920-1923 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
Northern
NSW (NDFA) |
1889 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Northern
Tasmania* |
1957/80/81/82 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
- |
Norwood
FC |
1893 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Ovens
& Murray FL |
1975-1976 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
Perth
FC |
1924 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
Port
Adelaide FC |
1893 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Southern
Tasmania (STFA) |
1889/93 |
3 |
1 |
- |
2 |
Victorian
Amateur FA |
1982-1986 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
- |
Victorian
Country FL |
1992 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Western
District FA |
1913 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
TOTAL |
37 |
22 |
12 |
3 |
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OVERALL TOTAL (1877-2017) |
146 |
77 |
66 |
3 |
*four matches in the above table have been grouped as Northern Tasmania:
1957 vs NTFA-NWFU (win) 1980 vs NTFA (win) 1981-82 vs Greater Northern FL (1 win, 1 loss) (the GNFL was a combined team featuring players from the NTFA and NWFU) ---------------------------------------------------------- NOTE - the following exhibition/practice matches are not included in the above table: |
OPPONENT |
YEARS |
PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
DRAWN |
Hotham-Essendon FCs |
1879 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
SA Natives |
1880 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Essendon FC |
1894 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Footscray FC |
1900 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Stawell FC |
1905-1910 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
- |
North Melbourne FC |
1916 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
VFL-AFL |
1936 (Sept) |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
Bendigo FA |
1947 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
Victorian Amateur FA |
1956 |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
Essendon FC Reserves |
1988 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Melbourne FC Reserves |
1988 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Victorian Amateur FA |
1988 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Ireland |
2014 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
TOTAL |
18 |
11 |
7 |
- |
VFA - WIN-LOSS RECORD (INTERSTATE)
vs AUSTRALIAN AMATEURS |
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TEAM |
ERA |
PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
DRAWN |
Australian
Amateurs |
1950-1969 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
Australian
Amateurs |
1987-1989 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
TOTAL |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
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vs AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY |
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TEAM |
ERA |
PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
DRAWN |
Canberra |
1950-1969 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
ACT |
1987-1989 |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
ACTAFL |
1990-present |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
TOTAL |
7 |
7 |
- |
- |
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vs NEW SOUTH WALES |
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TEAM |
ERA |
PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
DRAWN |
New
South Wales |
1877-1896 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
New
South Wales |
1931 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
New
South Wales |
1950-1969 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
New
South Wales |
1987-1989 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
New
South Wales |
1990-present |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
TOTAL |
8 |
7 |
1 |
- |
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vs NORTHERN TERRITORY |
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TEAM |
ERA |
PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
DRAWN |
Northern
Territory |
1987-1989 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
NTFL |
1990-present |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
