(Compiled by Jack Murphy VFC Statistician) Vermont Football Club (Senior Team) Jack s Stats And club records and performances to the end of 2016 Compiled by L.Bidstrup in the Memory of Jack Murphy Note: 1. No records are available prior to 1962 2. The club Commenced in 1920 Section 1
(Compiled by Jack Murphy VFC Statistician) Vermont Football Club (1962~2016 incl.) Senior Team. (Eastern Football League) Premiers 19 Times :- 1969, 1971, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,1993,1994,1995,1997,1998,2001,2005,2006,2007,2009 Runners Up 10 Times :- 1963, 1973, 1980, 1985,1996,1999,2000,2008,2012,2016 Third 9 Times :- 1962, 1970, 1974, 1981,2002,2004,2013,2014,2015 Fourth 2 Times :-1992, 2003 Finals 40 times in 55 years 72.7% Eastern Best & Fairest 1962 Norm Cummings Award (Chandler Medal) 1973 John Ronaldson 1979 John Cunningham 1982 Bruce Brunton 1987 Geoff Cooper Best Team Performances Worst Team Performances Best Coaching Efforts Season 1990 Won 20 Lost Nil Season 1989 Won 20 Lost Nil Season 1997 Won 20 Lost 1 Season 2005 Won 19 Lost 1 1988 Geoff Cooper 1990 Craig Coghlan 1994 David Morrison 2005 Bernard Dinneen 2006 Bernard Dinneen Season 1976 Won 4 Lost 14 (Finished 9th) Season 1966 Won 4 Lost 14 (Finished 11 th ) Peter Kennedy 1988/91 W 78 L 3 (96%W) David Banfield 2004/11 W 114 L 44 D 2 Graeme Jacobs 1981/85 W 75 L 24 John Jenkins 1968/72 W 68 L 27 D 1 Highest Scores Vermont 51-17 S.Croydon 9-5 rd 5 '89 Vermont 40-22 Ringwood 8-11 rd 17 '83 Lowest Scores Vermont 1-5 E.Ringwood 14-22 rd 13 '66 Vermont 1-6 Scoresby 3-10 rd 13 '86 Highest Losing Score Vermont 21-15 Scoresby 22-10 rd 7 '85 Greatest Winning Margin Vermont 51-17 S.Croydon 9-5 rd 5 '89 264 pts Greatest Losing Margin Vermont 7-9 Noble Park 27-14 rd 3 '10 125pts Highest Opponents Score Vermont 15-4 Balwyn 32-18 rd 5 '10 116pts Lowest Opponents Score Vermont 29-13 Boronia 0-1 rd 2 96 Highest Opponents Losing Vermont 24-19 Mitcham 23-19 rd 6'81 Score Lowest Winning Score Vermont 4-3 Blackburn 3-7 rd 15'64 Longest Winning Sequence 61 From rd 2'88 to rd 3'91 Longest Homeground 46 From rd 7'94 to rd 11'99 Winning Sequence Longest Away Game 37 From rd 4'88 to rd 15 92 Winning Sequence Longest Losing Sequence 8 From rd 11'76 to rd 18'76, 8 From rd 16 2010 to rd 6 2011 100 Goals in One Season 122 Matt Greig 2008 107 Matt Greig 2006 30 Goals or more in a match in the same season No of occasions 30 Goals or more scored in a match. Youngest Player to play in four senior premierships. 106 Dave Burgin 1969 1997 Vermont 4 times 36 Times Robert Ross 22 (2005,2006,2007,2009) 2007 Nathan Henley 2008 Kris Bardon 2009 Kris Bardon 2010 Ryan Mullett 2012 Ryan Mullett 2014 Ryan Mullett Season 1995 Won 19 Lost 1 Season 1988 Won 19 Lost 1 Season 1983 Won 19 Lost 1 Season 1991 Won 19 Lost 2 Season 2006 Won 18 Lost 1 Drawn 1 Craig Coghlan 1993/94 & 97 W52 L 9 (85%W) Paul Barlow 1995/96 W 37 L 3 Kris Barlow 2012/13 W 32 L 10 Steve Cochrane 2014/2016 W47 L14 D2 Vermont 40-14 Croydon 4-7 rd5 01 Vermont 39-20 Rowville 4-4 rd 16'82 103 Matt Greig 2007 102 Garry Oakman 1983
