2WORKSHEET THE BEST OF THE BEST

THE GOAL MACHINES 1. (a) Find the number of goals the players referred to below kicked in their career.

Ron Todd kicked the least number of goals of the group with Gary Ablett sr playing 81 games; 5 more than Todd and kicking 117 more goals than Todd. John Coleman kicked 93 more goals than Ablett, scoring 537 goals while playing 17 more games than Ablett. , who played 129 games, kicked 20 more goals than Dick Lee while playing 101 fewer games than Lee. who kicked 681 goals, 46 less than Hudson, played 29 more games than Hudson. holds the goal-kicking record with 1360 goals, 106 more goals than and 61 more goals than . Locket played 200 more games than Ablett with Coventry playing 25 more games and Dunstall 12 fewer than Locket.

(b) Peter Hudson’s career saw him kick 606 goals in 102 games. He suffered a knee injury and played only three matches in the next four seasons. He returned in 1977 to kick another 110 goals. (i) Find Hudson’s goal-kicking average per game for his first 102 games. (ii) How many goals did he score in the three games played before 1977? (iii) Using a conservative average of 5 goals per game, show Hudson would have passed Gordon Coventry’s total if he had scored at this rate for the 115 games.

THE COACHES 2. Rank the coaches in order of success. Use statistics such as the total number of games coached by each person, the percentage of wins in their career, the number of premierships won and whatever else you think is relevant.

Tom Hafey Richmond: 248 games, 173 wins, 73 losses, 2 draws; Premierships 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974 Collingwood: 138 games, 89 wins, 47 losses, 2 draws Geelong: 66 games, 31 wins, 35 losses Sydney: 70 games, 43 wins, 27 losses

Frank “Checker” Hughes Richmond: 120 games, 87 wins, 31 losses, 2 draws; Premiership 1932 : 254 games, 157 wins, 95 losses, 2 draws; Premierships 1939-1941, 1948

Allan Jeanes St Kilda: 332 games, 193 wins, 138 losses, 1 draw; Premiership 1966 Hawthorn: 221 games, 159 wins, 61 losses, 1 draw; Premierships 1983, 1986, 1989 Richmond: 22 games, 5 wins, 17 losses

John Kennedy Hawthorn: 296 games, 181 wins, 113 losses, 2 draws; Premierships 1961, 1971, 1976 North Melbourne (Kangaroos): 113 games, 55 wins, 55 losses, 3 draws

David Parkin Hawthorn: 57 wins, 37 losses; Premiership 1978; Carlton: 79 wins, 40 losses, 1 draw; Premierships 1981-1982 Fitzroy: 30 wins, 39 losses Carlton: 140 wins, 94 losses, 1 draw; Premiership 1995.

Norm Smith Melbourne: 195 wins, 107 losses, 5 draws; Premierships 1955-1957, 1959, 1960, 1964

Kevin Sheedy Essendon: 386 wins, 242 losses, 7 draws; Premierships 1984, 1985, 1993, 2000 2SOLUTIONS THE BEST OF THE BEST THE BEST OF THE BEST

1. (a) Gary Ablett: 444 goals, 81 games John Coleman: 537 goals, 98 games : 327 goals, 76 games Bob Pratt: 681 goals, 158 games Tony Lockett: 1360 goals, 281 games Gordon Coventry: 1299 goals, 306 games Peter Hudson: 727 goals, 129 games Dick Lee: 707 goals, 230 games Jason Dunstall: 1254 goals, 269 games

(b) (i) For Peter Hudson — average number of goals per game 606 = 5.94 102

(ii) He scored 727 goals in total, 606 then 110 and the remainder in the three games. 727 – (606 + 110) = 11 goals

(iii) Potential number of goals missed: 5 x 115 = 575 Total: 575 + 606 + 110 + 11= 1302

Gordon Coventry scored 1299, so Peter Hudson would have passed his total goal score by three goals.

2. A preliminary method is to rank the coaches according to percentage win, number of games coached and number of premierships won. Points are given to each coach — maximum score 7, minimum score 1.

(i) Ranking by percentage win (ii) Ranking by number of games coached Hughes (7 points) Sheedy (7 points) Smith, Hafey (5 points) Jeanes (6 points) Jeanes (4 points) Hafey (5 points) Sheedy (3 points) Parkin (4 points) Parkin (2 points) Kennedy (3 points) Kennedy (1 point) Hughes (2 points) Smith (1 point)

(iii) Ranking by number of premierships won Rank order Smith (7 points) 1. Frank “Checker” Hughes (15 points) Hughes (6 points) 2. (13 points) Sheedy, Jeanes, Hafey, Parkin (2 points) 3. Kevin Sheedy, Allan Jeanes, (12 points) Kennedy (1 point) 4. (8 points) 5. John Kennedy (5 points) Other arguments: Flexibility and popularity in coaching multiple clubs: Hafey coached at four clubs winning premierships with one of them. Parkin and Jeanes coached three clubs winning at least one premiership with two of the three clubs. Hughes coached two teams where each won premierships, while Kennedy coached two teams where one was successful in winning premierships. Smith and Sheedy coached one team with Smith achieving six premierships and Sheedy four premierships.

Combining such arguments with the rank order point system above could lead to the refined ranking of: 1. Frank “Checker” Hughes 2. Norm Smith 3. Allan Jeanes 4. Tom Hafey 5. Kevin Sheedy 6. David Parkin 7. John Kennedy

It’s up to each student to justify their own ranking order of the seven coaches.