AFL Footy Maths for Round 21 and 22. Josh Kennedy had two good weeks and is now the leader in the Coleman Medal. In this set of activities we will look at the Coleman Medal in detail and also look carefully at the horror fortnight Fremantle had.
Question 1
Round 21 results: 6 teams that are highlighted travelled to play their matches. (Fill in the blanks)
Home Away Stadium Travelling Side W or L Bulldogs (7th) VS GWS (2nd) Etihad GWS GWS Sydney (6th) VS Fremantle (14th) SCG Fremantle Sydney Geelong (4th) VS Richmond (3rd) Simonds Stadium Richmond Geelong Brisbane (18th) VS Gold Coast (15th) Gabba Brisbane Essendon (8th) VS Adelaide (1st) Etihad Adelaide Adelaide West Coast (9th) VS Carlton (17th) Domain Stadium Carlton West Coast Melbourne (10th) VS St Kilda (11th) MCG Melbourne Hawthorn (13th) VS Kangaroos (16th) Tasmania Stadium Both teams Hawthorn Port Power (5th) VS Collingwood (12th) Adelaide Oval Collingwood Port Power
a) List the travelling teams that lost their matches.
b) List the travelling teams that won their matches.
c) Which team do you think had the longest trip?
Question 2
Round 22: 6 teams that are highlighted travelled to play their matches. (Fill in the blanks)
Home Away Stadium Travelling Side W or L Adelaide (1st) VS Sydney (5th) Adelaide Oval Sydney Sydney Bulldogs (9th) VS Port Power (6th) Eureka Oval (ballarat) Port Power Port Power Collingwood (13th) VS Geelong (3rd) MCG Geelong GWS (2nd) VS West Coast (8th) Spotless Stadium West Coast GWS Gold Coast (15th) VS Essendon (10th) Metricon Stadium Essendon Essendon Carlton (16th) VS Hawthorn (12th) Etihad Carlton Melbourne (7th) VS Brisbane (18th) MCG Brisbane Melbourne St Kilda (11th) VS Kangaroos (16th) Etihad St Kilda Fremantle (14th) VS Richmond (4th) DomainStadium Richmond Richmond
a) List the travelling teams that lost their matches.
b) List the travelling teams that won their matches.
c) Which team do you think had the longest trip?
d) What fraction of the travelling teams won their matches?
Question 3
The Premiership Ladder after Round 22: It looks like the final 8 is set for season 2017. The highlighted teams all have a chance to make the final eight. Fill in the points column. Remember 4 points for a win and 2 points for a draw.
Position Team Played Won Lost Drawn Points 1 Adelaide 21 15 5 1 2 GWS 21 14 5 2 3 Geelong 21 14 6 1 4 Richmond 21 14 7 - 5 Pt Adelaide 21 13 8 - 6 Sydney 21 13 8 - 7 Melbourne 21 12 9 - 8 Essendon 21 11 10 - 9 West Coast 21 11 10 - 10 St Kilda 21 11 10 - 11 Bulldogs 21 11 10 - 12 Hawthorn 21 9 11 1 13 Collingwood 21 8 12 1
Round 23: Predict who will win this week
Home Away Stadium Travelling Side W or L West Coast (9th) VS Adelaide (1st) Domain Sydney (6th) VS Carlton (15th) SCG Brisbane (18th) VS Kangaroos (17th) Gabba Port Power (5th) VS Gold Coast (16th) Adelaide Oval Collingwood (13th) VS Melbourne (8th) MCG Hawthorn (12th) VS Bulldogs (11th) Etihad Stadium Geelong (3th) VS GWS (2th) Simonds Stadium Richmond (4th) VS St Kilda (10th) MCG Essendon (8th) VS Fremantle (14th) Etihad Stadium Based on your predictions fill in the table below. Add 4 points for winning against the team you predicted as the winner, work out the total points and the new final positions.
Position Team Played Points Rd 22 Win+4 Total Points Final Position 1 Adelaide 22 62 2 GWS 22 60 3 Geelong 22 58 4 Richmond 22 56 5 Pt Adelaide 22 52 6 Sydney 22 52 7 Melbourne 22 48 8 Essendon 22 44 9 West Coast 22 44 10 St Kilda 22 44 11 Bulldogs 22 44
Question 4 Coleman medal: Leading AFL Goal Kickers. Josh Kennedy (West Coast ) is marching towards a third straight Coleman Medal .
a) Josh Kennedy has kicked 64 goals out of a total of 273 goals kicked so far by West Coast in season 2017. What percentage of the total West Coast goals has Josh kicked this year?
b) So far in this season Josh has missed 5 matches due to injury. If West Coast has played 21 games, how many games has Josh played?
c) What is Josh’s average goal kicking for this season so far? (number of goals divided by number of games played)
Question 5: Leading goal kickers after 20 Rounds, have a look at the table, work out the total score and shots for goal. Remember “Goal kicking efficiency can be calculated by dividing the number of goals kicked by the number of shots for gaol the player had.”
Shots for Player Team Total goals Total score Goal kicking efficiency goal 64 x 6 +34 = Josh Kennedy West Coast 64.34 98 64÷94= 0.65 or 65% 418 Joe Daniher Essendon 60.34 Lance Franklin Sydney 59.54
Ben Brown Nth Melb 56.28
Taylor Walker Adelaide 49.32
a) Which player has the best goal kicking efficiency?
b) Who has kicked the highest total score for the 2017 season so far?
c) Which player has the greatest number of shots for goal?
d) Predict who you think will win the Coleman medal?
Question 6
Round 21: The record loss by the Dockers in Round 21 was one of their worst displays in six years under coach Ross Lyons
Teams Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Goal Kicking Efficiency Sydney 8.2 13.6 17.7 22.11
Fremantle 1.1 1.3 4.5 5.9
a) What was Sydney’s highest scoring quarter?
b) How many goals did Sydney kick after half time?
c) What was Sydney’s winning margin?
Round 22: Another record breaking loss by the Dockers.
Teams Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Goal Kicking Efficiency Richmond 3.0 11.2 18.5 25.5
Fremantle 3.4 3.5 5.8 7.9
a) How much did Richmond score after 1st quarter?
b) How much did Fremantle score after the 1st quarter?
c) What was Richmonds’s winning margin?