1900 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1900 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 6-0-8, P%: 101.7%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tommy Ryan (19)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dick Wardill
Vice-Captain(s): Fred McGinis

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adams, Ernie 6 R01-R02, R04-R05, R08-R09 4
Bowe, Bill 1 R01 0
Byers, Eddie 7 R01-R04, R10, R13-R14 0
Cumberland, Vic 18 R01-R02, R04-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 7
Gardner, Corrie 16 R01, R03, R05-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 0
Gardner, Eric 8 R03, R10-R13, RF2-RF3, PF 5
Geddes, Stewart 18 R01-R02, R04-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 1
Graham, Harry 2 R09-R10 3
Hay, Ced 1 R03 0
Hay, Harold 7 R13-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 2
Herring, Maurie 2 PF, GF 0
Langley, Frank 18 R01-R09, R11-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 9
Leith, Jack 17 R02-R05, R07-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 19
Lewis, Austin 16 R02-R10, R12-R14, RF1-RF2, PF, GF 2
McClelland, Bill 13 R01-R07, R13-R14, RF2-RF3, PF, GF 0
McCulloch, Bill 1 R05 0
McGinis, Fred 18 R01-R12, R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 10
McGuigan, Bryan 2 R01, R07 0
Moodie, George 18 R01-R12, R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 4
Moriarty, Dan 13 R02-R10, R12, R14, RF1, RF3 0
Parkin, Harry 16 R02-R08, R10-R14, RF1-RF2, PF, GF 0
Pirrie, Dick 4 R01, R06, R11, R13 2
Purse, Jack 18 R01-R12, R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 0
Riggall, Harold 1 R03 1
Rippon, Harold 1 R01 0
Rippon, Les 16 R02-R09, R11-R13, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 2
Ryan, Tommy 17 R01-R03, R05-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 24
Sholl, Eddie 12 R04, R08-R13, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 0
Sowden, Arthur 17 R01-R09, R11-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 3
Strahan, Dave 5 R04, R06, R08, R10-R11 0
Wardill, Dick 17 R01-R03, R05-R14, RF1, RF3, PF, GF 19
Young, Charlie 16 R01-R02, R04, R06-R07, R09-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Maurie Herring Eddie Sholl Les Rippon
Half-Back: Harry Parkin Jack Purse Bill McClelland
Centre: Corrie Gardner Charlie Young Eddie Byers
Half-Forward: Austin Lewis Jack Leith Frank Langley
Forward: Dick Wardill Stewart Geddes Tommy Ryan
Follower: Vic Cumberland George Moodie 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)
05/05/1900 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 1 unknown Dick Wardill
12/05/1900 Round 2 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 16 unknown Dick Wardill
18/08/1900 Round 3 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 20 unknown Dick Wardill
24/05/1900 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 66 unknown Fred McGinis
26/05/1900 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 39 unknown Dick Wardill
02/06/1900 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 3 unknown Dick Wardill
09/06/1900 Round 7 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 29 unknown Dick Wardill
23/06/1900 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 79 unknown Dick Wardill
30/06/1900 Round 9 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 26 unknown Dick Wardill
07/07/1900 Round 10 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 35 unknown Dick Wardill
14/07/1900 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 11 unknown Dick Wardill
28/07/1900 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 25 unknown Dick Wardill
04/08/1900 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 4 unknown Dick Wardill
11/08/1900 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 27 unknown Dick Wardill
25/08/1900 Round-Robin Final 1 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 17 unknown Dick Wardill
01/09/1900 Round-Robin Final 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 71 unknown Fred McGinis
08/09/1900 Round-Robin Final 3 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 6 unknown Dick Wardill
15/09/1900 Preliminary Final Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 2 unknown Dick Wardill
22/09/1900 Grand Final Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 4 unknown Dick Wardill