1909 VFL Season: University

Season Team Details

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

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 7-2-9, P%: 100.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bert Hartkopf (19)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Harry Cordner
Vice-Captain(s): Ted Cordner

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Balfe, Rupert 1 R03 0
Boyd, Hugh 1 R14 2
Boynton, Frank 6 R09-R10, R13-R16 6
Brake, Jack 9 R10-R18 0
Browning, Denby 18 R01-R18 13
Cordner, Harry 18 R01-R18 3
Cordner, Ted 18 R01-R18 6
Crawford, Frank 13 R01-R02, R04-R13, R16 0
Dossetor, Frank 3 R04-R05, R07 0
Elliott, George 13 R06-R18 3
Fogarty, Chris 6 R01-R05, R08 3
Fogarty, Tom 3 R01-R03 0
Fraser, Simon 2 R11, R13 0
Gardner, Mark 11 R02-R05, R08, R10-R15 0
Good, Norman 4 R03, R05-R07 0
Grant, Alex 1 R01 0
Gray, Jack 15 R01-R02, R04-R06, R08-R12, R14-R18 0
Greenham, Dave 9 R09-R14, R16-R18 1
Hartkopf, Bert 9 R04-R07, R12, R14-R17 19
Hurrey, Bert 18 R01-R18 10
Jones, Jack 17 R02-R18 1
Kerr, Frank 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 2
Kneen, Edgar 5 R01, R03-R06 4
Larking, Ron 1 R18 0
Martin, Stan 2 R17-R18 0
Matthews, Rupe 10 R01-R03, R06-R09, R11-R13 5
O'Brien, Tom 1 R18 2
Ogilvie, Alick 9 R01-R02, R04-R10 7
Piper, Jim 1 R07 0
Ratz, Martin 11 R01-R05, R08-R09, R15-R18 11
Richards, Norm 15 R01-R04, R06-R07, R10-R18 5
Robertson, Alex 10 R02-R03, R07-R09, R14-R18 0
Tymms, Athol 18 R01-R18 11
West, Jack 10 R06-R13, R15, R17 0
Wilson, Arthur 17 R01, R03-R18 0
Yeo, Norm 2 R01-R02 2

Team Line-Up

Back: Bert Hurrey Frank Crawford Jack Gray
Half-Back: George Elliott Ted Cordner Norm Richards
Centre: Jack Jones Harry Cordner Mark Gardner
Half-Forward: Frank Kerr Tom Fogarty Rupe Matthews
Forward: Alick Ogilvie Simon Fraser Athol Tymms
Follower: Denby Browning Chris Fogarty Jack West

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)
01/05/1909 Round 1 Carlton AWAY WIN UNI by 15 unknown Harry Cordner
08/05/1909 Round 2 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 5 unknown Harry Cordner
15/05/1909 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 21 unknown Harry Cordner
22/05/1909 Round 4 Essendon AWAY WIN UNI by 9 unknown Harry Cordner
29/05/1909 Round 5 Geelong HOME WIN UNI by 35 unknown Harry Cordner
05/06/1909 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 19 unknown Harry Cordner
07/06/1909 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 36 unknown Harry Cordner
12/06/1909 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 63 unknown Harry Cordner
26/06/1909 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN UNI by 40 unknown Harry Cordner
03/07/1909 Round 10 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 20 unknown Harry Cordner
10/07/1909 Round 11 Richmond AWAY WIN UNI by 31 unknown Harry Cordner
17/07/1909 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN UNI by 54 unknown Harry Cordner
24/07/1909 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 32 unknown Harry Cordner
31/07/1909 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN UNI by 40 unknown Harry Cordner
14/08/1909 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 1 unknown Harry Cordner
21/08/1909 Round 16 Collingwood HOME DRAW drawn unknown Harry Cordner
28/08/1909 Round 17 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 26 unknown Harry Cordner
04/09/1909 Round 18 Fitzroy AWAY DRAW drawn unknown Harry Cordner