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**atmowasia** · 03-27-2012, 05:08 AM

(just 'cos I'm a little bored)

Ted Tyson's stats speak for themselves - 1197 goals in 228 games at an average of 5.25 goals per game. The first WA Footballer to kick 1000 goals in his career, the second (after George Doig) to boot 100 in a season.

But, according to my calculations, the historians have got things (ever-so slightly) wrong. I've done the sums and there's a goal missing. I've only got him down as scoring 1196 goals in his career.

1930 - 50
1931 - 81
1932 - 96
1933 - 88
1934 - 143
1935 - 119.45
1936 - 86.32
1937 - 124.64
1938 - 126.56
1939 - 100.46
1940 - 54.27
1941 - 111.41
1945 - 18

Total - 1196

It's 1936 where there's some confusion and where a phantom goal appears. In Round 12, Tyson booted 5 goals in a loss to Swan Districts, and also got slightly injured in the process, according to reports. The West Australian listed the league's leading goal scorers as at the end of the round, and there Ted Tyson sat with 59 goals, two behind George Doig.

Tyson's injury is enough to keep him out of the Round 13 clash against Claremont, which West Perth won convincingly 17.21 (123) to 7.18 (60). The match report even mentions his absence ("Although without Marinko, Tyson, Pola and P. Walsh...").

Yet, as the West did each round, they tabled the leading goalkickers at the end of each round, and there Ted Tyson was with 60 goals to his name, and increase of one from the week before even though he didn't play in the game. That one goal stayed in his tally right through the season, where he's credited with scoring 87 for the season, not 86 as it seemingly should be.

One of the curious things I guess about a league which was still moving out of its relative infancy.

03-27-2012, 05:08 AM	#1
atmowasia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 416 Senior Member	The curious case of Ted Tyson's missing goal (just 'cos I'm a little bored) Ted Tyson's stats speak for themselves - 1197 goals in 228 games at an average of 5.25 goals per game. The first WA Footballer to kick 1000 goals in his career, the second (after George Doig) to boot 100 in a season. But, according to my calculations, the historians have got things (ever-so slightly) wrong. I've done the sums and there's a goal missing. I've only got him down as scoring 1196 goals in his career. 1930 - 50 1931 - 81 1932 - 96 1933 - 88 1934 - 143 1935 - 119.45 1936 - 86.32 1937 - 124.64 1938 - 126.56 1939 - 100.46 1940 - 54.27 1941 - 111.41 1945 - 18 Total - 1196 It's 1936 where there's some confusion and where a phantom goal appears. In Round 12, Tyson booted 5 goals in a loss to Swan Districts, and also got slightly injured in the process, according to reports. The West Australian listed the league's leading goal scorers as at the end of the round, and there Ted Tyson sat with 59 goals, two behind George Doig. Tyson's injury is enough to keep him out of the Round 13 clash against Claremont, which West Perth won convincingly 17.21 (123) to 7.18 (60). The match report even mentions his absence ("Although without Marinko, Tyson, Pola and P. Walsh..."). Yet, as the West did each round, they tabled the leading goalkickers at the end of each round, and there Ted Tyson was with 60 goals to his name, and increase of one from the week before even though he didn't play in the game. That one goal stayed in his tally right through the season, where he's credited with scoring 87 for the season, not 86 as it seemingly should be. One of the curious things I guess about a league which was still moving out of its relative infancy.
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