1897 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 9-0-5, P%: 114.4%)
Finals Performance: Qualified for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Archie Smith (14)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Billy Strickland
Vice-Captain(s): Bill Proudfoot

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Callesen, George 15 R01-R13, RF2-RF3 5
Condon, Dick 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 5
Dow, Charlie 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Dowdall, Harry 16 R01-R11, R13-R14, RF1-RF3 9
Dowdall, Jim 6 R03, R06-R10 1
Flaherty, Danny 4 R06-R08, R10 0
Gibbs, Arthur 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Gillard, Wal 12 R01-R03, R05-R11, R14, RF1 6
Gregory, Jim 16 R01-R13, RF1-RF3 6
Hailwood, Frank 16 R01-R05, R07-R14, RF1-RF3 7
Hall, Dick 1 R04 0
Hellwig, Herman 2 R11, R13 0
Johnson, Herb 1 R14 0
Kay, Fred 9 R04-R06, R11-R12, R14, RF1-RF3 6
Lanigan, Denis 11 R06-R14, RF1-RF2 3
Leach, Fred 10 R07, R09-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Lee, Tom 7 R11-R14, RF1-RF3 2
McDonald, Rhoda 9 R01-R05, R07-R08, R10, RF1 2
Monohan, Jack 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 1
O'Brien, Bill 16 R01-R03, R05-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Pannam, Charlie 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 1
Paterson, Tom 9 R01-R09 0
Poole, Dick 1 R01 0
Proudfoot, Bill 12 R01-R06, R12-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Sime, Charlie 16 R01-R02, R04-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Smith, Archie 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 15
Stranger, Bill 1 RF3 1
Strickland, Billy 16 R01-R06, R08-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Tame, Alby 6 R02-R04, R09-R10, R12 0
Tulloch, Lardie 15 R01-R09, R11-R14, RF2-RF3 11
Williams, George 11 R01-R05, R12-R14, RF1-RF3 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Arthur Gibbs Bill Proudfoot Fred Kay
Half-Back: Charlie Dow Jack Monohan George Williams
Centre: Charlie Pannam Billy Strickland Charlie Sime
Half-Forward: Alby Tame Frank Hailwood Dick Hall
Forward: Lardie Tulloch Archie Smith George Callesen
Follower: Harry Dowdall Jim Gregory Rhoda McDonald
Tom Paterson Dick Condon

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
08/05/1897 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 25 unknown Billy Strickland
15/05/1897 Round 2 Essendon AWAY WIN COL by 20 unknown Billy Strickland
22/05/1897 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 4 unknown Billy Strickland
29/05/1897 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 8 unknown Billy Strickland
05/06/1897 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 16 unknown Billy Strickland
19/06/1897 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 7 unknown Billy Strickland
22/06/1897 Round 7 Carlton AWAY WIN COL by 6 unknown unknown
26/06/1897 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 24 unknown Billy Strickland
03/07/1897 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 9 unknown Billy Strickland
10/07/1897 Round 10 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 42 unknown Billy Strickland
17/07/1897 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 19 unknown Billy Strickland
24/07/1897 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 7 unknown Billy Strickland
31/07/1897 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 15 unknown Billy Strickland
07/08/1897 Round 14 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 32 unknown Billy Strickland
21/08/1897 Round-Robin Final 1 Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 4 unknown Billy Strickland
28/08/1897 Round-Robin Final 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 40 unknown Billy Strickland
04/09/1897 Round-Robin Final 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 4 unknown Billy Strickland