1899 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 9-0-5, P%: 140.2%)
Finals Performance: Qualified for finals
Players: 30
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jimmy Larkin (14)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): George Stuckey
Vice-Captain(s): Jim Anderson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Jim 14 R01, R03-R07, R10-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Barry, Son 16 R01-R03, R05-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Campbell, Colin 1 R07 0
Cleghorn, Arthur 14 R01-R10, R12, RF1-RF3 15
Collins, Maurie 16 R01-R07, R09-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Collins, Tod 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Croft, Edgar 1 R11 0
Cullen, Jim 1 R01 0
Fitzpatrick, Hugh 15 R03-R14, RF1-RF3 14
Forbes, Charlie 11 R01-R02, R05-R08, R10-R14 2
Gavin, Hugh 11 R06, R08-R14, RF1-RF3 1
Griffith, Billy 3 R01-R02, R08 0
Groves, Joe 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Hall, Alec 4 R14, RF1-RF3 5
Hastings, George 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Jackson, Bill 10 R07-R09, R11-R14, RF1-RF3 12
Kinnear, Ted 16 R01-R06, R08-R14, RF1-RF3 1
Larkin, Jimmy 16 R02-R14, RF1-RF3 14
Martin, George 16 R01-R10, R12-R14, RF1-RF3 6
McCartney, Charlie 4 R02-R04, R07 0
Moore, Charlie 11 R01-R05, R08, R11, R13-R14, RF1-RF2 12
Officer, Gus 16 R02-R14, RF1-RF3 4
O'Loughlin, Mick 5 R01-R05 0
O'Loughlin, Pat 15 R01-R14, RF3 3
Rainey, Les 4 R07, R09-R11 3
Scott, Fred 2 R01, R04 0
Stamp, Alby 3 R07, R09, R13 2
Stuckey, George 15 R01-R06, R08-R10, R12-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Thurgood, Albert 1 R06 1
Wright, Harry 14 R01-R06, R08-R12, RF1-RF3 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Ted Kinnear Hugh Gavin Maurie Collins
Half-Back: Tod Collins Jim Anderson George Stuckey
Centre: Joe Groves Harry Wright George Hastings
Half-Forward: Son Barry Bill Jackson Charlie Moore
Forward: Jimmy Larkin Gus Officer Alec Hall
Follower: Hugh Fitzpatrick George Martin Arthur Cleghorn

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)
13/05/1899 Round 1 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 38 unknown George Stuckey
20/05/1899 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 46 unknown George Stuckey
24/05/1899 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 6 unknown George Stuckey
27/05/1899 Round 4 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 39 unknown George Stuckey
03/06/1899 Round 5 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 4 unknown George Stuckey
10/06/1899 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 14 unknown George Stuckey
17/06/1899 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 20 unknown Jim Anderson
24/06/1899 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 12 unknown George Stuckey
08/07/1899 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 79 unknown George Stuckey
15/07/1899 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 16 unknown George Stuckey
22/07/1899 Round 11 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 31 unknown Jim Anderson
29/07/1899 Round 12 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 24 unknown George Stuckey
05/08/1899 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 13 unknown George Stuckey
12/08/1899 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 22 unknown George Stuckey
26/08/1899 Round-Robin Final 1 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 98 unknown George Stuckey
02/09/1899 Round-Robin Final 2 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 8 unknown George Stuckey
09/09/1899 Round-Robin Final 3 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 15 unknown George Stuckey