1897 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 11-0-3, P%: 158.7%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Norm Waugh (19)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): George Stuckey
Vice-Captain(s): Gus Kearney

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Jim 16 R01-R09, R11-R14, RF1-RF3 1
Ball, Fred 5 R03-R05, R09, R14 1
Barry, Son 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 5
Brown, Harold 6 R03-R05, R07-R08, R14 1
Campbell, Colin 2 RF1-RF2 1
Cleghorn, Arthur 15 R01-R05, R07-R09, R11-R14, RF1-RF3 13
Cochrane, George 2 RF2-RF3 1
Collins, Maurie 12 R01, R04-R13, RF3 0
Collins, Tod 14 R01-R04, R06-R08, R10-R14, RF1, RF3 8
Croft, Edgar 10 R02, R05-R08, R11, R13, RF1-RF3 10
Darcy, Jim 9 R01-R04, R06, R08-R10, R14 1
Ferguson, Dave 1 RF2 0
Forbes, Charlie 16 R01-R03, R05-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Gavin, Hugh 15 R02-R11, R13-R14, RF1-RF3 14
Graham, Johnny 1 R01 2
Groves, Joe 16 R01-R13, RF1-RF3 0
Hastings, George 8 R01-R03, R06, R10, R14, RF1, RF3 2
Kearney, Gus 11 R04, R06-R08, R11-R14, RF1-RF3 6
Kinnear, Ted 16 R01-R13, RF1-RF3 3
Leach, Arthur 4 R09-R12 2
Martin, George 16 R01-R02, R04-R14, RF1-RF3 1
McCormick, Bob 1 R01 0
Moore, Charlie 4 R09-R10, R13-R14 2
Officer, Gus 5 R01-R03, R10, R12 4
Officer, Ned 14 R01-R02, R06-R14, RF1-RF3 0
O'Loughlin, Pat 16 R01-R03, R05-R14, RF1-RF3 1
Park, Jim 6 R04-R06, R08-R09, R14 0
Salkeld, Bert 5 R01-R05 3
Stamp, Alby 2 R12, R14 0
Stuckey, George 15 R01-R13, RF1-RF2 0
Sykes, Archie 11 R03-R04, R06-R07, R11-R14, RF1-RF3 1
Thurgood, Jimmy 3 R04-R05, R10 2
Vautin, George 14 R02-R03, R05-R13, RF1-RF3 1
Waugh, Norm 15 R01-R04, R07-R14, RF1-RF3 23
White, Jim 1 R05 1
Wright, Harry 16 R01-R07, R09-R14, RF1-RF3 2

Team Line-Up

Back: Maurie Collins Ned Officer Jim Darcy
Half-Back: George Stuckey Jim Anderson George Vautin
Centre: Joe Groves Harry Wright Jim Park
Half-Forward: Archie Sykes Tod Collins George Hastings
Forward: Edgar Croft Hugh Gavin George Martin
Follower: Charlie Forbes Gus Kearney Ted Kinnear
Pat O'Loughlin Son Barry

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 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 23 unknown George Stuckey
15/05/1897 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 20 unknown George Stuckey
24/05/1897 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 37 unknown George Stuckey
29/05/1897 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 22 unknown George Stuckey
05/06/1897 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 37 unknown George Stuckey
19/06/1897 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 3 unknown George Stuckey
22/06/1897 Round 7 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 36 unknown George Stuckey
26/06/1897 Round 8 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 25 unknown George Stuckey
03/07/1897 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 9 unknown George Stuckey
10/07/1897 Round 10 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 29 unknown George Stuckey
17/07/1897 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 32 unknown George Stuckey
24/07/1897 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 91 unknown George Stuckey
31/07/1897 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 4 unknown George Stuckey
07/08/1897 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 17 unknown Gus Kearney
21/08/1897 Round-Robin Final 1 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 6 unknown George Stuckey
28/08/1897 Round-Robin Final 2 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 40 unknown George Stuckey
04/09/1897 Round-Robin Final 3 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 6 unknown Gus Kearney