TOTAL |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
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vs QUEENSLAND |
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TEAM |
ERA |
PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
DRAWN |
Queensland |
1950-1969 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Queensland |
1977-1979 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
- |
Queensland |
1987-1989 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
QAFL |
1990-present |
- |
- |
- |
- |
TOTAL |
7 |
5 |
2 |
- |
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vs SOUTH AUSTRALIA |
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TEAM |
ERA |
PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
DRAWN |
South
Australia |
1877-1896 |
13 |
11 |
2 |
- |
South
Australia |
1905-1911 |
13 |
6 |
7 |
- |
South
Australia |
1950-1969 |
8 |
1 |
7 |
- |
South
Australia |
1980 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
SANFL |
1990-present |
7 |
1 |
6 |
- |
TOTAL |
42 |
19 |
23 |
- |
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vs TASMANIA |
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TEAM |
ERA |
PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
DRAWN |
Tasmania |
1877-1896 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
Tasmania |
1950-1969 |
11 |
7 |
4 |
- |
Tasmania |
1987-1989 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
TFL/TSL |
1990-present |
3 |
2 |
1 |
- |
TOTAL |
17 |
11 |
6 |
- |
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vs VICTORIA (VFL-AFL) |
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TEAM |
ERA |
PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
DRAWN |
VFL |
1902 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
VFL |
1931-1937 |
5 |
- |
5 |
- |
Victoria
(VFL) |
1950-1969 |
5 |
- |
5 |
- |
TOTAL |
11 |
- |
11 |
- |
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vs WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
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TEAM |
ERA |
PLAYED |
WON |
LOST |
DRAWN |
Western
Australia |
1950-1969 |
6 |
- |
6 |
- |
WAFL |
1988 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
WAFL |
1990-present |
5 |
3 |
2 |
- |
TOTAL |
12 |
3 |
9 |
- |
VFA - REPRESENTATIVE SCORING RECORDS
VFA-VFL - REPRESENTATIVE SCORING
RECORDS |
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STATES AND STATE LEAGUES |
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OPPONENT |
ERA |
HIGHEST |
YEAR |
BIGGEST |
YEAR |
LOWEST |
YEAR |
BIGGEST |
YEAR |
SCORE |
WIN |
SCORE |
LOSS |
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PRE-1897 |
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New South Wales |
1877-1896 |
9.24 |
1881 |
9 goals |
1881 |
8.20 |
1886 |
- |
- |
South Australia |
1877-1896 |
13.15 |
1894 |
13 goals |
1894 |
3.21 |
1880 |
2 goals |
1890 |
Tasmania |
1877-1896 |
7.15 |
1887 |
3 goals |
1887 |
7.15 |
1887 |
- |
- |
1897-PRESENT |
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Australian Amateurs |
1951-1989 |
21.15 (141) |
1989 |
126 points |
1989 |
12.9 (81) |
1960 |
- |
- |
Canberra/ACT/ACTAFL |
1950-present |
24.27 (171) |
1950 |
127 points |
1950 |
11.25 (91) |
1997 |
- |
- |
New South Wales |
1897-present |
23.24 (162) |
1960 |
105 points |
1960 |
8.5 (53) |
1987 |
19 points |
1987 |
Northern Territory/NTFL |
1988-present |
12.8 (80) |
1994 |
- |
- |
9.13 (67) |
1988 |
45 points |
1988 |
Queensland/QAFL |
1960-present |
28.26 (194) |
1979 |
156 points |
1979 |
11.11 (77) |
1989 |
30 points |
1978 |
South Australia/SANFL |
1897-present |
18.17 (125) |
2005 |
56 points |
2005 |
4.7 (31) |
1909 |
95 points |
1951 |
Tasmania/TFL/TSL |
1897-present |
26.15 (171) |
1951 |
108 points |
2012 |
7.11 (53) |
1966 |
100 points |
1956 |
6.17 (53) |
1998 |
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Victoria/VFL |
1897-1966 |
17.8 (110) |
1934 |
- |
- |
3.5 (23) |
1956 |
120 points |
1956 |
Western Australia/WAFL |
1950-present |
25.11 (161) |
2007 |
119 points |
2007 |
5.11 (41) |
1966 |
133 points |
1966 |
OTHER LEAGUES AND CLUBS |
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OPPONENT |
YEAR(S) |
HIGHEST |
YEAR |
BIGGEST |
YEAR |
LOWEST |
YEAR |
BIGGEST |
YEAR |
SCORE |
WIN |
SCORE |
LOSS |
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Ballarat FA |
