10 clashes with the highest average margin

Round 14 1971 saw Sturt beat South by 76 points. Their next 8 wins against South were by 107, 96, 97, 101, 98, 121, 159 and 115 points. In between the 98 and 121 was a 9 point victory to South at Richmond.

These ten matches represent a margin of 97.9 points. Sturts wins were by an average of 107.8 points.

The highest average margin over 10 matches by teams that won 5 matches apiece is 68 points.
Between Round 4 1987 and Round 7 1990, Central and West Torrens had winning margins of 35, 70, 25, 198, 19, 50, 117, 86, 12 and 68 points.

spell_check wrote:Round 14 1971 saw Sturt beat South by 76 points. Their next 8 wins against South were by 107, 96, 97, 101, 98, 121, 159 and 115 points. In between the 98 and 121 was a 9 point victory to South at Richmond.

These ten matches represent a margin of 97.9 points. Sturts wins were by an average of 107.8 points.

Just on a curious tangent spelly, how many games for premiership points have been played on neutral grounds between 2 clubs, not including country zone games, Adelaide Oval or Football Park?

Apart from the matches Torrens and West played at Alberton up to 1905, these are it:

Rd 11 1901 - Torrens vs West at Norwood
Rd 19 1901 - South vs Torrens at Unley
Rd 8 1904 - West vs North at Unley
Rd 11 1904 - Torrens vs South at Norwood
Rd 12 1904 - Torrens vs West at Norwood
Rd 13 1904 - West vs South at Norwood
Rd 3 1936 - Norwood vs Glenelg at Showgrounds
Rd 15 1936 - South vs West at Unley
Rd 16 1936 - South vs Torrens at Norwood
Rd 12 1938 - South vs Torrens at Showgrounds
Rd 13 1946 - Glenelg vs Torrens at Norwood
Rd 5 1947 - West vs South at Norwood
Rd 16 1948 - South vs North at Norwood
Rd 15 1963 - Torrens vs North at Norwood
Rd 10 1964 - South vs Central at Richmond
Rd 20 1964 - Torrens vs Port at Norwood
Rd 1 1971 - Glenelg vs Port at Elizabeth
Rd 8 1974 - South vs Sturt at Richmond
Rd 16 1993 - South vs Sturt at Richmond
Rd 2 1997 - Sturt vs North at Norwood
Rd 6 1997 - Eagles vs South at Norwood

How about games at Kensington Oval Spelly? They wouldn't have been home games.

I was going along the lines that they were similar to Adelaide and Football Park - regular venues which hosted neutral teams.

Fair enough as well Spelly

Thanks for those stats spelly. I'm guessing the games at Norwood after the 1950s were night games?

Glenelg v Port at Elizabeth? A promotional push?

Many apologies for not seeing your post, but only the 1997 matches at Norwood were night matches. They were transferred there from its initial venue at Adelaide because of the retractable light tower issues (the first two night matches for premiership points at Adelaide turned out to be two out of the first three night matches for premiership points at Norwood). I often wonder why it took so long for premiership matches under lights to be scheduled at Norwood, when it was over 45 years since they were installed there.

The Elizabeth match I think seeing on a post somewhere was an experiment of some kind.