Most Goals in a Match. 15-7 Matt Greig rd4 08 out of winning score 37-19 13 Matt Greig rd 10 03 out of winning score 30-16 13 Steve Cochrane rd 5 97 out of winning score 35-14 13 Garry Oakman rd 5'89 out of winning score 51-17 12 Stephen Tudor rd 2'93 out of a winning score 36-26 12 David Burgin rd 1 70 out of a winning score 28-15 11 Vern Poole rd 14'71 out of winning score 19-28 11 Garry Oakman rd 3'83 out of losing score 18-22 11 Todd Power rd 7 97 out of winning score 35-11 11 Stevan Jackson rd 16 98 out of winning score 25-10 Most Marks in a Match Played in Most Premiership Teams (Compiled by Jack Murphy VFC Statistician) 11 Matt Greig rd 6 07 out of winning score 31-18 18 D. Millhouse vs Noble Pk rd11 11, 18 S. Gordon vs Nth Ringwood rd16 01 10 C.Gislingham (Australian Open Age Record of 12). He also played in premiership wins with Wandin in the Yarra Valley League in 2001 & 2002 10 Craig Coghlan 1982~95 7 each A.Moss, G. Oakman, S.White, C Bain, A Dwyer, S Tudor, M Cullen, A Nummy T Power 9 (1993~2001) the first 9 years out of the Thirds. Played in Most Successive Grand Finals Father and Sons who have Bob & Peter Beaven (1969~71),(1982) played in Premiership Bob & Brad Taylor (1971),(1994) Ken Kneebone (1958) Shane Cooney (stepson) (1983) Teams Most Goals in a Grand Final 8 Stevan Jackson (1998), 8 Drew Pevitt (1986), 7 Robert Parks (1969), 7 Ben Holmes (2001) Most Goals Scored for Club Played in Premiership Team Seniors, Reserves & Thirds. Most Consecutive No of Games 716 Matt Greig, 581 Garry Oakman,, 405Ash Froud, 384 Dave Burgin, 328 Andrew Dwyer, Darren Woolley Andrew Stenson Lee Bidstrup Grant McCarthy 133 Matt Smith 130 Ash Froud 94 Stephen White 86 Highest One Quarter Scores Vermont 16-6 4th Qtr vs. S.Croydon rd 5'89 Vermont 16-5 2 nd Qtr vs. S.Croydon rd 5'89 Premiership in all 3 grades Minor Premiers in all 3 Least no of Free Kicks received in a Match Least points scored by the opposition in one season Most points scored by senior team in one season Senior Coaches Drawn Games (10) 1995, Seniors, Reserves & Thirds (U18's) 2016, Seniors, Reserves and Under 19 s. None were Premiers 5 Against Croydon(14) rd 8 04 4 Against Blackburn(18) rd 18 04 1075 points in 1989 (20 games), 1111 points in 1992 (19 games) Jon Easy Peter James (also U16) Alistair Wiley (also U16) Mark Cullen 84 Roy Cahill 71 (also played in 60 of Vermont's record breaking 61 successive wins) Vermont 14-3 1 st Qtr vs Croydon rd 5 01 2933 points in 2001 (20 games), 2903 points in 1983 (20 games), 2844 points in 1997 (20games), 2837 points in 1989 (20 games) 1962~64 Jim Cusack 1965~66 Ian Mort 1967 Gerald Crough 1968~72 John Jenkins 1973~75 John Ronaldson 1976 Ian Mort 1977 John Ronaldson 1978~80 Dennis Wilkie 1981~85 Graeme Jacobs Ver 13-16 Surrey Hills 13-16 '71 @ Surrey Hills Ver 15-10 Ringwood 15-10 '72 @ Vermont Ver 13-17 East Burwood 13-17 '77 @ Vermont Ver 19-10 Mulgrave 19-10 '87 @ Vermont Ver 12-9 East Burwood 11-15 '92 @ E.Burwood 1986~87 Graeme Renwick 1988~91 Peter Kennedy 1992 Brendan Mason 1993~94 Craig Coghlan 1995~96 Paul Barlow 1997 Craig Coghlan 1998~2000 Michael Kennedy 2001~2003 Andrew Lamprill 2004~2011 David Banfield 2012~2013 Kris Barlow 2014-2015 Steve Cochrane Ver 8-18 North Ringwood 10-6 00 @ North Ringwood Ver 15-19 East Burwood 17-7 04 @ Vermont Ver 16-12 Donvale 16-12 11'06 @ Donvale Ver 12-9 Balwyn 12-9 R3 2015 @ Vermont Ver 11-13 Balwyn 12-7 R4 2016 @ Vermont
Most Unusual Match Unique Occasion Most Eastern Premierships (Compiled by Jack Murphy VFC Statistician) Preliminary Final 1986 Vermont vs Scoresby. Vermont walked off the ground at the final siren a defeated team with the score board showing Scoresby 19-8 Vermont 18-11 and confirmed by the umpires. This was an error by the goal umpires and five days later the scores were altered to read Vermont 19-11,Scoresby 18-8. Vermont went on to win the premiership and the umpires were suspended. On 20 th Apr96 (rd2) Vermont won all 3 matches at Boronia without the opposition scoring a single goal. Result: Seniors 29-13 Boronia 0-1 (scored 25min into last Qtr) Reserves 12-14 Boronia 0-1 (Vermont player scored point) U18 s 19-13 Boronia 0-4 19 Vermont 12 East Burwood 5 Mitcham 5 Balwyn 4 Noble Park 2 Ringwood 2 East Ringwood 1 Norwood 1 Scoresby First Div. Club Champions 23 Times.- Next best East Burwood 8 Club Song The Club Song to the tune of the Marines Hymn as suggested by Ian Mort. Words were written by Lee Bidstrup in 1969. Adelaide Crows use same tune from 1990. Vermont is the only team to have remained in 1 st division since inception. East Burwood was relegated at end of season 2013 after having played 999 games in 1 st division. In the same period Vermont played 1018 games.
(Compiled by Jack Murphy VFC Statistician) Senior Team Performances 1962~2013 incl. All Home Away Finals P W L D W L D W L D W L D East Ringwood 114 79 35 37 12 28 20 14 3 East Burwood 112 65 44 3 34 14 2 23 19 1 8 11 Mitcham 92 63 29 31 11 29 14 3 4 Scoresby 91 63 28 32 11 28 16 3 1 Croydon 76 56 20 29 7 24 12 3 1 Ringwood 69 50 18 1 21 8 1 24 8 5 2 Blackburn 70 46 24 23 11 21 13 2 Noble Park 40 22 18 7 8 8 7 7 3 Surrey Hills 38 25 12 1 16 2 8 10 1 1 Bayswater 38 28 10 16 4 12 5 1 Boronia 35 32 3 17 1 14 2 1 Donvale 31 27 3 1 13 10 2 1 4 1 North Ringwood 29 22 6 1 10 3 11 3 1 1 Kilsyth 27 15 12 9 6 6 6 Mulgrave 23 18 4 1 8 2 1 9 2 1 Doncaster 23 18 5 10 1 8 4 Balwyn 24 7 16 1 4 3 1 1 8 2 6 Lilydale 23 23 11 12 South Croydon 22 20 2 12 8 2 Norwood 15 11 4 8 2 3 1 1 Clayton 10 9 1 5 4 1 Knox 10 8 2 4 1 4 1 Montrose 8 7 1 3 1 3 1 Heathmont 6 5 1 2 1 3 Ferntree Gully 6 6 3 3 Warrandyte 6 5 1 3 2 1 Rowville 8 6 2 3 2 1 1 East Hawthorn 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 Wantirna South 4 4 2 2 Mooroolbark 2 2 1 1 All Home Away Finals Decade P W L D W L D W L D W L D 1960's 154 81 73 43 31 32 40 6 2 1970's 185 102 80 3 59 29 2 40 46 1 3 5 1980's 199 155 43 1 77 12 1 65 25 13 6 1990's 199 174 24 1 80 10 78 9 1 16 5 2000's 203 158 42 3 76 13 1 68 20 2 14 9 2010's 119 78 40 1 42 13 1 30 21 6 6 Total 1059 748 302 9 377 108 5 313 161 4 58 33
