1903 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1903 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 6-1-10, P%: 78.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Mick Madden (15)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jim Anderson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abercrombie, Percy 2 S02-S03 0
Anderson, Jim 16 R02-R14, S01-S03 1
Barker, George 9 R05-R13 7
Barry, Son 12 R04-R07, R09-R14, S01, S03 3
Baxter, Ben 17 R01-R14, S01-S03 1
Callan, Hughie 6 R01-R04, S01-S02 1
Carkeek, William 15 R01, R03-R07, R09-R14, S01-S03 4
Cleghorn, Arthur 5 R04-R08 4
Cochrane, George 10 R01-R03, R07-R11, R14, S01 2
Collins, Maurie 8 R07-R09, R11-R14, S01 0
Collins, Tod 4 R04, R10, S02-S03 1
Flynn, Ted 1 R02 0
Fooks, Fred 3 R13-R14, S02 2
Geggie, Jack 17 R01-R14, S01-S03 2
Gilligan, Arthur 14 R03-R06, R08-R14, S01-S03 2
Godby, Jack 2 S02-S03 0
Griffith, Billy 11 R01-R03, R05-R06, R08-R09, R11, R13-R14, S01 2
Hastings, George 14 R01-R14 5
Hedley, Tom 14 R04-R14, S01-S03 4
Holligan, John 4 R01-R03, R08 3
Kennedy, Ted 6 R01-R06 0
Kinnear, Ted 6 R01-R05, R07 4
Larkin, Jimmy 4 R14, S01-S03 3
Madden, Mick 15 R01-R09, R12-R14, S01-S03 15
Mann, Fred 1 S03 0
Marr, Joe 14 R03-R14, S01, S03 1
Martin, George 11 R01-R04, R08-R10, R14, S01-S03 6
McCarthy, Bill 3 R01-R03 0
McDonald, Jim 3 S01-S03 0
McIntyre, Jack 4 R10, R12, S02-S03 1
Meadows, Johnny 4 R01-R02, R10, R12 2
Peppard, Mick 1 R01 0
Rosser, Alex 8 R06-R13 1
Shippen, Joe 1 S02 0
Smith, Dave 17 R01-R14, S01-S03 9
Sullivan, Jack 1 R09 1
Trehey, Jack 6 R05-R07, R11, R14, S01 1
Vollugi, Herc 12 R01-R08, R10-R13 0
Williams, Tom 2 R01-R02 0
Wright, Harry 3 R11-R13 3

Team Line-Up

Back: Maurie Collins Joe Marr Ben Baxter
Half-Back: Son Barry Jim Anderson Jim McDonald
Centre: Ted Kennedy George Hastings Herc Vollugi
Half-Forward: Dave Smith Mick Madden Arthur Gilligan
Forward: Arthur Cleghorn Ted Kinnear George Barker
Follower: Tom Hedley George Martin 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)
02/05/1903 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 52 unknown Ben Baxter
09/05/1903 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY DRAW drawn unknown Jim Anderson
16/05/1903 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 21 unknown Jim Anderson
23/05/1903 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 3 unknown Jim Anderson
30/05/1903 Round 5 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 33 unknown Jim Anderson
06/06/1903 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 7 unknown Jim Anderson
08/06/1903 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 8 unknown Jim Anderson
13/06/1903 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 25 unknown Jim Anderson
20/06/1903 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 3 unknown Jim Anderson
04/07/1903 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 36 unknown Jim Anderson
11/07/1903 Round 11 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 5 unknown Jim Anderson
18/07/1903 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 45 unknown Jim Anderson
25/07/1903 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 22 unknown Jim Anderson
08/08/1903 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 27 unknown Jim Anderson
15/08/1903 Sectional Round 1 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 19 unknown Jim Anderson
22/08/1903 Sectional Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 71 unknown Jim Anderson
29/08/1903 Sectional Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 57 unknown Jim Anderson