1921 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1921 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 3-2-11, P%: 80.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Frank McDonald (17)

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 13 R01-R04, R06-R07, R09, R11-R13, R15-R17 4
Barker, Syd #1 7 R10-R12, R15-R18 3
Beckton, Norm #3 14 R01-R04, R06-R08, R11-R13, R15-R18 12
Bell, Tommy #23 9 R03-R04, R06-R11, R13 0
Collins, Jim #22 7 R01-R04, R08-R09, R18 2
Day, Bert #21 8 R02-R04, R07-R11 0
Donaldson, Clyde #2 16 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R18 7
Donnelly, Andy #25 2 R01-R02 0
Dussell, Harry #19 2 R01, R03 0
Farrell, Charlie #11 12 R03-R04, R06-R08, R10-R12, R15-R18 3
Faulkner, George #26 3 R01, R16-R17 3
Fawcett, Bill #13 2 R02, R09 0
Fehring, Charlie #7 4 R02-R04, R06 8
Fraser, Wally #13 1 R16 0
Garden, Jack #28 16 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R18 3
Gardiner, Ralph #10 5 R01-R04, R06 3
Gardiner, Teddy #10 7 R11-R13, R15-R18 0
Hardy, Charlie #33 8 R10-R13, R15-R18 5
Harris, George #31 1 R09 0
Hunter, Harry #1 5 R01-R02, R07-R08, R10 3
Irwin, Vince #25 6 R11-R12, R15-R18 2
Jenkins, Tommy #21 12 R02-R04, R06-R08, R12-R13, R15-R18 15
Laidlaw, Col #12 7 R03-R04, R10, R15-R18 0
Laing, Roy #15 15 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R17 0
Maher, Frank #24 12 R06-R13, R15-R18 14
Martyn, Percy #9 6 R01-R02, R06-R09 0
Maynard, Dick #6 7 R01-R02, R10-R11, R13, R17-R18 0
McDonald, Frank #20 10 R01, R04, R06-R13 17
Ogden, Percy #16 13 R01-R04, R06, R09-R10, R12-R13, R15-R18 5
Ross, Ray #30 8 R08-R13, R15, R17 7
Stockdale, Greg #34 1 R01 0
Sullivan, Jimmy #8 9 R01-R02, R06-R10, R12-R13 1
Wardley, Tom #4 14 R03-R04, R06-R13, R15-R18 0
Wollacott, Bertie #26 1 R18 0
Woodfield, Clarrie #29 1 R07 0
Woodfield, Les #17 11 R03-R04, R06-R09, R11, R13, R15-R16, R18 8
Zinnick, Charlie #14 13 R01-R04, R06-R10, R12-R13, R15, R18 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)
Ogden, Percy 16 3 -2- 11 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/05/1921 Round 1 Melbourne HOME DRAW drawn Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
14/05/1921 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 9 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
21/05/1921 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 43 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
28/05/1921 Round 4 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 17 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
Round 5 BYE
11/06/1921 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 57 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
18/06/1921 Round 7 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 15 Percy Ogden Roy Laing
25/06/1921 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 39 Percy Ogden Roy Laing
02/07/1921 Round 9 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 41 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
09/07/1921 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 26 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
16/07/1921 Round 11 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 45 Percy Ogden Roy Laing
23/07/1921 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 18 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
30/07/1921 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 48 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
Round 14 BYE
27/08/1921 Round 15 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 8 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
03/09/1921 Round 16 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 35 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
10/09/1921 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME DRAW drawn Percy Ogden Percy Ogden
17/09/1921 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 2 Percy Ogden Percy Ogden