(Compiled by Jack Murphy VFC Statistician) Eastern Football League (1st Division) Year Final Ladder Place H&A Average Vermont Average Opposition Point Goal Point Goal Per match Per match Premiers Runners up Club B&F 1962 3 77 11 66 9 Ringwood East Ringwood Bill Milbourne 1963 3 76 11 63 9 East Burwood Vermont Dave Burgin 1964 6 67 9 69 10 East Burwood East Ringwood Geoff Burgin 1965 10 79 11 83 12 East Burwood Croydon Bill Cummings 1966 9 67 9 81 12 East Ringwood East Burwood Ray Beavan 1967 11 74 10 91 13 East Burwood Ringwood Geoff Burgin 1968 6 97 14 82 12 East Burwood Blackburn Allan Larkins 1969 4 113 16 86 12 Vermont Blackburn Kevin Munday 1970 2 106 15 85 12 Mitcham Scoresby Allan Larkins 1971 1 97 14 77 11 Vermont Mitcham Bob Taylor 1972 6 99 14 97 14 East Hawthorn Scoresby Peter Scanlon 1973 2 97 14 90 13 East Burwood Vermont John Ronaldson 1974 2 85 12 83 12 Bayswater East Burwood Bob Hudson 1975 7 90 13 97 14 Mitcham Blackburn Peter Kennedy 1976 9 92 13 108 15 East Burwood Scoresby Dick Culpin 1977 9 85 12 88 12 Scoresby East Ringwood Dick Culpin 1978 6 99 14 94 14 Ringwood Mitcham John Cunningham 1979 7 105 15 97 14 Mitcham Scoresby Dick Culpin 1980 4 100 14 96 14 Mitcham Vermont John Tresize 1981 1 98 14 80 11 Mitcham East Burwood Darren Williams 1982 1 128 19 94 13 Vermont Mitcham Bruce Brunton 1983 1 145 21 83 12 Vermont East Ringwood Bruce Brunton 1984 6 88 13 90 13 East Ringwood Mitcham Joe Morris 1985 2 112 16 79 11 East Burwood Vermont Bruce Brunton 1986 1 101 15 69 10 Vermont East Ringwood Geoff Cooper 1987 5 93 13 82 12 East Burwood East Ringwood Geoff Cooper 1988 1 97 14 61 9 Vermont East Ringwood Roy Cahill 1989 1 142 21 54 8 Vermont East Burwood Andrew Moss 1990 1 129 19 60 9 Vermont East Ringwood Craig Coghlan 1991 1 109 16 59 8 Vermont East Burwood Craig Gislingham 1992 4 110 16 58 8 East Burwood Mitcham Cameron Bain 1993 1 119 17 74 11 Vermont East Ringwood Stephen Tudor 1994 1 128 19 77 11 Vermont Ringwood David Morrison 1995 1 130 19 81 12 Vermont Donvale Michael Winter 1996 1 124 18 64 9 Donvale Vermont Craig Gislingham 1997 1 142 21 67 10 Vermont East Ringwood Peter Turner 1998 1 133 20 74 11 Vermont Donvale Peter Turner 1999 2 124 18 70 10 East Burwood Vermont Todd Power 2000 2 122 18 78 12 East Burwood Vermont Todd Power 2001 2 147 22 75 11 Vermont East Ringwood Mark Cullen 2002 2 114 17 73 10 East Ringwood East Burwood Brad Neil 2003 3 123 18 84 12 Noble Park East Burwood Brad Cullen 2004 2 101 15 77 11 Noble Park East Burwood Ryan Cassidy 2005 1 136 20 65 9 Vermont Donvale Brad Cullen 2006 1 133 20 78 11 Vermont Noble Park Ryan Mullett 2007 1 125 18 80 11 Vermont Noble Park Dean Stephen 2008 2 135 20 81 12 Balwyn Vermont Kris Bardon 2009 3 115 16 94 14 Vermont Croydon Robbie Ross 2010 6 96 14 99 14 Noble Park Scoresby Ryan Mullett 2011 9 79 12 98 14 Noble Park Scoresby Ryan Mullett 2012 3 97 14 71 10 Balwyn Vermont Ryan Mullett 2013 2 104 15 73 10 Balwyn Noble Park Tom Schneider 2014 2 98 14 66 10 Norwood Balwyn Lachlan Jones 2014 4 89.6 13 60 8.5 Balwyn Norwood Adam Parker
