1899 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1899 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 8-0-6, P%: 136.7%)
Finals Performance: Qualified for finals
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Leith (19)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Eddie Sholl
Vice-Captain(s): Dick Wardill

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Cumberland, Cec 5 R05-R06, R12-R14 3
Cumberland, Vic 14 R01-R04, R08-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Davidson, Jack 6 R01, R05, R08, R14, RF1-RF2 0
Elliott, Fred 12 R01-R10, R12-R13 4
Finlay, Joe 1 RF3 0
Geddes, Stewart 13 R01-R03, R06-R08, R10-R11, R13-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Graham, Jack 2 R14, RF3 1
Herring, Maurie 12 R02, R04-R07, R09, R11-R14, RF1-RF2 0
Illingworth, Charlie 14 R01-R14 0
Leith, Jack 16 R01-R03, R05-R14, RF1-RF3 21
Lewis, Austin 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
MacPherson, Les 2 R06, R13 0
McClelland, Bill 2 RF2-RF3 1
McGinis, Fred 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 3
Mitchell, Henry 9 R08-R13, RF1-RF3 0
Moodie, George 13 R01-R07, R09-R11, RF1-RF3 2
Moriarty, Dan 9 R01-R07, R12, R14 0
Moysey, George 10 R01-R02, R04-R05, R09-R11, RF1-RF3 8
Paul, Laurie 1 R03 2
Pirrie, Dick 8 R04, R07-R08, R10-R14 7
Rankin, Leo 1 RF3 0
Reid, Curtis 15 R03-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Rippon, Les 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Ryan, Tommy 16 R01-R13, RF1-RF3 11
Scanlan, Pat 1 R13 0
Sholl, Eddie 16 R01-R14, RF1-RF2 0
Sinclair, Arthur 1 RF3 0
Sowden, Arthur 12 R01-R05, R07-R10, RF1-RF3 1
Strahan, Dave 1 R14 0
Wardill, Dick 14 R01-R09, R11-R12, R14, RF1-RF2 6
Wood, Alf 13 R01-R04, R06-R12, RF1-RF2 1
Young, Charlie 16 R01-R14, RF1, RF3 5

Team Line-Up

Back: Les Rippon Curtis Reid Jack Davidson
Half-Back: Charlie Illingworth Alf Wood Eddie Sholl
Centre: Arthur Sowden Austin Lewis Henry Mitchell
Half-Forward: Jack Leith Cec Cumberland George Moysey
Forward: Charlie Young Fred Elliott Tommy Ryan
Follower: George Moodie Dick Wardill 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)
13/05/1899 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 93 unknown Eddie Sholl
20/05/1899 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 27 unknown Eddie Sholl
24/05/1899 Round 3 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 26 unknown Eddie Sholl
27/05/1899 Round 4 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 5 unknown Eddie Sholl
03/06/1899 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 11 unknown Eddie Sholl
10/06/1899 Round 6 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 14 unknown Eddie Sholl
17/06/1899 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 7 unknown Eddie Sholl
24/06/1899 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 17 unknown Eddie Sholl
08/07/1899 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 8 unknown Eddie Sholl
15/07/1899 Round 10 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 32 unknown Eddie Sholl
22/07/1899 Round 11 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 14 unknown Eddie Sholl
29/07/1899 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 8 unknown Eddie Sholl
05/08/1899 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 13 unknown Eddie Sholl
12/08/1899 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 7 unknown Eddie Sholl
26/08/1899 Round-Robin Final 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 20 unknown Eddie Sholl
02/09/1899 Round-Robin Final 2 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 38 unknown Eddie Sholl
09/09/1899 Round-Robin Final 3 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 25 unknown unknown