Campbells Creek vs Primrose (1990 MCDFL season)

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1990 MCDFL season
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Primrose
100.34 (634)3.0 (18)
1234
CC20.4 (124)45.12 (282)74.22 (466)100.34 (634)
PMR0.0 (0)0.0 (0)0.0 (0)3.0 (18)
Date23 June 1990 [1]

On 23 June 1990, an Australian rules football match was played between Campbells Creek and Primrose. The match was in round 11 of the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League (MCDFL) season, and saw the highest ever score in a senior Australian rules football match, with Campbells Creek winning by 616 points. [2]

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Although this is the highest senior score, a 1983 Victorian Football Association thirds match saw Williamstown defeat Geelong West 110.27 (687) to 2.0 (12) − the highest score in any grade. [3]

Match summary

Ruck-rover Reg 'Butch' Sartori kicked Campbells Creek's 100th goal (and his 18th of the day) with 20 seconds left in the match. [4]

Sartori led the goalkickers, with forward pocket Craig Ginnivan (father of future Collingwood premiership player and Hawthorn player Jack Ginnivan) kicking 17, half-forward flanker Kelly Stevens kicking 14, while centre half-forward Alister McGibbon and half-forward flanker Craig Pietsch both had 13 goals each. [5]

All of Primrose's three goals game in the final quarter. [4]

Because of time-on due to the amount of goals, the match is believed to have gone for 3 hours and 5 minutes. [4]

Scoreboard

1990 MCDFL season
Saturday, 23 JuneCampbells CreekvPrimrose
20.4 (124)
45.12 (282)
74.22 (466)
100.34 (634)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		0.0 (0)
0.0 (0)
0.0 (0)
3.0 (18)
B. Sartori 18, C. Ginnivan 17, K. Stevens 14, A. McGibbon 13, C. Pietsch 13Goals

Aftermath

Campbells Creek again heavily defeated Primrose three years later in 1993, kicking 76.43 (499), which itself is the third-highest Victorian senior score. [6]

Primrose folded the following year in 1994. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Creek Remembers". Castlemaine Mail. 20 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Campbells Creek at Full Points footy, archived from the original on 15 February 2009, retrieved 12 July 2009{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ van Wyngaarden, Geoff. "Williamstown's monstrous world record score". Williamstown Football Club. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Footy's most extraordinary scorelines: Clubs that copped beltings". Herald Sun. 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Saints' spirit lifts Campbells Creek's hopes". Bendigo Advertiser. 3 May 2007.
  6. ↑ "All Time Lists: A list of the highest scores of all time". Country Footy Scores.
  7. ↑ "Primrose". Australian Football.
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