1908 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1908 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 142.5%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Dave Smith (24)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Bill Busbridge

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Billy Griffith
Vice-Captain(s): Mark Shea

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Fred 1 R10 0
Armstrong, Lou 18 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF 14
Belcher, Allan 15 R01-R07, R12-R16, R18, SF, GF 5
Bowe, Len 14 R03-R12, R17-R18, SF, GF 0
Busbridge, Bill 16 R01-R07, R12-R18, SF, GF 2
Cameron, Ernie 10 R01-R04, R15-R18, SF, GF 3
Campbell, Jim 1 R09 0
Clough, Dick 1 R07 0
Crow, Tommy 4 R01, R05-R07 0
Davies, Bill 15 R06-R18, SF, GF 2
Daykin, Bert 7 R13-R18, GF 1
Farnsworth, Harry 15 R05-R17, SF, GF 12
French, Bill 2 R10-R11 0
George, Alf 3 R02-R04 0
Griffith, Billy 19 R01-R16, R18, SF, GF 0
Heaphy, Bill 2 R18, GF 2
Irwin, Alan 7 R07-R11, R13, R18 2
Johnson, Bill 13 R01, R04-R05, R08, R12-R18, SF, GF 0
Landmann, Otto 16 R01-R02, R04-R13, R15-R16, R18, SF 22
Legge, Arthur 16 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17, GF 6
Londerigan, Mike 16 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R17, SF 7
Martin, Jim 16 R01-R07, R12-R18, SF, GF 17
Minto, Les 19 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF, GF 5
Parkinson, Fred 18 R01-R14, R16-R18, SF 18
Prout, Harry 1 GF 0
Ryan, Bert 15 R01-R14, R17 3
Sevior, Tom 1 R03 0
Sewart, Bill 17 R01-R03, R05, R08-R18, SF, GF 1
Shea, Mark 17 R01-R03, R05-R11, R14-R18, SF, GF 0
Shea, Paddy 19 R01-R17, SF, GF 20
Sloss, Bruce 1 R02 0
Smith, Dave 18 R01-R05, R08-R18, SF, GF 26
Smith, Lon 6 R04, R08-R11, R14 1
Snell, Archie 1 R06 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Mark Shea Bert Ryan Bill Johnson
Half-Back: Billy Griffith Bill Busbridge Len Bowe
Centre: Les Minto Bill Sewart Bill Davies
Half-Forward: Mike Londerigan Paddy Shea Harry Farnsworth
Forward: Jim Martin Otto Landmann Arthur Legge
Follower: Allan Belcher Fred Parkinson Dave Smith

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)
Smith, Dave 20 15 -0- 5 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1908 Round 1 University HOME WIN ESS by 66 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
09/05/1908 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 38 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
16/05/1908 Round 3 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 11 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
23/05/1908 Round 4 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 37 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
30/05/1908 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 5 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
06/06/1908 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 4 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
08/06/1908 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 6 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
13/06/1908 Round 8 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 14 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
20/06/1908 Round 9 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 26 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
27/06/1908 Round 10 University AWAY WIN ESS by 10 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
04/07/1908 Round 11 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 17 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
11/07/1908 Round 12 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 13 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
18/07/1908 Round 13 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 23 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
25/07/1908 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 4 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
01/08/1908 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 11 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
08/08/1908 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 60 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
15/08/1908 Round 17 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 6 Dave Smith Mark Shea
05/09/1908 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 71 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
12/09/1908 Semi Final Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 35 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
26/09/1908 Grand Final Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 9 Dave Smith Billy Griffith