Leading Goal Scorers for Vermont (Seniors) each year since 1962 (Compiled by Jack Murphy VFC Statistician) 1962 H Walker 39 1988 G Oakman 72 1963 A Cooke 53 1989 G Oakman 76 1964 No Record 1990 P Ricci 75 1965 No Record 1991 G Oakman 58 1966 No Record 1992 G Oakman 34 1967 No Record 1993 A Dwyer 60 1968 D Burgin 54 1994 V Muccitelli 56 1969 D Burgin 106 1995 M Winter 54 1970 D Burgin 68 1996 S Jackson 88 1971 V Poole 47 1997 S Cochrane 58 1972 P Scanlon 58 1998 S Jackson 70 1973 D Burgin 57 1999 D Mazins 36 1974 D Burgin 46 2000 P Rees 52 1975 D Burgin 45 2001 S Gordon 84 1976 No Record 2002 S Gordon 45 1977 J Ronaldson 54 2003 M Greig 68 1978 R Parks 75 2004 A Froud 55 1979 B Brunton 59 2005 M Greig 67 1980 P Dark 37 2006 M Greig 107 1981 B Brunton 25 2007 M Greig 103 1982 B Brunton 50 2008 M Greig 122 1983 G Oakman 102 2009 M Greig,A Froud 81,79 1984 G Oakman 51 2010 M Greig,A Froud 52,51 1985 C Box 42 2011 M Greig,A Froud 36,26 1986 G Oakman 46 2012 J Dalton 50 1987 G Oakman 46 2013 J van Unen 86 2014 J van Unen 77 Anzac Medal 2008 Ryan Cassidy 2009 Ryan Mullett 2010 Grant McCarthy 2011 Mitch Bonuda 2012 Daniel Mendes 2013 Daniel Mendes 2014 Lachlan Jones
Results of finals 2010 EF East Burwood Norwood 17-16 (118) Croydon 9-10 (64) QF Bayswater Balwyn 11-15 (81) Noble Park 21-13 (139) 1SF East Burwood Balwyn 9-19 (73) Norwood 6-9 (45) 2SF Bayswater Scoresby 5-9 (39) Noble Park 14-18 (102) PF Bayswater Scoresby 12-13 (85) Balwyn 9-10 (65) GF Bayswater Noble Park 11-21 (87) Scoresby 6-9 (45) 2011 EF Ringwood Balwyn 10-11 Knox 3-6 QF Bayswater Scoresby 14-13 Blackburn 12-8 1SF Ringwood Blackburn 12-9 Balwyn 10-9 2SF Bayswater Noble Park 15-14 Scoresby 14-4 PF Bayswater Scoresby 16-4 Blackburn 6-8 GF Bayswater Noble Park 17-20 Scoresby 7-10 2012 EF Boronia Balwyn 13-14 Nobel Park 8-7 QF Bayswater Vermont 16-7 Scoresby 8-15 1SF Boronia Balwyn 11-18 Scoresby 3-3 2SF Bayswater Vermont 10-8 Norwood 3-6 PF Bayswater Balwyn 10-9 Norwood 7-7 GF Bayswater Balwyn 12-19 Vermont 10-5 2013 EF Ringwood Norwood 19-18 Sth Croydon 16-8 QF Bayswater Vermont 9-18 Noble Park 7-14 1SF Ringwood Noble Park 14-13 Norwood 8-15 2SF Bayswater Balwyn 13-11 Vermont 7-9 PF Bayswater Noble Park 18-13 Vermont 14-6 GF Bayswater Balwyn 17-14 Noble Park 11-10 2014 EF Ringwood Balwyn 11-8 Blackburn 10-7 QF Bayswater Vermont 16-7 Montrose 13-9 1SF Ringwood Balwyn 19-19 Montrose 10-8 2SF Bayswater Norwood 17-9 Vermont 12-13 PF Bayswater Balwyn 14-7 Vermont 11-12 GF Bayswater Norwood 14-16 Balwyn 7-7 (Compiled by Jack Murphy VFC Statistician)