1904 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1904 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 10-0-7, P%: 113.1%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Carlton (Semi Final)
Players: 30
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Mick Madden (24)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jim Anderson, Hugh Gavin

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Jim 18 R01-R14, S01-S03, SF 5
Barker, George 10 R01-R03, R06, R13-R14, S01-S03, SF 19
Barry, Son 16 R01-R05, R07-R11, R13-R14, S01-S03, SF 2
Baxter, Ben 11 R02-R08, S01-S03, SF 0
Belcher, Norman 2 R01, R06 0
Busbridge, Bill 16 R01, R04-R14, S01-S03, SF 6
Callan, Hughie 12 R01-R02, R06-R07, R10-R13, S01-S03, SF 5
Carkeek, William 9 R01-R04, R06-R08, R11-R12 2
Cochrane, George 3 R01, R04, S01 0
Collins, Maurie 5 R01-R05 0
Gavin, Hugh 15 R02-R03, R05-R14, S02-S03, SF 1
Geggie, Jack 15 R01-R02, R05, R07-R14, S01-S03, SF 3
Gilligan, Arthur 8 R01-R03, R05-R08, R10 4
Griffith, Billy 9 R02, R08-R14, S01 1
Hastings, George 1 R05 0
Hedley, Tom 10 R01-R10 2
Laxton, Bert 16 R02-R14, S02-S03, SF 2
Legge, Arthur 16 R03-R14, S01-S03, SF 7
Madden, Mick 17 R01, R03-R14, S01-S03, SF 25
Martin, George 1 R01 0
McDonald, Jim 7 R04, R09, R14, S01-S03, SF 0
McKenzie, Jack 13 R02-R04, R09-R14, S01-S03, SF 20
Phipps, Jim 10 R09-R14, S01-S03, SF 0
Pleass, Mick 4 R05-R08 0
Robinson, Alex 9 R01, R03-R06, R11-R14 5
Robinson, Bill 18 R01-R14, S01-S03, SF 1
Robinson, Fred 17 R02-R14, S01-S03, SF 0
Smith, Dave 14 R01-R03, R08-R14, S01-S03, SF 8
Swift, Alf 7 R03-R05, R07, R09-R10, R12 2
Vollugi, Herc 15 R01-R02, R04, R06-R09, R11-R14, S01-S03, SF 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)
07/05/1904 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 41 unknown Jim Anderson
14/05/1904 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 24 unknown unknown
21/05/1904 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 36 unknown unknown
28/05/1904 Round 4 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 32 unknown Jim Anderson
04/06/1904 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 42 unknown unknown
06/06/1904 Round 6 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 2 unknown unknown
11/06/1904 Round 7 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 6 unknown unknown
25/06/1904 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 40 unknown unknown
02/07/1904 Round 9 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 38 unknown unknown
09/07/1904 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 5 unknown unknown
16/07/1904 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 5 unknown unknown
23/07/1904 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 17 unknown unknown
30/07/1904 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 16 unknown unknown
13/08/1904 Round 14 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 4 unknown unknown
20/08/1904 Sectional Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 18 unknown Jim Anderson
27/08/1904 Sectional Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 32 unknown unknown
03/09/1904 Sectional Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 61 unknown unknown
10/09/1904 Semi Final Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 3 unknown unknown