1908 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1908 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 97.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Essendon (Semi Final)
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Dick Lee (50)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Eddie Drohan, Arthur Leach, Bob Nash

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Angus, George 16 R01-R13, R17-R18, SF 7
Baxter, Jim 1 R17 1
Baxter, Tom 18 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF 9
Carden, Bill 5 R01, R05-R08 0
Daykin, Richard 5 R15-R18, SF 2
Diggle, Graham 2 R03-R04 0
Drohan, Eddie 9 R01-R09 5
Dummett, Alf 19 R01-R18, SF 6
Dunstan, Alex 10 R01, R03-R04, R06-R07, R09, R13-R16 2
Freeman, Artie 13 R02, R05-R16 10
Gibb, Percy 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Green, George 2 R02, R05 0
Gyton, Harold 9 R03-R07, R11-R12, R14-R15 1
Heatley, Bill 14 R01, R04-R05, R08-R14, R16-R18, SF 3
Herbert, Marshall 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Holland, Tom 5 R04-R05, R11-R12, R14 0
Hughes, Les 10 R01-R03, R08-R11, R13-R15 4
Leach, Arthur 3 R17-R18, SF 2
Lee, Dick 17 R01-R04, R06-R08, R10-R18, SF 54
Lees, Harry 1 R10 0
McHale, Jock 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Nash, Bob 19 R01-R18, SF 2
O'Donoghue, Dave 12 R08-R18, SF 0
Pannam, Albert 13 R05-R08, R10-R13, R15-R18, SF 9
Pears, Harry 7 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09 3
Rowell, Ted 12 R01-R04, R08-R10, R13, R16-R18, SF 6
Rush, Bob 5 R01-R03, R07, R09 0
Ryan, Dave 18 R01-R16, R18, SF 9
Ryan, Mick 1 R02 0
Sadler, Jim 12 R03, R06, R10-R18, SF 0
Strachan, Bob 8 R12-R18, SF 1
Wilcher, Frank 19 R01-R18, SF 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Bill Carden Bob Nash Alf Dummett
Half-Back: Dave O'Donoghue Marshall Herbert Frank Wilcher
Centre: Jim Sadler Jock McHale Percy Gibb
Half-Forward: Tom Baxter Ted Rowell Eddie Drohan
Forward: Alex Dunstan Dick Lee Les Hughes
Follower: George Angus Dave Ryan Albert Pannam

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)
Rowell, Ted 6 2 -0- 4 R01-R06
Strickland, Billy 7 4 -0- 3 R13-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1908 Round 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 47 Ted Rowell unknown
09/05/1908 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 31 Ted Rowell unknown
16/05/1908 Round 3 University AWAY WIN COL by 8 Ted Rowell unknown
23/05/1908 Round 4 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 28 Ted Rowell unknown
30/05/1908 Round 5 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 5 Ted Rowell Eddie Drohan
06/06/1908 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 15 Ted Rowell unknown
08/06/1908 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 41 unknown Eddie Drohan
13/06/1908 Round 8 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 24 unknown unknown
20/06/1908 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 21 unknown unknown
27/06/1908 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 20 unknown Bob Nash
04/07/1908 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 2 unknown Bob Nash
11/07/1908 Round 12 University HOME WIN COL by 17 unknown Bob Nash
18/07/1908 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 40 Billy Strickland Bob Nash
25/07/1908 Round 14 Essendon HOME WIN COL by 4 Billy Strickland Bob Nash
01/08/1908 Round 15 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 5 Billy Strickland Bob Nash
08/08/1908 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 19 Billy Strickland Bob Nash
15/08/1908 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 13 Billy Strickland Bob Nash
05/09/1908 Round 18 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 66 Billy Strickland unknown
12/09/1908 Semi Final Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 35 Billy Strickland Bob Nash