2019 Division 2

Senior Ladder

W L % Pts
Whitefriars 16 0 286.37 72
Brunswick
13 3 169.44 60
Glen Eira 11 5 126.90 52
Melbourne High School 8 8 106.87 40
Yarra Old Grammarians 8 8 101.15 40
Bulleen Templestowe 8 8 92.80 40
Ivanhoe 5 11 70.96 28
Power House 2 14 53.02 16
Hawthorn Amateurs 1 15 48.56 12

Round 1

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
2.2-14
5.4-34
8.7-55
11.9-75
Whitefriars Whitefriars
3.6-24
4.10-34
10.13-73
18.16-124
Goals:
F. Evans (4), D. Sullivan (2), J. Schmidt, J. Carey, N. Burgin, T. Wilson, J. Adkins
Best:
F. Evans, N. Burgin, L. Vlassopoulos, D. Heenan, D. King, T. Wilson

Up against a team in Whitefriars who are likely to be the testing material in Division 2 in 2019, Brunswick NOBs were in the game for three quarters but then over-powered in the end on a hot day on a firm surface at Gillon Oval on Saturday.

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Round 2

Melbourne High School Melbourne High School
2.3-15
4.6-30
6.10-46
7.12-54
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
5.4-34
8.5-53
11.5-71
24.9-153
Goals:
F. Evans (8), D. Sullivan (5), J. Carey (3), J. Adkins (3), A. Pollock, B. Wilson, L. Vlassopoulos, E. Mcintyre, C. Ford
Best:
F. Evans, B. Wilson, J. Moverley, L. Whelan, M. O’Donoghue, T. Wilson

It may have been 5 years between visits to Melbourne High School for Brunswick NOBs but we showed we still had a strong liking for their postage-stamp sized oval by kicking our highest score (153) and recording our biggest win (99) since our previous outing there (which we won 160-80).

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Round 3

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
5.10-40
10.12-72
18.16-124
23.19-157
Power House Power House
2.0-12
4.0-24
5.1-31
5.3-33
Goals:
J. Carey (6), J. Schmidt (3), N. Burgin (3), F. Evans (3), D. Sullivan (2), T. Ryan (2), C. Ford (2), A. Pollock, J. Perez
Best:
J. Carey, M. Dickson, J. Schmidt, B. Wilson, N. Burgin, J. Octigan

For the second game running Brunswick NOBs racked up a huge win in Division 2, this time against an outclassed Power House in the first meeting between the two clubs since 1966 when our club was playing in just its fourth season. Power House battled all day but will likely want to forget their first visit to Gillon Oval.

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Round 4

Ivanhoe Ivanhoe
3.4-22
6.5-41
7.8-50
10.10-70
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
6.2-38
10.4-64
14.5-89
19.10-124
Goals:
C. Ford (5), D. Sullivan (4), F. Evans (4), D. Royle (2), J. Adkins (2), J. Schmidt, J. Carey
Best:
F. Evans, M. Dickson, C. Ford, J. Perez, M. O’Donoghue, J. Moverley

At picturesque Ivanhoe Park on Saturday the improvement in the Brunswick NOBs of 2019 was on display as we produced a solid four-quarter performance to ensure there would be no repeat of our shock loss at that ground last season. Up against an Ivanhoe side which boasted half-a-dozen very good players, but otherwise did not bat deep, Brunswick was able to dominate possession and ultimately outclass the opposition. The most exciting aspect of the win was the promise of much more improvement to come for this team.

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Round 5

Bulleen Templestowe Bulleen Templestowe
2.0-12
5.3-33
8.6-54
11.10-76
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
6.6-42
13.9-87
19.15-129
22.17-149
Goals:
C. Ford (5), J. Carey (4), J. Adkins (4), G. Ganino (2), N. Burgin (2), B. Wilson (2), F. Evans (2), D. Sullivan
Best:
C. Ford, N. Burgin, F. Evans, L. Whelan, G. Ganino, B. Wilson

Brunswick NOBs' excellent run of form continued at Ted Ajani Reserve on Saturday as we easily accounted for Bulleen Templestowe by 73 points to move to second on the Division 2 ladder. In a blistering start, we had 4.5 on the board before the Bullants scored and by early in the second term we were seven goals up.

