1897 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 10-0-4, P%: 144.8%)
Finals Performance: Qualified for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Leith (22)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ned Sutton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Blackham, Fred 2 R01-R02 0
Crawford, Tom 1 R08 0
Fry, Herb 5 R01-R03, R09, RF1 1
Geddes, Stewart 7 R11-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Godby, Jack 1 R08 0
Goding, Charlie 4 R01-R03, R05 1
Graham, Jack 2 R05, R13 1
Healing, Alf 10 R05-R10, R13-R14, RF1-RF2 0
Herring, Maurie 15 R02-R11, R13-R14, RF1-RF3 1
Hughes, Harry 2 RF2-RF3 0
Jenkyn, Edwin 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Johnstone, George 3 R01, R10-R11 0
Kirk, Arthur 1 R04 0
Leith, Jack 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 26
Lewis, Austin 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Lyon, Walter 1 R11 0
Massey, Lew 8 R04-R07, R09-R12 1
McCoy, Jim 1 R03 0
McCulloch, Bill 9 R01-R03, R05-R10 7
McGinis, Fred 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 10
McLeod, Norm 14 R01-R02, R04-R12, RF1-RF3 0
Mitchell, Henry 15 R01-R13, RF2-RF3 1
Moodie, George 15 R01-R14, RF3 5
Moysey, George 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 12
Murdoch, Alex 1 R08 0
Robinson, Bert 13 R01-R08, R13-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Russell, Jimmy 1 R12 1
Sheahan, Fred 16 R01-R12, R14, RF1-RF3 0
Sheahan, Gerald 1 RF2 0
Sholl, Eddie 6 R12-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Steele, Wally 12 R01, R03-R04, R07, R10-R14, RF1-RF3 9
Strahan, Dave 12 R02-R04, R06-R07, R09-R10, R12-R14, RF1, RF3 0
Sutton, Ned 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Timothee, John 6 R04-R05, R11-R14 1
Wardill, Dick 11 R06-R12, R14, RF1-RF3 4
Watson, Bert 11 R01-R07, R09, R13-R14, RF1 0
Wood, Alf 16 R01-R06, R08-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Young, Charlie 16 R01-R04, R06-R14, RF1-RF3 14

Team Line-Up

Back: Norm McLeod Ned Sutton Fred Blackham
Half-Back: Alf Wood Bert Watson Charlie Goding
Centre: Fred Sheahan Austin Lewis Wally Steele
Half-Forward: Henry Mitchell George Moysey Jack Leith
Forward: George Johnstone Charlie Young Edwin Jenkyn
Follower: Herb Fry Bill McCulloch George Moodie
Bert Robinson Fred McGinis

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 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 17 unknown Ned Sutton
15/05/1897 Round 2 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 45 unknown Ned Sutton
22/05/1897 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 11 unknown Ned Sutton
29/05/1897 Round 4 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 30 unknown Ned Sutton
05/06/1897 Round 5 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 81 unknown Ned Sutton
19/06/1897 Round 6 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 7 unknown Ned Sutton
22/06/1897 Round 7 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 36 unknown Ned Sutton
26/06/1897 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 53 unknown Ned Sutton
03/07/1897 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 5 unknown Ned Sutton
10/07/1897 Round 10 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 27 unknown Ned Sutton
17/07/1897 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 58 unknown Ned Sutton
24/07/1897 Round 12 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 28 unknown Ned Sutton
31/07/1897 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 15 unknown Ned Sutton
07/08/1897 Round 14 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 17 unknown Ned Sutton
21/08/1897 Round-Robin Final 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 4 unknown Ned Sutton
28/08/1897 Round-Robin Final 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 9 unknown Ned Sutton
04/09/1897 Round-Robin Final 3 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 6 unknown Ned Sutton