1901 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1901 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 12-0-5, P%: 186.4%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Fred Hiskins (34)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Albert Thurgood

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Tod Collins
Vice-Captain(s): Ted Kinnear

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Jim 15 R05-R14, S01-S03, SF, GF 2
Barry, Son 16 R01-R03, R06-R09, R11-R14, S01-S03, SF, GF 2
Beasley, Jim 2 R05, R07 0
Byers, Bobby 1 R01 0
Cleghorn, Arthur 1 R02 1
Cochrane, George 1 S02 0
Collins, Maurie 18 R01-R03, R05-R14, S01-S03, SF, GF 3
Collins, Tod 18 R01-R12, R14, S01-S03, SF, GF 2
Evans, Marcus 1 R04 0
Forbes, Charlie 5 R03-R04, R07, R11-R12 0
Gavin, Hugh 15 R01, R04-R06, R08-R14, S01, S03, SF, GF 1
Griffith, Billy 17 R01-R06, R08-R14, S01, S03, SF, GF 3
Hastings, George 17 R01-R14, S01, SF, GF 6
Hiskins, Fred 19 R01-R14, S01-S03, SF, GF 34
Kennedy, Jim 3 R13-R14, S02 9
Kennedy, Ted 18 R01-R14, S01-S03, SF 1
Kinnear, Ted 19 R01-R14, S01-S03, SF, GF 16
Larkin, Jimmy 16 R01-R13, S03, SF, GF 17
Mann, Fred 9 R09-R10, R12-R14, S01-S03, GF 0
Martin, George 9 R01-R02, R04-R05, S01-S03, SF, GF 4
McKenzie, Jack 12 R06-R08, R10-R14, S01-S02, SF, GF 14
Morris, Mick 1 R04 0
O'Loughlin, Pat 3 R02-R04 1
Peppard, Mick 17 R01-R14, S02-S03, SF 2
Robinson, Bill 18 R01-R03, R05-R14, S01-S03, SF, GF 7
Scott, Fred 13 R01-R04, R09-R14, S01-S03 8
Stuckey, George 9 R02-R03, R07-R08, R10, S01, S03, SF, GF 0
Thurgood, Albert 10 R05-R09, S01-S03, SF, GF 21
Vollugi, Herc 15 R01-R06, R08-R14, S02, GF 0
Ward, George 1 R01 0
White, Artie 6 R02-R07 3
Wright, Harry 17 R01, R03-R11, R13-R14, S01-S03, SF, GF 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Fred Mann Jim Anderson Maurie Collins
Half-Back: Son Barry Hugh Gavin Tod Collins
Centre: George Hastings Harry Wright Herc Vollugi
Half-Forward: Fred Hiskins Albert Thurgood Jimmy Larkin
Forward: George Martin Ted Kinnear George Stuckey
Follower: Jack McKenzie Bill Robinson Billy Griffith

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)
04/05/1901 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 43 unknown Tod Collins
09/05/1901 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 49 unknown Tod Collins
11/05/1901 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 3 unknown Tod Collins
18/05/1901 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 4 unknown Tod Collins
25/05/1901 Round 5 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 26 unknown Tod Collins
01/06/1901 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 6 unknown Tod Collins
03/06/1901 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 80 unknown Tod Collins
08/06/1901 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 1 unknown Tod Collins
22/06/1901 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 107 unknown Tod Collins
29/06/1901 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 48 unknown Tod Collins
06/07/1901 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 25 unknown Tod Collins
13/07/1901 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 9 unknown Tod Collins
20/07/1901 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 1 unknown Ted Kinnear
27/07/1901 Round 14 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 59 unknown Tod Collins
10/08/1901 Sectional Round 1 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 60 unknown Tod Collins
17/08/1901 Sectional Round 2 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 69 unknown Tod Collins
24/08/1901 Sectional Round 3 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 33 unknown Tod Collins
31/08/1901 Semi Final Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 1 unknown Tod Collins
07/09/1901 Grand Final Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 27 unknown Tod Collins