By The Numbers - Round 12, 2018

Subiaco made it 10 wins in a row to start 2018 with an 82 point win over Swans in round 12.

This week's By The Numbers starts with one of the great statisically anomalies and finishes with where Subiaco have built there biggest advantage this year, with ball in hand.

Find out who had career days out at Bassendean as well as the areas where Subiaco are continuing to work on heading into the second half of the season.

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IDENTICAL BEHIND SCORING – One of the great all time quirks of the Subiaco Football Club occurred over the past two weeks, as the behind score generated by Subiaco at the end of each quarter this week, was identical to the one last week. For two weeks in a row Subiaco had registered three behinds at quarter time, seven behinds at half time, nine behinds at three quarter time and finished the game with 15 behinds.

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FIRST GAME GOALS - Tom Edwards-Baldwin was the 10th new Lion to debut in 2018 and became the fifth to score a goal in his debut game this year. Back in Round One, Ben Newton, Ryan Borchet and Jacob Miller all goaled in game one, while Ethan Burnett goaled in game one in Round Two. Edwards-Baldwin kicked two goals in a superb first game second quarter.

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HITOUTS - Lachlan Delahunty had nine hit-outs in Saturday's win. This is the third time in succession that Delahunty has failed to register double digit hitouts. You have to go back to 2015 to see the last time that Delahunty went three games without passing 10 hitouts.

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THIRD QUARTER WINS – Subiaco made it a perfect 10 for 10 relating to third quarter wins in 2018. Subiaco has outscored opponents by over 20 points in the third quarter of matches alone, having conceded just 116 points, an average of 11.6 in 10 third quarters so far in 2018. The ability to come out strong after half time has been the backbone of several Lion victories this year.

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INSIDE 50’s – Kyal Horsley tied the WAFL season high for forward 50 entries with 11. This was the second time that Horsley had recorded double digits in this category in his career, the only other time being back in 2016.

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SOKOL – Ben Sokol had a resounding return to form, with a dominant performance in the forward half. Sokol was a threat in front of goals with three, but was equally important working up at the ball carrier, as highlighted by his career best 14 marks. At the other end of the ground Jordan Lockyer also pulled in a career high 11 marks on the day.

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HANDBALLS – Leigh Kitchin tied the most handballs in a game in the WAFL in 2018, after finishing with a career best 23 handballs. Kitchin had 11 handballs alone in the last quarter as he finished the game strongly.

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KITCHIN – Leigh Kitchin recorded a career high 37 possessions against Swans, Aaron Heal and Braden Fimmano also recorded career highs in possessions, while Greg Clark matched his career high.

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KICKING EFFICIENCY – Subiaco recorded an elite level 70% kicking efficiency in Saturday’s game, almost 10% better than their opponents. Going into the game, statistically disposal efficiency was one of the notable gulfs between the two teams and the reality of the match held sway with Subiaco far more efficient with the ball.

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HANDBALL RECEIVES – Subiaco’s ability to share the ball was indicated by finishing a whooping plus 71 in handball receives. Subiaco came into the game first in the WAFL in this category, while Swans were last, with the difference in style notable with Subiaco looking to run and share by hand.

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POSSESSIONS – Subiaco once again beat their own record for most possessions in a game in 2018. It was the fifth time that Subiaco has topped 400 possessions and they now own the four highest possession games in the WAFL in 2018.