Ken Farmer

[Adelaide Hawk]

For many years I always thought Ken Farmer kicked 1419 goals for North Adelaide. However, reading the book on Ken Farmer, it appears there is some conjecture as to whether Farmer kicked 1,419 or 1,417 goals. As there are a few learned North Adelaide supporters on this forum, I thought I would post the records I have, and maybe they could correct them wherever necessary.

1929 62 goals, 17 games
1930 105 goals, 17 games
1931 126 goals, 20 games
1932 102 goals, 16 games
1933 112 goals, 18 games
1934 106 goals, 16 games
1935 128 goals, 17 games
1936 134 goals, 19 games
1937 108 goals, 16 games
1938 112 goals, 16 games
1939 113 goals, 17 games
1940 125 goals, 17 games
1941 86 goals, 17 games
TOTAL 1,419 goals, 224 games, 6.33 average

Club Games
v South Adelaide 246 goals, 32 games, 7.69 average
v Glenelg 233 goals, 33 games, 7.06
v Norwood 227 goals, 39 games, 5.82
v West Adelaide 191 goals, 30 games, 6.37
v Port Adelaide 183 goals, 34 games, 5.38
v West Torrens 172 goals, 28 games, 6.14
v Sturt 167 goals, 28 games, 5.96

Interstate Games
v Victoria 50 goals, 10 games. 5.00 average
v Western Australia 21 goals, 6 games, 3.50
v New South Wales 9 goals, 1 game, 9.00
v Queensland 1 goal, 1 game, 1.00
TOTAL 81 goals, 18 games (4.50 average)

CAREER TOTAL: 1,500 goals, 242 games, 6.20 average

Bags of goals
23 - 1 time
16 - 2
15 - 2
14 - 2
13 - 3
12 - 6
11 - 9
10 - 12
9 - 18
8 - 21
7 - 18
6 - 22
5 - 28
4 - 34
3 - 27
2 - 13
1 - 5
0 - 1

Ken Farmer nooted 10 goals or more in a game 37 times (16.52% of matches)
Ken Farmer booted 5 goals or more in a game 144 times (64.29% of matches)

I look forward to any alterations that need to be made.

[spell_check]

I don't have any better resources as such, but I do have a score from a remarkable game played after the 1940 Grand Final.

Sturt, who won the 1940 flag, played a team that was a composite of the rest of the clubs. Of course, Farmer was at Full Forward for "The Rest".
Scores:
Sturt 5.2 10.4 16.8 25.12 (162)
The Rest 6.10 10.16 17.20 22.25 (157)

Farmer got 10 goals out of this match.

[spell_check]

Adding up the games tally you have, it comes to 223 and not 224.

[Adelaide Hawk]

Adding up the games tally you have, it comes to 223 and not 224.

This is why it needs corrections

These figures were taken from an article written about him in an edition of the Football Budget many years ago.

[Leaping Lindner]

I can't get my records to format on this post without looking too busy. I've emailed you the complete round by round details Hawk.
As a matter of interest the only game Farmer didn't kick a goal in he went off injured after ten minutes.