1923 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 13-0-3, P%: 135.8%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 29
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Greg Stockdale (64)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Tom Fitzmaurice

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Syd Barker
Vice-Captain(s): Jimmy Sullivan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adam, Ken #26 10 R01-R02, R10-R17 0
Baring, Fred #5 4 R01-R02, R07, GF 0
Barker, Syd #1 18 R01-R08, R10-R17, SF, GF 8
Beckton, Norm #3 18 R01-R08, R10-R17, SF, GF 13
Callahan, Joe #22 14 R01-R08, R11-R12, R15-R17, SF 5
Campbell, Garnet #17 4 R03-R04, R13-R14 2
Donaldson, Clyde #2 17 R01-R08, R10-R12, R14-R17, SF, GF 0
Farrell, Charlie #11 9 R01, R11-R17, SF 0
Fitzmaurice, Tom #6 14 R01-R05, R07, R11-R17, GF 0
Garden, Jack #28 18 R01-R08, R10-R17, SF, GF 2
Hardy, Charlie #33 6 R01-R03, R13-R14, GF 3
Harrison, Harry #9 3 R03, R05, R13 0
Harrison, Joe #13 9 R06, R08, R10-R14, SF, GF 1
Hayes, Bill #4 2 R08, R10 0
Hunter, Harry #7 15 R03-R08, R10-R17, SF 2
Irwin, Vince #18 11 R02, R04-R08, R13-R14, R17, SF, GF 6
Jenkins, Tommy #21 13 R01-R08, R10, R12, R15-R16, GF 19
Laidlaw, Col #12 2 R06, R10 0
Laing, Roy #15 17 R01-R05, R07-R08, R10-R17, SF, GF 0
Maher, Frank #24 18 R01-R08, R10-R17, SF, GF 11
Marchesi, Val #27 7 R04-R06, R08, R14, R16, SF 0
May, Charlie #14 15 R01-R08, R10-R11, R15-R17, SF, GF 1
McCarthy, Justin #16 16 R01-R04, R06-R07, R10-R17, SF, GF 23
Raisbeck, Ralph #20 1 R06 0
Rawle, George #6 1 GF 0
Shorten, George #30 14 R04-R05, R07-R08, R10-R17, SF, GF 8
Stockdale, Greg #25 18 R01-R08, R10-R17, SF, GF 68
Sullivan, Jimmy #8 14 R01-R08, R10-R12, R15, R17, SF 3
Watt, Rowley #10 16 R01-R03, R05-R08, R10-R13, R15-R17, SF, GF 6

Team Line-Up

Back: Clyde Donaldson Harry Hunter Charlie Farrell
Half-Back: Roy Laing Tom Fitzmaurice Ken Adam
Centre: Jack Garden Charlie May Jimmy Sullivan
Half-Forward: Rowley Watt Tommy Jenkins George Shorten
Forward: Joe Callahan Greg Stockdale Justin McCarthy
Follower: Syd Barker Norm Beckton Frank Maher

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)
Barker, Syd 18 14 -0- 4 R01-R08, R10-R17, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
05/05/1923 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 43 Syd Barker Syd Barker
12/05/1923 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 14 Syd Barker Syd Barker
19/05/1923 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 10 Syd Barker Syd Barker
26/05/1923 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 38 Syd Barker Syd Barker
02/06/1923 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 23 Syd Barker Syd Barker
09/06/1923 Round 6 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 22 Syd Barker Syd Barker
16/06/1923 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 14 Syd Barker Syd Barker
23/06/1923 Round 8 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 43 Syd Barker Syd Barker
Round 9 BYE
14/07/1923 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 17 Syd Barker Syd Barker
21/07/1923 Round 11 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 40 Syd Barker Syd Barker
28/07/1923 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 17 Syd Barker Syd Barker
04/08/1923 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 66 Syd Barker Syd Barker
11/08/1923 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 21 Syd Barker Syd Barker
25/08/1923 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 8 Syd Barker Syd Barker
01/09/1923 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 57 Syd Barker Syd Barker
08/09/1923 Round 17 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 2 Syd Barker Syd Barker
Round 18 BYE
29/09/1923 Semi Final South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 17 Syd Barker Syd Barker
20/10/1923 Grand Final Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 17 Syd Barker Syd Barker