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Round 6

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
7.2-44
13.2-80
16.3-99
17.4-106
Glen Eira Glen Eira
6.2-38
8.5-53
10.9-69
13.16-94
Goals:
D. Sullivan (8), J. Adkins (5), J. Schmidt, J. Perez, M. Brown, C. Ford
Best:
D. Sullivan, B. Wilson, M. Brown, L. Whelan, J. Adkins, J. Perez

Well now, Saturday was an eventful day, wasn’t it? Not only for the obvious upset election result but also the inaugural “Clash of the Gryphons” between Brunswick NOBs and Glen Eira which produced not one but two extraordinary games of footy on a beautiful day at Gillon Oval.

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Round 7

Hawthorn Amateurs Hawthorn Amateurs
3.4-22
5.6-36
6.8-44
7.9-51
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
2.3-15
9.7-61
14.9-93
20.14-134
Goals:
J. Adkins (10), C. Ford (4), D. Sullivan (3), J. Schmidt, A. Pollock, A. Bevanda
Best:
J. Adkins, L. Vlassopoulos, J. Perez, P. O’Donoghue, B. Wilson, A. Bevanda

On Brunswick NOBs' first-ever visit to Rathmines Road Reserve, which is more a quaint cricket ground than a football oval, it was the Snowy Show.

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Round 9

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
2.4-16
6.6-42
9.9-63
10.11-71
Yarra Old Grammarians Yarra Old Grammarians
0.3-3
0.10-10
4.13-37
7.15-57
Goals:
G. Ganino (3), D. Sullivan (2), C. Ford (2), J. Schmidt, J. Carey, B. Wilson
Best:
G. Ganino, L. Vlassopoulos, B. Wilson, D. Sullivan, J. Moverley, J. Schmidt

In a tough contest Brunswick NOBs ultimately overcame another finals contender in Yarra Valley OG at Gillon Oval on Saturday, scrapping to a 14-point win to make it seven in-a-row at the half-way mark of the season.

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Round 10

Power House Power House
1.0-6
3.2-20
4.2-26
6.3-39
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
3.4-22
7.5-47
12.9-81
16.13-109
Goals:
N. Burgin (5), J. Carey (3), C. Ford (3), D. Sullivan (2), M. Brown (2), J. Adkins
Best:
N. Burgin, D. King, J. Carey, D. Sullivan, J. Perez, S. Gales

On a heavy ground with the most scenic of views across Albert Park Lake to the City, Brunswick NOBs did what they had to do to grind out a victory over an improved Power House outfit at Ross Gregory Oval on Saturday, in the process making it eight straight.

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Round 11

Glen Eira Glen Eira
2.0-12
4.7-31
6.7-43
11.10-76
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
3.3-21
4.5-29
8.8-56
10.12-72
Goals:
D. Sullivan (3), M. Brown (2), C. Ford (2), J. Carey, N. Burgin, T. Wilson
Best:
J. Carey, J. Moverley, T. Wilson, D. Sullivan, M. Brown, G. Ganino

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Round 12

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
0.0-0
3.4-22
3.6-24
5.11-41
Melbourne High School Melbourne High School
3.3-21
4.3-27
4.7-31
4.8-32
Goals:
S. Nair, S. Gales, C. Ford, M. O’Donoghue, D. King
Best:
J. Carey, D. Royle, T. Wilson, G. Ganino, M. Brown, L. Vlassopoulos

Well now, that was one tough win. After a difficult week for the team with a change of coach, Brunswick NOBs came from behind to overcome a worthy finals contender in Melbourne High School Old Boys by nine points in a low scoring tussle in wintry conditions at Gillon Oval on Saturday.

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Round 13

Whitefriars Whitefriars
6.2-38
10.5-65
15.10-100
17.17-119
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
2.2-14
4.5-29
9.6-60
10.11-71
Goals:
D. Sullivan (5), C. Ford (2), G. Ganino, A. Pollock, D. King
Best:
J. Carey, D. Sullivan, L. Vlassopoulos, J. Octigan, G. Ganino, S. Gales

The top-of-the-table clash at Whitefriars College didn't disappoint as a spectacle but after conceding the first five goals of the game in the opening 12 minutes Brunswick NOBs were always playing catch-up and, try as they might, couldn't bridge that gap, eventually going down by a similar margin to the round 1 clash between the sides.

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Round 14

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
1.4-10
3.5-23
9.9-63
15.11-101
Bulleen Templestowe Bulleen Templestowe
1.4-10
5.7-37
7.8-50
8.10-58
Goals:
G. Ganino (4), N. Burgin (4), D. Royle (3), M. O’Donoghue (2), D. Sullivan, J. Adkins
Best:
T. Wilson, M. Dickson, N. Burgin, J. Moverley, D. Royle, P. O’Donoghue

A scintillating second half of 12 goals to three delivered another victory to Brunswick NOBs against a team pushing for fourth place on the ladder, this time Bulleen Templestowe, at Gillon Oval on Saturday.

