The 2017 Draft of the Statistical History

Following the completion of the 2017 FFV season I thought it's time to release the latest draft of my Victorian Football Statistical History.

So here it is:

Victorian Football Statistical History draft 9 - 2017

There's a few new things since the last draft. The National Competitions section has been expanded. There's a new Award Winners section to include discontinued awards and non-playing awards. A Regional Leagues section has been added, and by releasing this draft I hope people can see what information I'm looking for to fill in the gaps in that section. Just because there weren't enough missing details already I've added an Other Competitions section so I have to find some goalscorers for the Laidlaw World Cup Finals and the results of the Industrial/ASFV/VicSoccer Cup Finals.

In terms of senior tables, they are nearly as good as they will probably get. There are only a few problematic years, mainly 1912, 1914-15, 1922, 1936, 1938 and 1946 that need a bit more effort.

With the Dockerty Cup, it may take a time machine to ever uncover any more information on the 1919 edition. The Second World War years are also shrouded in secrecy, when even the VFL coverage in the papers was limited. Then there are several years where we fall 3 or 4 players short from establishing complete line-ups, I still hold out hope for being able to discover them.

Feel free to share it around, and if anyone has some information that can assist please contact me at markboric@bigpond.com