1897 |
7.8 (50) |
1897 |
3 points |
1897 |
7.8 (50) |
1897 |
- |
- |
Barrier Ranges FA |
1908-1912 |
13.12 (90) |
1911 |
39 points |
1911 |
5.11 (41) |
1908 |
16 points |
1912 |
Bendigo & Nthn
District FAs |
1906 |
3.10 (28) |
1906 |
- |
- |
3.10 (28) |
1906 |
2 points |
1906 |
Central Gippsland
FA |
1926-1927 |
18.16 (124) |
1927 |
69 points |
1927 |
10.10 (70) |
1926 |
45 points |
1926 |
Goldfields FA |
1920-1923 |
20.22 (142) |
1923 |
101 points |
1921 |
6.17 (53) |
1920 |
19 points |
1920 |
Northern NSW (NDFA) |
1889 |
6.14 |
1889 |
4 goals |
1889 |
6.14 |
1889 |
- |
- |
Northern Tasmania |
1957/80/81/82 |
27.33 (195) |
1982 |
132 points |
1982 |
15.10 (100) |
1981 |
10 points |
1981 |
Norwood FC |
1893 |
6.9 |
1893 |
4 goals |
1893 |
6.9 |
1893 |
- |
- |
Ovens & Murray FL |
1975-1976 |
19.11 (125) |
1976 |
9 points |
1976 |
17.9 (111) |
1975 |
56 points |
1975 |
Perth FC |
1924 |
4.12 (36) |
1924 |
- |
- |
4.12 (36) |
1924 |
2 points |
1924 |
Port Adelaide FC |
1893 |
12.14 |
1893 |
8 goals |
1893 |
12.14 |
1893 |
- |
- |
Southern Tasmania (STFA) |
1889/1893 |
6.9 |
1889 |
5 goals |
1889 |
5.5 |
1893 |
- |
- |
Victorian Amateur FA |
1982-1986 |
22.14 (146) |
1984 |
51 points |
1984 |
14.13 (97) |
1985/86 |
20 points |
1982 |
Victorian Country FL |
1992 |
32.7 (199) |
1992 |
102 points |
1992 |
32.7 (199) |
1992 |
- |
- |
Western District FA |
1913 |
20.19 (139) |
1913 |
76 points |
1913 |
20.19 (139) |
1913 |
- |
- |
VFA-VFL's HIGHEST SCORES: 32.7 (199) vs VCFL, 1992 at MCG 27.33 (195) vs GNFL, 1982 at Beach Oval, Sandringham 28.26 (194) vs Queensland, 1979 at Toorak Park, Prahran 28.19 (187) vs NTFA, 1980 at York Park, Launceston 24.27 (171) vs Canberra, 1950 at Manuka Oval, Canberra 26.15 (171) vs Tasmania, 1951 at North Hobart Oval VFA-VFL's LOWEST SCORES: 3.5 (23) vs VFL, 1956 at Subiaco Oval 3.10 (28) vs Bendigo & Northern District FA's, 1906 at Bendigo 4.3 (27) vs VFL, 1902 at MCG 3.10 (28) vs VFL, 1931 at MCG 4.7 (31) vs South Australia, 1909 at Adelaide Oval 4.12 (36) vs Perth FC, 1924 at Arden Street Oval VFA-VFL's BIGGEST WINNING MARGINS: 156 points vs Queensland, 1979 at Toorak Park 132 points vs GNFL, 1982 at Beach Oval, Sandringham 127 points vs Canberra, 1950 at Manuka Oval, Canberra 127 points vs Queensland, 1960 at Trumper Park, Sydney 126 points vs Australian Amateurs, 1989 at North Hobart Oval 121 points vs NTFA, 1980 at York Park, Launceston 119 points vs WAFL, 2007 at North Port Oval, Port Melbourne 108 points vs TSL, 2012 at Bellerive Oval, Hobart 105 points vs New South Wales, 1960 at Trumper Park, Sydney 104 points vs Canberra, 1960 at Trumper Park, Sydney 102 points vs VCFL, 1992 at MCG 101 points vs GFA, 1921 at EMCG VFA-VFL's BIGGEST LOSING MARGINS: 133 points vs Western Australia, 1966 at North Hobart Oval 120 points vs VFL, 1956 at Subiaco Oval 104 points vs VFL, 1937 at Junction Oval 100 points vs Tasmania, 1956 at Subiaco Oval 95 points vs South Australia, 1951 at Adelaide Oval HIGHEST SCORE BY AN OPPONENT: 28.19 (187) - South Australia, 1951 at Adelaide Oval LOWEST SCORE BY AN OPPONENT: 2.3 (15) - Australian Amateurs, 1989 at North Hobart Oval |
VFA - MOST GOALS IN A REPRESENTATIVE MATCH
GOALS |
PLAYER |
CLUB |
YEAR |
OPPONENT |
12 |
Rino Pretto |
Oakleigh |
1989 |
Australian
Amateurs |
10 |
Tom
Clarke |
Essendon 'A' |
1913 |
Western
District FA |
Eddie
Szyska |
Williamstown |
1968 |
Canberra |
|
Fred
Cook |
Port
Melbourne |
1982 |
Greater
Northern FL |
|
9 |
George
Taylor |
Port
Melbourne |
1923 |
Goldfields
FA |
Bill
Byron |
Coburg |
1960 |
Queensland |
|
Fred
Cook |
Port
Melbourne |
1977 |
Queensland |
|
Nick
Sautner |
Sandringham |
2007 |
WAFL |
|
8 |
Bruce
Harper |
Sandringham |
1951 |
Tasmania |
Bill
Byron |
Coburg |
1960 |
Australian
Amateurs |
|
Mark
Fotheringham |
Williamstown |
1983 |
Victorian
Amateur FA |
|
Greg
Doyle |
Dandenong |
1992 |
Victorian
Country FL |
|
7 |
Keith
Warburton |
Brighton |
1950 |
Canberra |
Bruce
Harper |
Sandringham |
1951 |
Australian
Amateurs |
|
Fred
Cook |
Port
Melbourne |
1979 |
Queensland |
|
Kim
Smith |
Prahran |
1979 |
Queensland |
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Matthew
Little |
Williamstown |
2010 |
WAFL |
Written and researched by David Eastman
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First published 12/12/2013
Last updated 27/5/2019 |