1914 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1914 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 9-2-7, P%: 120.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ernie Lumsden (28)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Belcher
Vice-Captain(s): Bill Sewart

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Armstrong, Bert #26 4 R02-R05 0
Armstrong, Lou #2 4 R05, R07-R09 1
Baring, Fred #5 16 R01-R11, R14-R18 15
Belcher, Allan #1 16 R01-R10, R12-R13, R15-R18 2
Bowe, Len #4 17 R02-R18 0
Caine, Frank #29 5 R01, R05-R08 6
Chalmers, Wally #7 15 R01-R07, R09-R11, R14-R18 6
Day, Bert #27 3 R14, R17-R18 0
Dinsmore, Bill #13 12 R01-R02, R09-R18 17
Donaldson, Clyde #2 6 R11-R16 4
Elkington, Henry #12 1 R05 0
Freeman, Jim #12 2 R01-R02 0
Gordon, Jimmy #24 6 R01-R02, R04, R12-R14 8
Gove, Cyril #30 16 R02-R04, R06-R18 0
Hall, Norm #9 2 R02-R03 2
Hanley, Dan #10 17 R01-R17 1
Hurren, Frank #6 1 R18 0
King, Neil #23 2 R02, R05 0
Kirby, Jack #11 16 R03-R18 23
Kirkwood, Fred #9 10 R01, R03-R04, R06-R08, R15-R18 0
Laing, Roy #15 18 R01-R18 0
Lumsden, Ernie #22 15 R01, R03, R06-R18 28
Mann, Arthur #26 2 R12-R13 0
McNeil, Vic #28 7 R01, R03, R06, R08-R09, R12-R13 0
Neate, Harry #20 2 R02, R10 0
Nehill, Basil #6 2 R06, R08 0
Ogden, Percy #16 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 7
Parkinson, George #21 2 R01, R08 0
Rahilly, Bob #8 2 R02, R04 4
Sewart, Bill #17 14 R01, R03-R05, R07, R10-R18 0
Shea, Paddy #18 17 R02-R18 8
Wade, Tommy #8 6 R11-R16 1
Walker, Bill #25 4 R05, R09-R11 2
Walker, Bob #14 13 R01-R04, R06-R11, R13, R17-R18 7
Webster, Horrie #3 16 R03-R18 10
White, Les #19 15 R01, R04-R07, R09-R18 0
Woolley, Jack #31 1 R01 0

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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 18 9 -2- 7 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
25/04/1914 Round 1 Geelong AWAY DRAW drawn Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
02/05/1914 Round 2 University HOME WIN ESS by 36 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
09/05/1914 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 17 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
16/05/1914 Round 4 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 4 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
23/05/1914 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 17 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
30/05/1914 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 2 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
06/06/1914 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 15 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
08/06/1914 Round 8 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 37 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
13/06/1914 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 16 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
20/06/1914 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 26 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
27/06/1914 Round 11 University AWAY WIN ESS by 79 Jack Worrall Bill Sewart
04/07/1914 Round 12 St Kilda HOME DRAW drawn Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
11/07/1914 Round 13 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 32 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
18/07/1914 Round 14 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 58 Jack Worrall Bill Sewart
25/07/1914 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 72 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
01/08/1914 Round 16 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 9 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
22/08/1914 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 21 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
29/08/1914 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 18 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher