1912 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 114.9%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Kirby (37)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Ernie Cameron

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Belcher
Vice-Captain(s): Lou Armstrong

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Bert #3 7 R01-R07 0
Armstrong, Lou #2 18 R01-R04, R07, R09-R18, SF, PF, GF 14
Baring, Fred #5 19 R01-R02, R04-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 11
Belcher, Allan #1 19 R01-R12, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Bickford, Edric #22 1 R17 0
Blencowe, Jack 1 R18 0
Bowe, Len #4 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Busbridge, Bill #21 11 R02-R12 1
Caine, Frank #27 12 R03, R05-R10, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 17
Cameron, Ernie #6 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 19
Chalmers, Wally #7 16 R03-R08, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Godfrey, Bruce 1 R02 0
Griffith, Billy #29 6 R13-R17, GF 0
Hanley, Dan #10 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 4
Harvey, Billy #26 9 R05-R06, R09-R10, R12-R15, R17 2
Hazel, Ern #28 1 R08 0
Kirby, Jack #11 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 43
Kirkwood, Fred #9 17 R01-R03, R05, R08, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Kyme, Bill #30 3 R14-R16 2
Martin, Jim #12 16 R01-R11, R13-R15, R18, GF 13
McDonald, Ted #13 2 R01, R17 0
McLeod, George #14 18 R01-R04, R06-R14, R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Monteith, Dick #24 2 R04-R05 0
O'Brien, Jack #25 11 R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Ogden, Percy #16 17 R01-R14, SF, PF, GF 11
O'Shea, Fred #15 16 R01-R02, R05-R13, R15-R17, SF, PF 2
Sewart, Bill #17 20 R01-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Shea, Paddy #18 15 R01-R02, R04, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 14
Walker, Bill #20 18 R01, R03-R04, R06-R09, R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 19
White, Les #19 15 R01-R03, R05-R11, R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Worle, Len #8 4 R03-R04, R09, R14 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Dan Hanley George McLeod Ted McDonald
Half-Back: Len Bowe Les White Bert Armstrong
Centre: Fred O'Shea Bill Sewart Fred Kirkwood
Half-Forward: Percy Ogden Lou Armstrong Paddy Shea
Forward: Jim Martin Jack Kirby Bill Walker
Follower: Fred Baring Allan Belcher Ernie Cameron

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)
Worrall, Jack 21 15 -0- 6 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1912 Round 1 University HOME WIN ESS by 74 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
04/05/1912 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 17 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
11/05/1912 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 9 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
18/05/1912 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 6 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
25/05/1912 Round 5 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 3 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
01/06/1912 Round 6 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 22 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
03/06/1912 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 54 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
08/06/1912 Round 8 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 11 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
15/06/1912 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 31 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
22/06/1912 Round 10 University AWAY WIN ESS by 68 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
29/06/1912 Round 11 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 8 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
13/07/1912 Round 12 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 43 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
20/07/1912 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 13 Jack Worrall Lou Armstrong
27/07/1912 Round 14 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 52 Jack Worrall Lou Armstrong
03/08/1912 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 29 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
17/08/1912 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 12 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
24/08/1912 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 58 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
31/08/1912 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 6 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
14/09/1912 Semi Final South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 12 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
21/09/1912 Preliminary Final Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 4 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
28/09/1912 Grand Final South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 14 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher