A couple of completely unrelated trivia questions for spelly (or anyone else who wants to jump in):
1. I read recently that Norwood's Brad deVries debuted by playing a single game in 2004. Then he came back for a couple in late 2006, and didn't add to that tally until the last few weeks of this year. Made me wonder: what's the longest period in recorded SANFL history between a bloke's debut, and his 2nd game of league footy?
2. I also noticed that the U/17 ladder this year finished up roughly as follows (sorry for lousy formatting):
1 Sturt 20 15 5 0 3 0 2319 1499 30 60.74
2 North Adelaide 20 15 5 0 3 0 2083 1570 30 57.02
3 Norwood 20 14 6 0 3 0 1937 1310 28 59.66
4 Port Adelaide Magpies 20 14 6 0 3 0 2210 1535 28 59.01
5 Eagles 20 11 9 0 3 0 1918 1774 22 51.95
6 South Adelaide 20 6 14 0 3 0 1706 2187 12 43.82
7 Glenelg 20 6 14 0 3 0 1522 2401 12 38.80
8 Central District 20 5 15 0 3 0 1205 2072 10 36.77
9 West Adelaide 20 4 16 0 3 0 1646 2198 8 42.82
So, somehow, Port Adelaide have wound up on 14-6 and 59% (aided by the fact that the U/17s always seems to be a very uneven comp with at least 2 or 3 chopping-block teams) and had to go into the elimination final!
At league level, what's the highest number of wins, and what's the best percentage, a team has ever had but still missed out on the double chance?
Cheers.