1908 VFL Season: University

Season Team Details

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

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 8-0-10, P%: 96.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Martin Ratz (25)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Tom Fogarty

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barker, Gilbert 6 R01, R03, R05, R10-R12 2
Bowden, Henry 8 R10-R17 5
Boynton, Frank 7 R01-R03, R09-R12 6
Browning, Denby 16 R01-R02, R04-R09, R11-R18 11
Cordner, Harry 11 R01-R09, R12, R15 4
Cordner, Ted 16 R01-R06, R08, R10-R18 0
Crawford, Frank 18 R01-R18 0
Elliott, George 13 R01-R02, R05-R09, R13-R18 0
Fleming, Ted 1 R04 0
Fogarty, Chris 18 R01-R18 7
Fogarty, Joe 5 R01-R05 1
Fogarty, Tom 16 R01-R13, R15-R17 5
Gall, Arthur 2 R10, R18 0
Gardner, Mark 10 R09-R18 2
Gray, Jack 13 R01-R07, R09-R12, R17-R18 0
Hartkopf, Bert 7 R07-R08, R13-R16, R18 11
Hurrey, Bert 11 R06-R12, R14, R16-R18 10
Jones, Jack 10 R06-R08, R12-R18 0
Kendall, Ken 1 R01 0
Kirby, Frank 1 R16 0
Kneen, Edgar 18 R01-R18 20
Laing, John 2 R07, R14 0
Marshall, Willie 11 R01-R03, R05-R11, R13 0
Ogilvie, Alick 18 R01-R18 13
Piper, Jim 1 R18 0
Ratz, Martin 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 25
Richards, Norm 17 R02-R18 0
Seward, Leo 15 R02-R04, R06-R17 15
Sleeman, Lance 8 R01-R06, R08-R09 1
Tymms, Athol 18 R01-R18 4
West, Jack 2 R03-R04 1
Williams, Mal 7 R04-R05, R13-R15, R17-R18 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Jack Gray Frank Crawford Athol Tymms
Half-Back: George Elliott Ted Cordner Norm Richards
Centre: Mark Gardner Henry Bowden Jack Jones
Half-Forward: Denby Browning Tom Fogarty Edgar Kneen
Forward: Alick Ogilvie Bert Hartkopf Bert Hurrey
Follower: Chris Fogarty Leo Seward Martin Ratz

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)
02/05/1908 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 66 unknown Tom Fogarty
09/05/1908 Round 2 Richmond HOME WIN UNI by 18 unknown Tom Fogarty
16/05/1908 Round 3 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 8 unknown Tom Fogarty
23/05/1908 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN UNI by 14 unknown Tom Fogarty
30/05/1908 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 11 unknown Tom Fogarty
06/06/1908 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN UNI by 60 unknown Tom Fogarty
08/06/1908 Round 7 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 23 unknown Tom Fogarty
13/06/1908 Round 8 Geelong AWAY WIN UNI by 4 unknown Tom Fogarty
20/06/1908 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 unknown Tom Fogarty
27/06/1908 Round 10 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 10 unknown Tom Fogarty
04/07/1908 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 9 unknown Tom Fogarty
11/07/1908 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 17 unknown Tom Fogarty
18/07/1908 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN UNI by 13 unknown Tom Fogarty
25/07/1908 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME WIN UNI by 2 unknown unknown
01/08/1908 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY WIN UNI by 4 unknown Tom Fogarty
08/08/1908 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 21 unknown Tom Fogarty
15/08/1908 Round 17 Geelong HOME WIN UNI by 52 unknown Tom Fogarty
05/09/1908 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 39 unknown unknown