1900 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1900 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 8-0-6, P%: 137.3%)
Finals Performance: Qualified for finals
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Albert Thurgood (19)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): George Stuckey
Vice-Captain(s): Tod Collins

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Jim 17 R01-R10, R12-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 1
Barry, Son 17 R02-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 3
Cleghorn, Arthur 8 R02, R04-R10 6
Collins, Maurie 12 R01-R02, R04-R08, R10-R13, RF3 1
Collins, Tod 14 R01, R03, R06-R14, RF1-RF2, PF 3
Crebbin, Bill 1 R11 0
Dear, Alf 6 R05-R10 1
Fitzpatrick, Hugh 15 R01-R03, R05-R08, R10, R12-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 12
Forbes, Charlie 4 R03, R12-R14 5
Gavin, Hugh 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 0
Grace, Billy 4 R04-R06, R11 1
Griffith, Billy 15 R01-R04, R06-R08, R11-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 5
Groves, Joe 11 R01-R02, R04, R06-R09, R12-R13, RF2-RF3 0
Hall, Alec 1 R02 0
Hastings, George 16 R01-R05, R07-R12, R14, RF1-RF3, PF 0
Hiskins, Fred 4 RF1-RF3, PF 9
Hunter, Herb 3 R04-R06 0
Jackson, Bill 8 R03, R08-R10, R14, RF1-RF2, PF 3
Johns, Hughie 1 R11 2
Jones, Llew 5 R01-R02, R05-R06, R08 2
Kinnear, Ted 17 R01-R14, RF1, RF3, PF 1
Larkin, Jimmy 12 R01-R03, R05, R11-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 14
Leahy, Tommy 2 R01, R11 0
Martin, George 16 R01-R10, R13-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 6
Officer, Gus 17 R01-R05, R07-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 1
O'Loughlin, Pat 10 R01-R02, R04-R11 2
Peppard, Mick 15 R01-R07, R09, R12-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 1
Rainey, Les 1 R11 0
Scott, Fred 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 17
Stuckey, George 14 R01, R03-R04, R07, R09-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 2
Thurgood, Albert 11 R03-R04, R09-R10, R12-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 25
Wright, Harry 11 R03, R09-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Ted Kinnear Hugh Gavin Maurie Collins
Half-Back: Mick Peppard Jim Anderson Gus Officer
Centre: Joe Groves Herb Hunter George Hastings
Half-Forward: Billy Griffith Fred Scott Llew Jones
Forward: Hugh Fitzpatrick Billy Grace Jimmy Larkin
Follower: George Martin Pat O'Loughlin 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)
05/05/1900 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 56 unknown George Stuckey
12/05/1900 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 16 unknown Jim Anderson
18/08/1900 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 6 unknown George Stuckey
23/05/1900 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 69 unknown George Stuckey
26/05/1900 Round 5 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 5 unknown Jim Anderson
02/06/1900 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 11 unknown Tod Collins
09/06/1900 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 22 unknown George Stuckey
23/06/1900 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 28 unknown Tod Collins
30/06/1900 Round 9 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 26 unknown George Stuckey
07/07/1900 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 14 unknown George Stuckey
14/07/1900 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 21 unknown George Stuckey
28/07/1900 Round 12 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 49 unknown George Stuckey
04/08/1900 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 92 unknown George Stuckey
11/08/1900 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 20 unknown George Stuckey
25/08/1900 Round-Robin Final 1 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 40 unknown George Stuckey
01/09/1900 Round-Robin Final 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 3 unknown George Stuckey
08/09/1900 Round-Robin Final 3 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 85 unknown George Stuckey
15/09/1900 Preliminary Final Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 2 unknown George Stuckey