1919 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1919 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 7-0-9, P%: 94.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Dave Walsh (15)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Belcher
Vice-Captain(s): Roy Laing

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alexander, Jim #14 4 R02-R04, R08 1
Anderson, Stan 1 R03 0
Baring, Fred #6 10 R01-R02, R05, R08, R11-R13, R16-R18 9
Belcher, Allan #1 3 R01-R02, R04 0
Bowe, Len #4 15 R01-R03, R05, R07-R14, R16-R18 2
Collins, Jim #22 11 R07-R14, R16-R18 1
Day, Bert #21 12 R01-R05, R07-R08, R10-R12, R17-R18 0
Donald, Bobby #5 9 R01-R04, R09, R12, R14, R16-R17 1
Donaldson, Clyde #2 16 R01-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18 10
Drinkwater, Bert #25 16 R01-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18 13
Dunn, Norm #21 4 R01, R04, R07, R09 0
Dussell, Harry #19 15 R01-R05, R07-R13, R16-R18 14
Farrell, Charlie #11 11 R01-R05, R07-R10, R14, R16 6
Fitzmaurice, Tom #3 14 R01-R05, R08, R10-R14, R16-R18 8
Giles, Archie #14 2 R14, R16 0
Harrison, Jack #30 1 R03 0
Laidlaw, Col #12 13 R04-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18 9
Laing, Roy #15 14 R01, R04-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18 0
Mann, Arthur #29 1 R03 0
Martyn, Percy #9 12 R01, R03, R05, R07-R09, R12-R14, R16-R18 1
McDonald, Frank #20 7 R10-R14, R16-R17 6
McDonald, Paddy #28 3 R02, R05, R10 1
McInerney, Leo #23 3 R01-R03 0
McLear, Jim 1 R13 0
More, Ivan #13 2 R07, R10 0
Ogden, Percy #16 15 R01-R05, R07, R09-R14, R16-R18 12
Robertson, Pat #18 12 R04, R07-R14, R16-R18 1
Sullivan, Jimmy #8 12 R01-R02, R05, R09-R14, R16-R18 3
Sutherland, Syd #10 13 R02-R05, R07-R14, R18 3
Wade, Tommy #7 6 R02-R05, R11, R18 3
Walker, Bob #24 10 R07-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18 1
Walsh, Dave #17 14 R01-R05, R07-R09, R11-R14, R17-R18 15
Wollacott, Bertie #26 6 R01, R04-R05, R07-R09 5

Team Line-Up

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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 16 7 -0- 9 R01-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/05/1919 Round 1 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 20 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
10/05/1919 Round 2 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 12 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
17/05/1919 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 76 Jack Worrall Percy Ogden
24/05/1919 Round 4 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 15 Jack Worrall Allan Belcher
31/05/1919 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 20 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
Round 6 BYE
14/06/1919 Round 7 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 12 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
21/06/1919 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 26 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
28/06/1919 Round 9 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 69 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
12/07/1919 Round 10 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 5 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
19/07/1919 Round 11 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 15 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
26/07/1919 Round 12 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 11 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
09/08/1919 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 12 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
16/08/1919 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 32 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
Round 15 BYE
30/08/1919 Round 16 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 23 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
06/09/1919 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 23 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
13/09/1919 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 34 Jack Worrall Roy Laing