1924 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 11-1-4, P%: 131.6%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 29
Brownlow Leader(s): George Shorten (6)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tommy Jenkins (43)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Tom Fitzmaurice

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Syd Barker
Vice-Captain(s): Frank Maher

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adam, Ken #26 2 R08-R09 0
Baring, Fred #5 5 R14-R15, RF1-RF3 0
Barker, Syd #1 14 R01, R03-R06, R08-R11, R13, R15, R17-R18, RF1 5
Beckton, Norm #3 18 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, RF2-RF3 13
Callahan, Joe #22 9 R05-R06, R08-R13, R18 5
Campbell, Garnet #17 12 R03-R06, R08-R15 3
Cookson, Bill #19 2 R17-R18 3
Donaldson, Clyde #2 19 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, RF1-RF3 0
Farrell, Charlie #11 7 R04, R12, R17-R18, RF1-RF3 0
Fitzmaurice, Tom #6 18 R02-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, RF1-RF3 1
Garden, Jack #28 10 R01, R04-R06, R08, R14-R15, R18, RF1-RF2 1
Gregory, Harry #12 17 R01-R06, R08, R10-R15, R17, RF1-RF3 0
Hardy, Charlie #33 2 R10, RF3 2
Harrison, Joe #13 5 R01-R03, R05, R09 0
Hayes, Bill #4 2 R01-R02 0
Hunter, Harry #7 19 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, RF1-RF3 1
Irwin, Vince #18 15 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17 28
Jenkins, Tommy #21 16 R01-R04, R09-R15, R17-R18, RF1-RF3 50
Kittle, Les #23 1 R13 0
Laing, Roy #15 19 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, RF1-RF3 0
Maher, Frank #24 19 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, RF1-RF3 19
Marchesi, Val #27 1 R02 0
May, Charlie #14 19 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, RF1-RF3 1
McCarthy, Justin #16 12 R01-R04, R12, R14-R15, R17-R18, RF1-RF3 9
Rawle, George #6 17 R02-R04, R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, RF1-RF3 4
Shorten, George #30 18 R01-R06, R08-R12, R14-R15, R17-R18, RF1-RF3 12
Stockdale, Greg #25 16 R01-R06, R10-R11, R13-R15, R17-R18, RF1-RF3 24
Sullivan, Jimmy #8 12 R01, R05-R06, R08-R09, R11-R13, R17, RF1-RF3 5
Watt, Rowley #10 16 R01-R03, R05-R06, R08-R14, R18, RF1-RF3 2

Team Line-Up

Back: Clyde Donaldson Harry Hunter Harry Gregory
Half-Back: Roy Laing Tom Fitzmaurice Charlie Farrell
Centre: Jack Garden Charlie May Garnet Campbell
Half-Forward: Rowley Watt Justin McCarthy George Shorten
Forward: Syd Barker Greg Stockdale Tommy Jenkins
Follower: Norm Beckton George Rawle 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 19 13 -1- 5 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, RF1-RF3

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
26/04/1924 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 16 Syd Barker Syd Barker
03/05/1924 Round 2 Carlton AWAY DRAW drawn Syd Barker Frank Maher
10/05/1924 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 26 Syd Barker Syd Barker
17/05/1924 Round 4 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 20 Syd Barker Syd Barker
24/05/1924 Round 5 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 63 Syd Barker Syd Barker
31/05/1924 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 7 Syd Barker Syd Barker
Round 7 BYE
14/06/1924 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 82 Syd Barker Syd Barker
21/06/1924 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 29 Syd Barker Syd Barker
28/06/1924 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 26 Syd Barker Syd Barker
05/07/1924 Round 11 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 17 Syd Barker Syd Barker
12/07/1924 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 13 Syd Barker Frank Maher
19/07/1924 Round 13 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 12 Syd Barker Syd Barker
26/07/1924 Round 14 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 29 Syd Barker Frank Maher
02/08/1924 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 12 Syd Barker Syd Barker
Round 16 BYE
30/08/1924 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 24 Syd Barker Syd Barker
06/09/1924 Round 18 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 14 Syd Barker Syd Barker
13/09/1924 Round-Robin Final 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 40 Syd Barker Syd Barker
20/09/1924 Round-Robin Final 2 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 33 Syd Barker Frank Maher
27/09/1924 Round-Robin Final 3 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 20 Syd Barker Frank Maher