1922 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1922 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 10-1-5, P%: 111.6%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Fitzroy (Preliminary Final)
Players: 30
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Moriarty (35)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Tom Fitzmaurice

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Syd Barker
Vice-Captain(s): Tom Fitzmaurice

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adam, Ken #26 9 R01-R07, R09-R10 0
Baring, Fred #5 9 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R11 1
Barker, Syd #1 18 R01-R07, R09-R16, R18, SF, PF 7
Beckton, Norm #5 18 R01-R07, R09-R16, R18, SF, PF 14
Callahan, Joe #22 4 R11, R13-R14, R16 1
Clowe, Clarrie #19 5 R10-R13, R15 1
Donaldson, Clyde #2 17 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09-R16, R18, SF, PF 0
Farrell, Charlie #4 15 R01-R07, R09-R13, R16, R18, PF 0
Fitzmaurice, Tom #6, #29 17 R01-R07, R10-R16, R18, SF, PF 3
Fraser, Wally #21 4 R03-R04, R09, SF 0
Garden, Jack #28 16 R01-R07, R09-R11, R14-R16, R18, SF, PF 2
Gardiner, Teddy #10 1 R04 0
Hardy, Charlie #33 14 R01-R04, R10-R16, R18, SF, PF 5
Hunter, Harry #7, #14 12 R01-R02, R05-R07, R09-R10, R12, R14-R15, R18, PF 3
Irwin, Vince #30 17 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R16, R18, SF, PF 9
Jenkins, Tommy #3 13 R01-R07, R09, R15-R16, R18, SF, PF 29
Kemp, Roy #9 12 R01-R03, R05-R07, R09-R14 4
Laidlaw, Col #19 8 R12-R16, R18, SF, PF 4
Laing, Roy #15 13 R05-R06, R09-R16, R18, SF, PF 2
Maher, Frank #24 15 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09, R12-R16, R18, SF, PF 16
May, Charlie #14, #6 16 R01-R07, R09-R10, R13-R16, R18, SF, PF 0
McCarthy, Justin #22 14 R04-R07, R09, R11-R16, R18, SF, PF 16
Moriarty, Jack #23 13 R01-R04, R07, R11-R16, R18, SF 36
Raisbeck, Ralph #20 2 R11, R13 0
Stockdale, Greg #12 4 R15-R16, SF, PF 5
Sullivan, Jimmy #8 18 R01-R07, R09-R16, R18, SF, PF 2
Thomas, Enos 1 R12 0
Wardley, Gilbert #4 1 R03 0
Watt, Rowley #10 14 R03-R07, R09-R14, R18, SF, PF 5
Woodfield, Les #17 4 R01-R03, R10 7

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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)
Gravenall, Sam 12 7 -1- 4 R01-R07, R09-R13
Barker, Syd 6 4 -0- 2 R14-R16, R18, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
06/05/1922 Round 1 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 18 Sam Gravenall Syd Barker
13/05/1922 Round 2 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 22 Sam Gravenall Syd Barker
20/05/1922 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 23 Sam Gravenall Syd Barker
27/05/1922 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY DRAW drawn Sam Gravenall Syd Barker
05/06/1922 Round 5 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 10 Sam Gravenall Syd Barker
10/06/1922 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 51 Sam Gravenall Syd Barker
17/06/1922 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 8 Sam Gravenall Syd Barker
Round 8 BYE
01/07/1922 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 9 Sam Gravenall Syd Barker
15/07/1922 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 33 Sam Gravenall Syd Barker
22/07/1922 Round 11 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 12 Sam Gravenall Syd Barker
29/07/1922 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 25 Sam Gravenall Syd Barker
05/08/1922 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 9 Sam Gravenall Syd Barker
19/08/1922 Round 14 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 37 Syd Barker Syd Barker
26/08/1922 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 16 Syd Barker Syd Barker
02/09/1922 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 8 Syd Barker Syd Barker
Round 17 BYE
16/09/1922 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 4 Syd Barker Syd Barker
23/09/1922 Semi Final Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 5 Syd Barker Syd Barker
07/10/1922 Preliminary Final Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 23 Syd Barker Syd Barker