18/6/22 Premier Round 9Wins WinsDrawsStreakVermont54Blackburn250V 5Doncaster East–Balwyn–––South Croydon4Noble Park130NP 1Norwood16North Ringwood162Nw 3Doncaster–Park Orchards–––Berwick0Rowville10R 1^
Doncaster will meet their 47th EFNL opponent while Park Orchards meet their 40th EFNL opponent.
Doncaster East will meet their 49th EFNL opponent and Balwyn come up against their 23rd EFNL opponent.
Norwood and North Ringwood played each other in the first season of the league back in 1962, in Division 3.Division 1 Round 10Wins WinsDrawsStreakLilydale19Croydon191C 4^East Ringwood8Montrose70ER 1Mooroolbark11Mitcham31Mbk 3Bayswater21Upper FTG50B 2Wantirna South1Beaconsfield00WS 1^
With a current streak of 14 wins on the trot Mooroolbark have their best winning run since 17 in a row in their last Premiership year of 2009 in then Division 3.Division 2 Round 10Wins WinsDrawsStreakKnox7East Burwood50EB 1Boronia26Mulgrave150B 4Templestowe1Oakleigh District00T 1^Heathmont12South Belgrave50SB 1Ringwood17The Basin91R 1
Boronia and Mulgrave are original members of the EFNL and have met each other in every decade across three divisions. Boronia have a BWS^ of 11 against the Lions during the late 1980s-1990s.Division 3 Round 10Wins WinsDrawsStreakFairpark22Ferntree Gully321FP 1Glen Waverley0Scoresby21S 2^Waverley Blues11Warrandyte80W 1Donvale4Whitehorse Prs40WP 1Coldstream Bye
Ferntree Gully are Fairpark’s most played opponent; the clubs have been in the same division for 26 of the last 34 seasons. (Heathmont are FTG’s most played opponent at 61 match-ups).Division 4 Round 10Wins WinsDrawsStreakForest Hill24Surrey Park140SP2Silvan2Chirnside Park50S 1Kilsyth22Nunawading120W 4Croydon Nth MLOC Bye
Forest Hill are Surrey Park’s most played opponent; both clubs have been in the same division since the Panthers joined the league in 2002.
Silvan’s current winning streak of nine is their best ever in the EFNL. (SBRD* have done some quality research to discover that the Cats had a 24 game winning streak on the way to two Yarra Valley Mountain Districts FL Premierships in 2007-2008).
Current Streaks: Mooroolbark W14; Oakleigh District L9, Upper Ferntree Gully L9.
All figures are for men’s EFNL matches 1962 – rd8/9 2022.
* Statsbench Research Department
^ Best Winning Streak (BWS) against this week’s opponent
Acknowledgement: localfootystats.com
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