1903 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1903 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 3-0-14, P%: 64.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Vin Coutie (19)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill McClelland

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Lindsay 3 S01-S03 0
Anderson, Syd 6 R01-R02, R05-R06, R10, S03 3
Bowe, Bill 15 R01-R04, R06-R13, S01-S03 1
Bremner, Billy 16 R02-R14, S01-S03 0
Burn, Jimmy 1 R06 0
Cordner, Harry 1 R01 0
Coutie, Vin 16 R01-R14, S02-S03 19
Gardiner, Jack 13 R01-R08, R11, R14, S01-S03 7
Gardner, Corrie 12 R01-R07, R13-R14, S01-S03 0
Gardner, Eric 12 R02, R04-R06, R08-R12, R14, S01, S03 1
Gourlay, Albert 3 R03-R05 1
Henderson, Harry 15 R01, R04-R14, S01-S03 0
Herring, Maurie 6 R08-R12, R14 0
Hocking, Ern 8 R01, R03, R12-R14, S01-S03 7
Jackson, Tom 1 R06 0
Langley, Frank 14 R01-R14 6
Leith, Jack 12 R02-R09, R11, R14, S01-S02 13
Lewis, Austin 2 R07, S01 0
McClelland, Bill 16 R01-R14, S02-S03 1
McKellar, Don 2 S02-S03 0
McLean, Jim 2 R02-R03 0
McSpeerin, Artie 1 R05 0
Mills, Paddy 12 R01, R03, R07-R10, R12-R14, S01-S03 3
Moodie, George 16 R01-R14, S01, S03 6
Moriarty, Dan 13 R01-R05, R07, R09-R14, S01 2
Parkin, Harry 13 R01-R13 0
Pilcher, Alby 1 R05 0
Purse, Jack 13 R01-R02, R04, R07-R14, S01-S02 1
Rainey, Les 1 R04 0
Reid, Curtis 1 R13 0
Sowden, Arthur 12 R01-R03, R08-R13, S01-S03 0
Strong, Jack 12 R06-R14, S01-S03 3
Tout, Ernie 17 R01-R14, S01-S03 3
Watson, Fred 1 S02 0
Young, Charlie 17 R01-R14, S01-S03 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Bill Bowe Harry Henderson Bill McClelland
Half-Back: Billy Bremner Harry Parkin Maurie Herring
Centre: Eric Gardner Charlie Young Arthur Sowden
Half-Forward: Jack Leith Vin Coutie Jack Purse
Forward: Jack Strong Jack Gardiner Dan Moriarty
Follower: George Moodie Ernie Tout Frank Langley

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 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 7 unknown Bill McClelland
09/05/1903 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 18 unknown Bill McClelland
16/05/1903 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 68 unknown Bill McClelland
23/05/1903 Round 4 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 3 unknown Bill McClelland
30/05/1903 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 31 unknown Bill McClelland
06/06/1903 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 30 unknown Bill McClelland
08/06/1903 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 24 unknown Bill McClelland
13/06/1903 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 7 unknown Bill McClelland
20/06/1903 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 8 unknown Bill McClelland
04/07/1903 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 28 unknown Bill McClelland
11/07/1903 Round 11 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 5 unknown Bill McClelland
18/07/1903 Round 12 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 42 unknown Bill McClelland
25/07/1903 Round 13 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 29 unknown Bill McClelland
08/08/1903 Round 14 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 15 unknown Bill McClelland
15/08/1903 Sectional Round 1 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 35 unknown unknown
22/08/1903 Sectional Round 2 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 23 unknown Bill McClelland
29/08/1903 Sectional Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 51 unknown Bill McClelland