1924 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1924 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 4-0-12, P%: 83.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Bert Chadwick (6)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Percy Tulloh (24)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bert Chadwick
Vice-Captain(s): Ted Thomas

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abernethy, Jim #14 7 R09-R10, R12-R15, R18 3
Anthony, Mick #7 8 R01, R05-R06, R09, R12, R15, R17-R18 0
Carter, Wally #26 3 R04-R06 1
Chadwick, Bert #17 16 R01, R03-R10, R12-R18 2
Collins, Jack #10 10 R08-R10, R12-R18 1
Corbett, Bob #12 15 R01, R03-R09, R12-R18 1
Coy, Harry #19 15 R01, R03-R05, R07-R10, R12-R18 3
Davidson, Jimmy #29 3 R16-R18 0
Davie, Harry 3 R16-R18 14
Donaldson, Eric #30 8 R01, R03, R07, R09-R10, R16-R18 0
Dunbar, Edgar #33 14 R01, R03-R10, R12-R14, R16, R18 2
Dunbar, Hugh #28 15 R01, R03-R10, R12-R14, R16-R18 7
Egan, Jack #6 3 R01, R03, R08 1
Elliman, Dave #11 6 R01, R03, R06, R09, R14-R15 9
Elliott, Tom #4 5 R04-R06, R12, R15 1
Ewer, Bobby #21 6 R08, R13-R17 1
Flanagan, Joe #2 1 R01 0
Glasscock, Marcus #31 3 R01, R03, R08 0
Harker, Harry #5 7 R04-R07, R09-R10, R12 16
Heinz, George #15 14 R01, R03-R07, R10, R12-R18 10
James, Roy #23 1 R14 0
Lilley, Charlie #8 9 R04-R09, R14-R16 0
Mollison, Derek #16 14 R01, R03-R10, R13-R16, R18 11
Moore, Vern #34 4 R07-R08, R10, R15 3
Robertson, Jack 1 R06 0
Shelton, Bill #13 13 R01, R03-R10, R12-R13, R15-R16 1
Simmonds, George #27 4 R13-R15, R17 4
Streeter, Charlie #9 12 R03-R10, R12-R14, R17 1
Taylor, Dick #35 16 R01, R03-R10, R12-R18 7
Thomas, Ted #3 13 R01, R03-R05, R07, R10, R12-R18 0
Tulloh, Percy #18 16 R01, R03-R10, R12-R18 24
Wilson, Alf #20 3 R03, R12-R13 2
Wilson, Percy #25 8 R01, R04, R07-R08, R10, R12-R13, R17 1
Wittman, Stan #1 11 R03-R10, R16-R18 11
Wright, Max 1 R18 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Charlie Streeter Harry Coy Edgar Dunbar
Half-Back: Charlie Lilley Bert Chadwick Eric Donaldson
Centre: Jack Collins Bob Corbett Mick Anthony
Half-Forward: Derek Mollison Percy Tulloh Stan Wittman
Forward: Jim Abernethy Harry Harker George Heinz
Follower: Hugh Dunbar Bill Shelton Dick Taylor

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)
Rattray, Gordon 16 4 -0- 12 R01, R03-R10, R12-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
26/04/1924 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 2 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
Round 2 BYE
10/05/1924 Round 3 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 1 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
17/05/1924 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 33 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
24/05/1924 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 7 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
31/05/1924 Round 6 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 10 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
09/06/1924 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 4 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
14/06/1924 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 46 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
21/06/1924 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 29 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
28/06/1924 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 12 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
Round 11 BYE
12/07/1924 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 23 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
19/07/1924 Round 13 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 7 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
26/07/1924 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 47 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
02/08/1924 Round 15 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 17 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
23/08/1924 Round 16 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 46 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
30/08/1924 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 43 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick
06/09/1924 Round 18 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 14 Gordon Rattray Bert Chadwick