1909 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1909 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 11-0-7, P%: 121.7%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Carlton (Semi Final)
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Paddy Shea (37)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Bill Busbridge

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Billy Griffith

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Lou 17 R01-R03, R05, R07-R18, SF 21
Barker, George 4 R10-R13 5
Beckley, Charlie 8 R12-R18, SF 9
Belcher, Allan 14 R01-R04, R07-R08, R11-R17, SF 0
Bowe, Artie 2 R01, R05 0
Bowe, Len 18 R01-R08, R10-R18, SF 1
Busbridge, Bill 15 R01, R05-R11, R13-R18, SF 3
Cameron, Ernie 19 R01-R18, SF 1
Cooper, Rupert 1 R10 0
Davies, Bill 17 R01-R03, R05-R16, R18, SF 0
Daykin, Bert 17 R01-R06, R09-R18, SF 3
Farnsworth, Harry 9 R02, R05, R08-R11, R14, R17-R18 4
French, Bill 1 R07 0
George, Alf 5 R01-R03, R06, R09 0
Griffith, Billy 16 R01-R04, R06-R09, R12-R18, SF 0
Harrison, Billy 12 R02-R03, R05-R11, R17-R18, SF 0
Heaphy, Bill 3 R07-R09 1
Irwin, Alan 1 R04 0
Jackson, Alf 1 R03 0
Kennedy, Alby 2 R04, R06 2
Landmann, Otto 2 R01, R04 1
Legge, Arthur 2 R02, R04 0
Londerigan, Mike 16 R01-R13, R15-R16, SF 12
Martin, Jim 17 R02-R13, R15-R18, SF 6
Minto, Les 6 R01, R04-R05, R07-R08, R17 2
Parkinson, Fred 15 R03-R10, R12, R14-R18, SF 5
Prout, Harry 13 R01-R04, R11-R18, SF 27
Rice, Hurtle 1 R01 0
Roach, Wally 4 R06-R09 0
Ryan, Gerald 16 R02-R06, R09-R18, SF 3
Sewart, Bill 18 R01-R16, R18, SF 0
Shea, Mark 4 R05-R06, R12, R14 0
Shea, Paddy 18 R01-R11, R13-R18, SF 40
Smith, Dave 19 R01-R18, SF 4
Whelpton, Fred 9 R10-R18 5

Team Line-Up

Back: Bert Daykin Billy Harrison Allan Belcher
Half-Back: Dave Smith Len Bowe Ernie Cameron
Centre: Bill Davies Bill Sewart Gerald Ryan
Half-Forward: Harry Farnsworth Paddy Shea Fred Whelpton
Forward: Harry Prout Mike Londerigan George Barker
Follower: Bill Busbridge Jim Martin Lou Armstrong

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 19 11 -0- 8 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/05/1909 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 10 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
08/05/1909 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 20 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
15/05/1909 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 7 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
22/05/1909 Round 4 University HOME LOSS UNI by 9 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
29/05/1909 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 24 Dave Smith unknown
05/06/1909 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 42 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
07/06/1909 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 1 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
12/06/1909 Round 8 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 8 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
19/06/1909 Round 9 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 17 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
03/07/1909 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 30 Dave Smith unknown
10/07/1909 Round 11 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 10 Dave Smith unknown
17/07/1909 Round 12 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 35 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
24/07/1909 Round 13 University AWAY WIN ESS by 32 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
31/07/1909 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 20 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
07/08/1909 Round 15 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 56 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
21/08/1909 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 4 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
28/08/1909 Round 17 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 44 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
04/09/1909 Round 18 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 15 Dave Smith Billy Griffith
11/09/1909 Semi Final Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 36 Dave Smith Billy Griffith