1920 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1920 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 5-0-11, P%: 87.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Frank McDonald (33)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Jack Garden

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Percy Ogden
Vice-Captain(s): Roy Laing

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baring, Fred #5 11 R01-R07, R09, R13-R15 10
Bowe, Len #4 6 R01-R06 0
Collins, Jim #22 12 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R10, R13-R16 1
Cornall, Ralph #1 7 R01-R04, R11-R12, R15 0
Day, Bert #21 15 R01-R04, R06-R07, R09-R16, R18 0
Donald, Bobby #5 2 R02, R06 1
Donaldson, Clyde #2 14 R01, R03, R05-R07, R09-R16, R18 3
Donnelly, Andy #25 10 R04-R05, R07, R09-R15 0
Drinkwater, Bert #25 1 R04 0
Dussell, Harry #19 15 R01-R07, R09-R15, R18 2
Farrell, Charlie #11 8 R01-R03, R07, R11-R12, R16, R18 5
Faulkner, George #26 12 R04-R07, R09-R12, R14-R16, R18 10
Fitzmaurice, Tom #3 12 R01, R05-R06, R09-R16, R18 14
Fraser, Wally #13 14 R02-R07, R09-R10, R12-R16, R18 10
Garden, Jack #28 16 R01-R07, R09-R16, R18 9
Gardiner, Ralph #10 3 R11, R13, R18 0
Giles, Archie #14 2 R03-R04 0
Laidlaw, Col #12 11 R01-R02, R04, R07, R09-R14, R16 3
Laing, Roy #15 15 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R16, R18 0
Martyn, Percy #9 16 R01-R07, R09-R16, R18 1
McDonald, Frank #20 11 R04-R07, R09-R13, R15-R16 33
McFadyen, Hector #21 4 R03, R11, R15-R16 2
McLean, Norm #32 6 R05-R06, R11-R12, R16, R18 0
O'Brien, Jack #7 14 R01, R03-R07, R09-R10, R12-R16, R18 15
Ogden, Percy #16 14 R01-R04, R06, R09-R16, R18 15
Robertson, Pat #18 6 R01-R02, R04-R05, R07, R10 0
Stockdale, Greg #34 2 R16, R18 0
Sullivan, Jimmy #8 14 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R14, R16, R18 2
Walker, Bob #24 11 R01-R04, R07, R09-R10, R13-R15, R18 2
Walsh, Dave #17 1 R02 0
Watson, Percy #36 1 R18 0
Wollacott, Bertie #26 2 R05, R14 1

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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 12 5 -0- 7 R01-R07, R09-R13
Ogden, Percy 4 0 -0- 4 R14-R16, R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/05/1920 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 18 Jack Worrall Percy Ogden
08/05/1920 Round 2 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 15 Jack Worrall Percy Ogden
15/05/1920 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 8 Jack Worrall Percy Ogden
22/05/1920 Round 4 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 46 Jack Worrall Percy Ogden
26/05/1920 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 9 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
07/06/1920 Round 6 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 19 Jack Worrall Percy Ogden
12/06/1920 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 50 Jack Worrall Roy Laing
Round 8 BYE
26/06/1920 Round 9 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 20 Jack Worrall Percy Ogden
03/07/1920 Round 10 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 7 Jack Worrall Percy Ogden
10/07/1920 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 17 Jack Worrall Percy Ogden
17/07/1920 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 13 Jack Worrall Percy Ogden
31/07/1920 Round 13 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 19 Jack Worrall Percy Ogden
07/08/1920 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 27 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
14/08/1920 Round 15 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 21 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
21/08/1920 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 16 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
Round 17 BYE
04/09/1920 Round 18 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 63 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden