1920 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1920 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 5-0-11, P%: 74.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Harry Harker (23)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): George Heinz
Vice-Captain(s): Charlie Lilley

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allen, Bill #1 15 R01-R04, R06-R12, R15-R18 5
Anthony, Mick #7 11 R01, R08-R12, R14-R18 1
Baquie, Jack #11 3 R03-R04, R06 0
Bodington, Bob #18 1 R03 0
Boyd, Les #23 8 R09-R12, R14, R16-R18 4
Brake, Jack #10 3 R01-R03 0
Bryan, Claude #25 3 R04, R07, R10 0
Campbell, Bruce #30 5 R09, R11-R12, R14-R15 4
Chadwick, Bert #17 16 R01-R04, R06-R12, R14-R18 8
Corbett, Bob #12 16 R01-R04, R06-R12, R14-R18 0
Dobrigh, Leo #34 1 R18 0
Ellis, Reg #31 1 R11 0
Farrow, Alec #4 15 R01-R04, R07-R12, R14-R18 3
Fawcett, Bill #24 1 R06 0
Garlick, George #29 5 R04, R06-R07, R16-R17 4
Gray, Alec #14 15 R01-R04, R06-R10, R12, R14-R18 0
Harker, Harry #5 9 R02-R04, R06-R11 23
Heinz, George #15 14 R01-R04, R06-R12, R14-R15, R18 18
Henderson, Norm #32 2 R16-R17 2
House, Jack #21 12 R01, R03-R04, R06-R08, R10, R12, R14-R15, R17-R18 6
Huntington, Jack #19 13 R01-R04, R06-R12, R14-R15 15
Hutcheson, Syd #22 11 R01-R04, R06-R07, R09, R14-R17 0
Lilley, Charlie #8 15 R01-R02, R04, R06-R12, R14-R18 0
Little, Leo #3 6 R01-R03, R07-R08, R18 3
Matthews, Herb #6 15 R01-R02, R04, R06-R12, R14-R18 4
McIntyre, Bill #24 3 R10-R12 0
Neal, Aubrey #35 1 R18 0
O'Carroll, Joe #20 3 R02, R16-R17 2
Odgers, Hughie #12 15 R01-R04, R06-R09, R11-R12, R14-R18 0
Rowe, Vern #26 7 R04, R08, R10, R14-R16, R18 7
Shelton, Bill #13 11 R01-R03, R10-R12, R14-R18 5
Streeter, Charlie #9 14 R01-R04, R06-R07, R09, R11-R12, R14-R18 9
Tampling, Harry #27 1 R08 0
Tonkin, Eric #2 6 R01-R03, R06, R08-R09 5
Walker, George #28 11 R06-R12, R14-R17 0

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)
Brosnan, Gerald 16 5 -0- 11 R01-R04, R06-R12, R14-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/05/1920 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 12 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
08/05/1920 Round 2 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 15 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
15/05/1920 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 21 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
22/05/1920 Round 4 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 40 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
Round 5 BYE
05/06/1920 Round 6 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 18 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
12/06/1920 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 20 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
19/06/1920 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 62 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
26/06/1920 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 65 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
03/07/1920 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 44 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
10/07/1920 Round 11 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 17 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
17/07/1920 Round 12 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 16 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
Round 13 BYE
07/08/1920 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 62 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
14/08/1920 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 62 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz
21/08/1920 Round 16 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 74 Gerald Brosnan Charlie Lilley
28/08/1920 Round 17 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 63 Gerald Brosnan Charlie Lilley
04/09/1920 Round 18 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 29 Gerald Brosnan George Heinz