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Round 15

Yarra Old Grammarians Yarra Old Grammarians
4.1-25
11.2-68
12.6-78
14.6-90
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
3.4-22
7.10-52
10.13-73
15.18-108
Goals:
K. Adams (4), J. Adkins (3), M. Dickson (2), D. Sullivan, N. Burgin, T. Wilson, D. Royle, T. O’Sullivan, D. King
Best:
N. Burgin, J. Octigan, K. Adams, M. Brown, M. Dickson, D. King

On a red-letter day for the Brunswick Football Club, with a 100% strike rate headlined by a nail-biting second-semi win for our senior women, the NOBs made their own contribution with another strong come-from-behind victory against Yarra Valley at Doncaster Reserve which knocked the Bushrangers out of the finals race and nailed shut second place on the Division Two ladder for us.

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Round 16

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
5.5-35
9.13-67
12.19-91
18.26-134
Ivanhoe Ivanhoe
0.2-2
0.3-3
0.5-5
0.5-5
Goals:
J. Adkins (4), D. Sullivan (3), G. Ganino (3), K. Adams (2), N. Burgin, L. Vlassopoulos, D. Royle, C. Ford, M. O’Donoghue, D. King
Best:
B. Wilson, J. Perez, N. Burgin, G. Ganino, L. Vlassopoulos, J. Carey

Brunswick NOBs showed they were on track for the finals with a comprehensive thrashing of a hapless Ivanhoe at a sodden and rain swept Gillon Oval on Saturday.

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Round 17

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
5.3-33
8.13-61
12.15-87
14.19-103
Hawthorn Amateurs Hawthorn Amateurs
3.0-18
4.2-26
4.3-27
4.6-30
Goals:
J. Adkins (5), C. Ford (4), G. Ganino, D. Royle, J. Browne, M. O’Donoghue, K. Adams
Best:
D. Royle, T. O’Sullivan, J. Octigan, J. Adkins, J. Carey, M. Brown

After the run-and-gun football of the previous week, Brunswick NOBs found the going a lot harder on Saturday against relegation-bound Hawthorn Amateurs, but still managed a comfortable victory to end up with a home-and-away record of 13 wins and three losses for the season.

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2nd Semi Final

Whitefriars Whitefriars
9.5-59
16.9-105
24.14-158
30.14-194
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
2.1-13
3.5-23
6.6-42
7.9-51
Goals:
D. Sullivan (2), G. Ganino (2), N. Burgin, J. Adkins, M. Brown
Best:
N. Burgin, M. O’Donoghue, L. Whelan, P. O’Donoghue, L. Vlassopoulos, G. Ganino

What the hell happened there? The answer does not make for pretty reading.

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Preliminary Final

Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
1.7-13
3.8-26
9.13-67
11.16-82
Melbourne High School Melbourne High School
0.1-1
2.2-14
2.6-18
2.12-24
Goals:
C. Ford (3), K. Adams (2), J. Moverley, D. Sullivan, G. Ganino, B. Wilson, D. Royle, M. Brown
Best:
J. Schmidt, J. Perez, D. King, L. White, J. Moverley, M. Brown

That was better. Much, much better. Brunswick NOBs responded to the belting they copped the week before by taking care of Melbourne High School Old Boys by a comfortable 58 points at Garvey Oval on Saturday to earn a spot in the grand final and promotion straight back to Division 1 in 2020.

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Grand Final

Whitefriars Whitefriars
3.6-24
4.6-30
8.9-57
10.14-74
Brunswick Brunswick NOBs
2.0-12
5.4-34
5.5-35
7.7-49
Goals:
J. Schmidt (2), J. Adkins (2), C. Gavaghan, N. Burgin, J. Perez
Best:
P. O’Donoghue, N. Burgin, D. King, L. Whelan, J. Perez, M. Brown

It might sound crazy, but two weeks after Brunswick NOBs suffered the worst-ever finals defeat in the club’s history at the hands of the team they again faced at the same ground, they outplayed the undefeated Whitefriars in the Division 2 Grand Final at Box Hill City Oval on Sunday. Outplayed, but not outscored, as the Friars took their chances at the critical moments to sneak home by four goals in an exciting game of footy.

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