How about that crazy weekend of football huh? I know I'm not the stat man but here's my view:
- Bays have a shortest reign of Hurley Shield in history (6 days)
- Uni paid a massive $8 to beat Nelson
- Nomads ship 7 goals to Tech
- Shortest player in MPL history at 4 foot 11 inches: Bikram Subba
- Western struggle again
Bring on the double header next weekend.
Vim you are correct on 1. There have been five reign's of 7 days, Woolston Tech in 2007, Halswell in 2009, Nomads in 2010, Cashmere Technicial in 2012 and Western in 2012.
There is one other occassion when a team has lost the Shield on their first defence at was Western in 2008. The took the shield of Nomads in the final round in 2007 and then lost it back to Nomads in the 3rd round in 2008 so that reign was 224 days
The longest reign is Cashmere Technicial's record 30 defences which lasted 1337 days from 10 Aug 2013 to 1 April 2017.
There have been 94 games for the shield since it was first introduced at the start of the 2007 season with the shield changing hands 20 times, with six of these happening during 2012.