1901 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1901 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 9-1-7, P%: 117.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Frank Langley (17)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill McClelland
Vice-Captain(s): Dick Wardill

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adams, Ernie 5 R02-R05, R10 2
Anderson, Lindsay 2 R06, R08 2
Boully, Harry 6 R09-R10, R12, R14, S01, S03 0
Bowe, Bill 14 R03-R12, R14, S01-S03 1
Cathie, George 2 S02-S03 6
Colclough, Graham 11 R02-R03, R05-R07, R09, R11-R14, S03 8
Coutie, Vin 8 R09-R14, S02-S03 7
Cumberland, Vic 15 R01-R02, R05-R14, S01-S03 6
De Gruchy, Harold 1 R10 0
Gardner, Corrie 13 R01-R05, R09-R14, S01, S03 0
Gardner, Eric 5 R02-R06 3
Garlick, Ed 1 R03 0
Geddes, Stewart 16 R01, R03-R14, S01-S03 1
Herring, Maurie 1 S03 0
Langley, Frank 13 R01-R05, R07-R09, R11, R14, S01-S03 17
Leith, Jack 7 R01, R04, R06-R08, R10, R13 4
Lewis, Austin 9 R03-R11 2
McClelland, Bill 15 R01-R09, R11-R13, S01-S03 1
McGinis, Fred 15 R01-R11, R14, S01-S03 8
McLean, Jim 11 R01-R02, R04-R08, R10-R12, R14 5
Moodie, George 14 R01-R02, R04-R14, S01 2
Moriarty, Dan 15 R01-R02, R04, R06-R14, S01-S03 0
Ogilvie, Laurie 4 R06-R09 3
Parkin, Harry 15 R01-R08, R11-R14, S01-S03 0
Purse, Jack 16 R01-R14, S01, S03 2
Reid, Curtis 2 R12, S02 0
Rippon, Les 11 R01, R03-R04, R06, R11-R14, S01-S03 3
Ryan, Tommy 8 R01-R03, R05, R07, R12-R13, S02 8
Shaw, Billy 1 R02 0
Sholl, Eddie 4 R01, R13, S01-S02 2
Sowden, Arthur 15 R01-R05, R07-R09, R11-R14, S01-S03 0
Strong, Jack 1 R10 0
Tredinnick, Alf 7 R08-R10, R13-R14, S01-S02 1
Wardill, Dick 3 R01-R03 1
Wregg, Bert 3 R13, S01-S02 3
Young, Charlie 17 R01-R14, S01-S03 1

Team Line-Up

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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 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 2 unknown Fred McGinis
09/05/1901 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 4 unknown Fred McGinis
11/05/1901 Round 3 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 37 unknown Bill McClelland
18/05/1901 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 22 unknown Bill McClelland
25/05/1901 Round 5 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 26 unknown Bill McClelland
01/06/1901 Round 6 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 15 unknown Bill McClelland
03/06/1901 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY DRAW drawn unknown Bill McClelland
08/06/1901 Round 8 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 13 unknown Bill McClelland
22/06/1901 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 16 unknown Bill McClelland
29/06/1901 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 10 unknown unknown
06/07/1901 Round 11 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 1 unknown Bill McClelland
13/07/1901 Round 12 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 9 unknown Bill McClelland
20/07/1901 Round 13 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 6 unknown Bill McClelland
27/07/1901 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 6 unknown unknown
10/08/1901 Sectional Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 16 unknown Bill McClelland
17/08/1901 Sectional Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 102 unknown Bill McClelland
24/08/1901 Sectional Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 13 unknown Bill McClelland