1904 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1904 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 8-0-9, P%: 112.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Vin Coutie (39)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill McClelland
Vice-Captain(s): Frank Langley

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adam, Roy 11 R06, R08-R14, S01-S03 3
Anderson, Lindsay 4 R06-R07, R10-R11 1
Anderson, Syd 8 R02-R05, R07-R10 1
Bremner, Billy 7 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09 1
Conquest, Jim 17 R01-R14, S01-S03 8
Coutie, Vin 16 R01-R02, R04-R14, S01-S03 39
Drane, Horrie 14 R01, R03-R07, R09-R12, R14, S01-S03 7
Gardiner, Jack 15 R03-R14, S01-S03 24
Gardner, Mark 8 R08-R14, S01 1
Henderson, Harry 13 R01-R03, R06-R09, R12-R14, S01-S03 0
Herring, Maurie 4 R10-R13 0
Jeanneret, Henri 4 R02-R05 0
Langley, Frank 17 R01-R14, S01-S03 12
Leach, Ted 14 R01-R02, R04, R06-R09, R11-R14, S01-S03 6
McClelland, Bill 15 R01, R03-R09, R11-R14, S01-S03 0
Mills, Paddy 9 R01-R08, R13 2
Moodie, George 17 R01-R14, S01-S03 3
Nolan, Bernie 7 R01-R03, R05, S01-S03 1
Parkin, Harry 13 R01, R04-R08, R10-R11, R13-R14, S01-S03 0
Pearce, Joe 11 R02-R04, R09-R14, S02-S03 0
Purse, Hugh 7 R01, R12-R14, S01-S03 7
Purse, Jack 15 R02-R03, R05-R14, S01-S03 0
Smale, Lionel 2 R01-R02 0
Sowden, Arthur 15 R02-R12, R14, S01-S03 2
Strong, Jack #24 17 R01-R14, S01-S03 7
Tout, Ernie 2 R04, R08 0
Vollugi, Ernie 4 R01, R04-R05, R10 0
Wade, Ted 1 R03 0
Watson, Tom 1 R01 0
Woods, Alec 1 R02 0
Young, Charlie 17 R01-R14, S01-S03 3

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 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 46 unknown Bill McClelland
14/05/1904 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 6 unknown Frank Langley
21/05/1904 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 76 unknown Bill McClelland
28/05/1904 Round 4 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 32 unknown Bill McClelland
04/06/1904 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 25 unknown Bill McClelland
06/06/1904 Round 6 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 23 unknown Bill McClelland
11/06/1904 Round 7 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 31 unknown Bill McClelland
25/06/1904 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 65 unknown Bill McClelland
02/07/1904 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 25 unknown Bill McClelland
09/07/1904 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 15 unknown Frank Langley
16/07/1904 Round 11 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 5 unknown Bill McClelland
23/07/1904 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 6 unknown Bill McClelland
30/07/1904 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 16 unknown Bill McClelland
13/08/1904 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 36 unknown Bill McClelland
20/08/1904 Sectional Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 72 unknown Bill McClelland
27/08/1904 Sectional Round 2 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 29 unknown Bill McClelland
03/09/1904 Sectional Round 3 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 11 unknown Bill McClelland