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3WORKSHEET THE FACELIFTS: FROM VFL TO AFL 1. The premiership winners from 1897 are given below: CARLTON 1906-1908, ‘14, ‘15, ‘38, ‘45, ‘47, ‘68, ’70, ’79, ’81, ’82, ’87, ‘95 ESSENDON 1897, 1901, ’11, ’12, ’23, ’24, ’42, ’46, ’49, ’50, ’62, ’65, ’84, ’85, ’93, 2000 COLLINGWOOD 1902, ’03, ’10, ’17, ’19, ’27 – ’30, ’35, ’36, ’53, ’58, ‘90 MELBOURNE 1900, ’26, ’39-’41, ’48, ’55-’57, ’59, ’60, ‘64 RICHMOND 1920, ’21, ’32, ,34, ’43, ’67, ’69, ’73, ’74, ‘80 HAWTHORN 1961, ’71, ’76, ’78, ’83, ’86, ’88, ’89, ‘91 FITZROY 1898, 1899, 1904, ’05, ’13, ’16, ’22, ‘44 GEELONG 1925, ’31, ’37, ’51, ’52, ’63, 2007 NORTH MELBOURNE (KANGAROOS) 1975, ’77, ’96, ‘99 SOUTH MELBOURNE/SYDNEY 1909, ’18, ’33, 2005 BRISBANE 2001 – 2003 WEST COAST 1992, ’94, 2006 ADELAIDE 1997, ‘98 FOOTSCRAY 1954 PORT ADELAIDE 2004 ST KILDA 1966 (a) Find the total number of premierships won by each team. (b) The Victorian Football League (VFL), which was to evolve into the Australian Football League (AFL), was created in 1896 when eight clubs left the Victorian Football Association (VFA). The composition of the VFL competition quickly grew, with the first premiership decided a year later and the first Grand Final played in 1898. 1897 — Collingwood, South Melbourne, Essendon, Melbourne, Fitzroy, Geelong, St Kilda, Carlton 1908 — Richmond, University 1925 — Hawthorn, Footscray, North Melbourne University was disbanded after the 1914 season, South Melbourne was relocated to NSW and became the Sydney Swans in 1982 and Fitzroy was merged with the Brisbane Bears in 1996. (i) Find the percentage success — based on number of premierships for the years they have been in the league — for each Victorian-based club above. (ii) Use the results from (i) to list the Victorian-based clubs in order of premiership success. (c) The creation of the AFL saw football take on a national focus. The Brisbane Bears and West Coast Eagles joined in 1987, Adelaide in 1991, Fremantle in 1995 and Port Adelaide in 1997. Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears merged in 1996 to become the Brisbane Lions. (i) List the number of seasons the interstate teams in the premiership winner list above have played since joining the AFL. (ii) Using the results from (i) list the interstate clubs in order of premiership success. 3SOLUTIONS THE FACELIFTS: FROM VFL TO AFL THE FACELIFTS: FROM VFL TO AFL 1. (a) Carlton, Essendon — 16 Collingwood — 14 Melbourne — 12 Richmond — 10 Hawthorn — 9 Fitzroy — 8 Geelong — 7 North Melbourne (Kangaroos), South Melbourne — 4 Brisbane Lions, West Coast — 3 Adelaide — 2 Port Adelaide, Footscray, St Kilda — 1 (b) Collingwood, Essendon, Melbourne , Geelong, St Kilda, Carlton — 111 seasons Richmond: 100 seasons Fitzroy: 100 seasons South Melbourne: 84 seasons Hawthorn, Footscray, North Melbourne (Kangaroos): 83 seasons (i) Essendon, Carlton — 14.41 per cent Collingwood — 12.61 per cent Melbourne — 10.81 per cent Richmond — 10 per cent Hawthorn — 10.84 per cent Fitzroy — 8 per cent Geelong — 6.31 per cent North Melbourne (Kangaroos) — 4.82 per cent Sth Melbourne — 4.76 per cent Footscray — 1.20 per cent St Kilda — 0.90 per cent (ii) Essendon, Carlton, Collingwood, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Richmond, Fitzroy, Geelong, North Melbourne (North Melbourne), South Melbourne, Footscray, St Kilda (c) (i) Sydney — 26 seasons, Brisbane Bears/Lions, West Coast — 21 seasons Adelaide — 17 seasons Port Adelaide — 11 seasons (ii) Percentage premiership per season Sydney — 3.85 per cent Brisbane Bears/Lions, West Coast — 14.29 per cent Adelaide — 11.76 per cent Port Adelaide — 9.10 per cent Using these figures, Brisbane Bears/Lions and West Coast have been the most successful interstate teams in their time in the AFL. .

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