Rnd 10 Match Day Thread. Sydney V North Melb. SCG. 7.50 pm.

[aardvark]

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$2.95 for the Undefeated Kangas. Must be a lot of confident Swans backers. Glad to see Harry get a run, I reckon he's done the hard yards and deserves a crack. Question of the day. Are we the only AFL side with 2 Harrys?

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Swans by 23pts. and don't forget the Ressies live at 4.10pm. Link on Ressies thread.

[neilfws]

Question of the day. Are we the only AFL side with 2 Harrys?

I believe we are.

List of current AFL team squads - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Although technically, our second one is a Harrison. Fascinating Harry fact 163 Harrys have played VFL/AFL, making it the 10th most common first name.

We also have the only player ever with the same first and last name.

Anyway: really looking forward to tonight, should be a huge and physical game. Clear, sunny and a little chilly in Sydney just now. The ressie watchers say good things about Marsh, looking forward to see how he goes.

It's a big night with the Waratahs next door and the first night of the Vivid Festival, so plan your travel accordingly. Reckon 33K would rate as a very good crowd tonight.

[aardvark]

I believe we are. Although technically, our second one is a Harrison. Fascinating Harry fact 163 Harrys have played VFL/AFL, making it the 10th most common first name.

We also have the only player ever with the same first and last name.

I knew I could rely on you Neil. How about a graph which shows how many "Harrys" have played at each club? and if you have time, What are the top ten first names of AFL/VFL players of all time?

[neilfws]

I knew I could rely on you Neil. How about a graph which shows how many "Harrys" have played at each club? and if you have time, What are the top ten first names of AFL/VFL players of all time?

Consider it done. But perhaps in a new thread, we can't have match day getting too silly too soon

[aardvark]

Consider it done. But perhaps in a new thread, we can't have match day getting too silly too soon

Sorry! I got a bit excited there. Just something to fill in time before the game.

[neilfws]

How about a graph which shows how many "Harrys" have played at each club? and if you have time, What are the top ten first names of AFL/VFL players of all time?

I guess I can indulge myself now that the game chat has died down a bit.

Harrys per club (not counting Harrisons). Well, by absolute number, Saint Kilda win. But really, we need to correct for total number of players (far more have played for the Saints than for the Suns, for example). So if we calculate Harrys per 1000 players for a club, Carlton win. Good to see that the Hawks "Harry index" is abysmal.

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And the top 10 first names: Harry just scrapes in at number 10.

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Click graphs for larger versions.

[aardvark]

I guess I can indulge myself now that the game chat has died down a bit.

Harrys per club (not counting Harrisons). Well, by absolute number, Saint Kilda win. But really, we need to correct for total number of players (far more have played for the Saints than for the Suns, for example). So if we calculate Harrys per 1000 players for a club, Carlton win. Good to see that the Hawks "Harry index" is abysmal.

harry2.png

And the top 10 first names: Harry just scrapes in at number 10.

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Click graphs for larger versions.

Is it fair to say Harry has been more of an upper class name seeing as how Carlton have the most and Hawthorn the least? Not sure I would have picked Frank as being in the top 10.

[Bloods05]

Is it fair to say Harry has been more of an upper class name seeing as how Carlton have the most and Hawthorn the least? Not sure I would have picked Frank as being in the top 10.

Hawthorn is way more upper-class than Carlton.

[snajik]

I believe we are.

List of current AFL team squads - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Although technically, our second one is a Harrison. Fascinating Harry fact 163 Harrys have played VFL/AFL, making it the 10th most common first name.

We also have the only player ever with the same first and last name.

Anyway: really looking forward to tonight, should be a huge and physical game. Clear, sunny and a little chilly in Sydney just now. The ressie watchers say good things about Marsh, looking forward to see how he goes.

It's a big night with the Waratahs next door and the first night of the Vivid Festival, so plan your travel accordingly. Reckon 33K would rate as a very good crowd tonight.

I think a crowd in excess of 40,000 is more likely. The ticketek website is showing there are only 5 bays remaining where multiple tickets can be purchased. In the main it's either 'single seats only' or 'allocation exhausted.'

[Doctor]

Clear, sunny and a little chilly but also VERY windy. It may ease by tonight but it's going to be a factor if it stays like this.

[barry]

Wind wont suit their tall forwards

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[dejavoodoo44]

Consider it done. But perhaps in a new thread, we can't have match day getting too silly too soon

What: we can't distract ourselves by picking an All Harry Allstars?