THE 2010s decade started on a positive note for Maryborough in the Bendigo league.
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In 2010 the Magpies not only played finals, but also recorded a September victory after defeating Sandhurst by 15 points in the elimination final.
As well as their senior team getting through to the second week of the finals - they went on to lose the first semi-final to South Bendigo by 71 points - 2010 also yielded a reserves premiership for the Magpies.
That Maryborough reserves flag of 2010 was one of just three football premierships won by non-Bendigo clubs during the decade.
However, that 2010 season would prove to be the highpoint of the decade for the Magpies.
From their 10 senior wins in 2010, that number gradually decreased until the Magpies went winless in 2015 and again in 2016.
They didn't know it at the time, but when the Magpies sang their club song at the QEO on Sunday, August 10, 2014, after a one-point win over South Bendigo, they wouldn't do so again after a senior victory for another 1049 days.
The Magpies then endured a 47-game losing streak, with their next win not coming until round 10 of 2017 when they finally beat Castlemaine by 58 points at Princes Park.
"We were 0-47 and now we're 1-0," Maryborough coach Shake Skontra said following the Magpies' drought-breaking 17.12 (114) to 8.8 (56) victory.
"I think the whole club probably feels as though we've got the monkey off our back."
After their hardship of 2015-18 when they went 0-18, 0-18, 1-17 and 1-17, the Magpies ended the decade seemingly headed back in the right direction with six wins last year in what was a season that featured the return of Stewart Crameri to Maryborough following his 103-game AFL career.
Despite spending three seasons away from the club at Lake Wendouree between 2015 and 2017, midfielder Luke Bucknall topped Maryborough's best player votes (six for being named best, five for second best) for the decade.
Bucknall racked up 252 votes, followed by Coby Perry with 236, with the pair featuring among the Magpies' best players a combined 118 times for the decade.
The only Maryborough players to kick more than 100 goals for the decade were Matthew Bond (149) and Cameron Rinaldi (130).
One of the regular battles the Magpies faced during the decade was their capacity to field an under-18 team, which they last did in 2016.
YEAR-BY-YEAR:
2010
Finished - 4th (10-10)
lost first semi-final to South Bendigo
Most best player votes:
Matt Johnston - 50
Leading goalkicker:
Matt Brown - 39
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2011
Finished - 7th (9-9)
Most best player votes:
Tyson MacIlwain - 57
Leading goalkicker:
Ben Jackson - 33
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2012
Finished - 8th (5-13)
Most best player votes:
Joel Malone - 67
Leading goalkicker:
Cameron Rinaldi - 41
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2013
Finished - 8th (3-13)
Most best player votes:
Matt Bond - 39
Leading goalkicker:
Cameron Rinaldi - 27
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2014
Finished - 8th (5-13)
Most best player votes:
Tyson MacIlwain - 50
Leading goalkicker:
Matt Bond - 46
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2015
Finished - 10th (0-18)
Most best player votes:
Coby Perry - 58
Leading goalkicker:
Matt Bond - 34
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2016
Finished - 10th (0-18)
Most best player votes:
Ethan Crackel - 48
Leading goalkicker:
Andrew Siekai - 26
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2017
Finished - 10th (1-17)
Most best player votes:
Ethan Crackel - 64
Leading goalkicker:
Cameron Rinaldi - 30
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2018
Finished - 9th (1-17)
Most best player votes:
Jacob Long - 49
Leading goalkicker:
Jordan Fraser - 22
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2019
Finished - 6th (6-12)
Most best player votes:
Jayden Hooper - 50
Leading goalkicker:
Matthew Bilton - 27
BEST PLAYER VOTES:
1 - Luke Bucknall
Votes: 252
Times in best: 64
Top 3: 41 No.1: 18
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2 - Coby Perry
Votes: 236
Times in best: 54
Top 3: 39 No.1: 12
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3 - Tyson MacIlwain
Votes: 199
Times in best: 49
Top 3: 32 No.1: 15
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4 - Matt Johnston
Votes: 197
Times in best: 53
Top 3: 28 No.1: 9
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5 - Jayden Hooper
Votes: 121
Times in best: 32
Top 3: 18 No.1: 6
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6 - Ethan Crackel
Votes: 112
Times in best: 26
Top 3: 16 No.1: 12
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7 - Matthew Bond
Votes: 109
Times in best: 32
Top 3: 15 No.1: 6
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8 - Lachlan Woodward
Votes: 102
Times in best: 26
Top 3: 17 No.1: 3
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9 - Joel Malone
Votes: 96
Times in best: 25
Top 3: 13 No.1: 8
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10 - Evan Hurse
Votes: 94
Times in best: 27
Top 3: 12 No.1: 5
TOP 10 GOALKICKERS:
1 - Matthew Bond
Goals: 149
High: 7 Games: 47
5+: 6 10+: 0
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2 - Cameron Rinaldi
Goals: 130
High: 6 Games: 50
5+: 5 10+: 0
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3 - Matt Johnston
Goals: 78
High: 4 Games: 52
5+: 0 10+: 0
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4 - Jayden Templeton
Goals: 73
High: 4 Games: 42
5+: 0 10+: 0
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5 - Luke Bucknall
Goals: 58
High: 4 Games: 41
5+: 0 10+: 0
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6 - Ben Jackson
Goals: 51
High: 8 Games: 21
5+: 3 10+: 0
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7 - Cole Roscholler
Goals: 49
High: 4 Games: 31
5+: 0 10+: 0
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8 - Coby Perry
Goals: 47
High: 6 Games: 30
5+: 2 10+: 0
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9 - Dylan Clarkson
Goals: 45
High: 13 Games: 23
5+: 1 10+: 0
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10 - Cameron Skinner
Goals: 44
High: 8 Games: 24
5+: 1 10+: 0
HEAD-TO-HEAD:
v Castlemaine
Record - 13-7
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v Eaglehawk
Record - 2-18
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v Gisborne
Record - 2-18
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v Golden Square
Record - 1-19
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v Kangaroo Flat
Record - 7-13
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v Kyneton
Record - 7-11
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v Sandhurst
Record - 2-19
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v South Bendigo
Record - 3-18
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v Strathfieldsaye
Record - 3-17
DECADE RECORD:
Played - 180
Won - 40
Lost - 140
Drawn - 0
Winning % - 22.2%
Average for/agst - 64/120
Seasons in finals - 1
Finals record - 1-1
Premierships - 0
RESERVES:
Total wins - 32
Seasons in finals - 1
Premierships - 1
UNDER-18S:
Total wins - 22
Seasons in finals - 0
Premierships - 0
BENDIGO ADDY'S DECADE IN REVIEW SERIES:
BFNL - KYNETON
BFNL - KANGAROO FLAT
BFNL - GOLDEN SQUARE
BFNL - GISBORNE
BFNL - EAGLEHAWK
BFNL - CASTLEMAINE
HDFNL - WHITE HILLS
HDFNL - NORTH BENDIGO
HDFNL - MOUNT PLEASANT
HDFNL - LOCKINGTON-BAMAWM UNITED
HDFNL - LEITCHVILLE-GUNBOWER
HDFNL - HUNTLY
HDFNL - HEATHCOTE
HDFNL - ELMORE
HDFNL - COLBINABBIN
LVFNL - PYRAMID HILL
LVFNL - NEWBRIDGE
LVFNL - MITIAMO
LVFNL - MARONG
LVFNL - MAIDEN GULLY YCW
LVFNL - INGLEWOOD
LVFNL - CALIVIL UNITED
LVFNL - BRIDGEWATER
LVFNL - BEARS LAGOON-SERPENTINE
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