1897 VFL Season: St Kilda

Season Team Details

Season: 1897 VFL Season
Team: St Kilda
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 0-0-14, P%: 29.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Ahern, Reg Stewart (6)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Billy Shaw
Vice-Captain(s): Harry Aylwin

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ahern, Bill 12 R01-R10, R12-R13 6
Aylwin, Harry 12 R01-R05, R08-R14 0
Bedford, Alf 1 R01 0
Beggs, Billy 11 R01-R05, R09-R14 0
Blake, George 3 R07-R09 0
Blake, Mick 13 R02-R14 4
Collins, Dan 6 R02-R03, R06-R08, R12 0
Conniff, Matt 1 R14 0
Cox, Charlie 2 R09-R10 0
Duigan, Harry 3 R08-R09, R11 0
Dunne, Danny 13 R01-R11, R13-R14 4
Dunne, Ernie 10 R01-R07, R11-R13 2
Gower, Harry 2 R01-R02 0
Grieve, John 1 R10 0
Hall, Ted 13 R01-R07, R09-R14 4
Hay, Algy 10 R01-R08, R13-R14 1
Hogan, Joe 9 R03-R05, R07, R09-R12, R14 4
Howell, Charlie 8 R05-R06, R08, R10-R14 0
Jennings, Jack 5 R02-R06 0
Jones, Ernest 4 R01-R04 0
Lowe, Arch 4 R01, R06-R07, R11 1
Matthews, Bill 14 R01-R14 0
McGrath, Jerry 3 R03-R05 0
McLeod, George 9 R04-R08, R11-R14 0
McNamara, Tom 14 R01-R14 0
Middleton, Arthur 1 R14 0
Molesworth, John 1 R02 0
Morrison, George 1 R09 0
Newton, Bill 3 R01-R03 0
O'Grady, Joe 9 R01, R05, R07-R11, R13-R14 0
O'Hagan, Mick 1 R12 0
Phillips, Syd 13 R01-R02, R04-R14 0
Rutherford, George 5 R10-R14 0
Shaw, Billy 12 R01, R03-R11, R13-R14 0
Staines, Emery 1 R12 0
Stewart, Ernie 11 R01-R03, R06-R13 0
Stewart, Fred 6 R06-R10, R12 0
Stewart, Reg 13 R01-R10, R12-R14 6
Turner, Bill 10 R01-R08, R11, R13 1
Whitelaw, Fred 9 R04, R06, R08-R14 1
Wilson, Gillie 1 R14 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Jack Jennings Jerry McGrath Tom McNamara
Half-Back: Ted Hall Harry Aylwin Bill Newton
Centre: Ernie Stewart Reg Stewart Billy Beggs
Half-Forward: Bill Ahern Billy Shaw Dan Collins
Forward: Joe Hogan Ernie Dunne Algy Hay
Follower: Mick Blake Danny Dunne Ernest Jones
Bill Turner Bill Matthews

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 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 25 unknown Billy Shaw
15/05/1897 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 40 unknown Harry Aylwin
24/05/1897 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 57 unknown Billy Shaw
29/05/1897 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 30 unknown Billy Shaw
05/06/1897 Round 5 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 37 unknown Billy Shaw
19/06/1897 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 11 unknown Billy Shaw
22/06/1897 Round 7 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 83 unknown Billy Shaw
26/06/1897 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 24 unknown Billy Shaw
03/07/1897 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 57 unknown Billy Shaw
10/07/1897 Round 10 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 61 unknown Billy Shaw
17/07/1897 Round 11 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 58 unknown Billy Shaw
24/07/1897 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 91 unknown unknown
31/07/1897 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 34 unknown Billy Shaw
07/08/1897 Round 14 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 78 unknown Billy Shaw