1926 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 124.3%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Garnet Campbell (4)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Greg Stockdale (36)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Joe Harrison

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Frank Maher
Vice-Captain(s): Charlie May

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beckton, Norm #3 18 R01-R03, R06-R18, SF, PF 23
Campbell, Garnet #17 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 2
Carman, Syd #11 7 R01, R05-R08, R11, R15 4
Dolan, Jack #6 4 R01, R05-R07 0
Donaldson, Clyde #2 17 R02-R08, R10-R14, R16-R18, SF, PF 0
Edward, Wally #26 4 R10-R12, R15 0
Garden, Jack #28 18 R01-R02, R04-R11, R13-R18, SF, PF 18
Gomez, Chris #1 5 R08-R10, SF, PF 0
Gosling, Dick #21 3 R14-R16 7
Gregory, Harry #12 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 0
Hammond, Joe #20 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 9
Harrison, Joe #13 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 1
Hudd, Bill #4 19 R01-R08, R10-R18, SF, PF 1
Hunter, Harry #7 18 R01-R15, R17, SF, PF 0
Irwin, Vince #18 11 R01-R09, R12-R13 30
Kidd, Jack #27 7 R01, R03, R05-R07, R09-R10 7
Maher, Frank #24 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 11
May, Charlie #14 17 R01-R06, R10-R18, SF, PF 0
McCarthy, Justin #16 3 R03-R05 3
McSweeney, Ned #9 10 R04, R08, R11-R12, R14-R18, SF 3
Nash, Frank #22 1 R13 0
Page, George #23 1 R09 0
Quinn, Jim #31 9 R01-R02, R09, R15-R18, SF, PF 6
Russell, Stuart #26 3 R11-R12, R18 1
Shorten, George #30 4 R02-R04, R13 0
Shorten, Teddy #16 5 R16-R18, SF, PF 4
Simpson, Norm #19 17 R01-R04, R07-R18, SF 4
Stockdale, Greg #25 19 R01-R18, PF 36
Vosti, Jack #5 15 R02-R14, SF, PF 29
Watt, Rod #8 7 R09, R14-R18, PF 0
Watt, Rowley #10 18 R01-R10, R12-R14, R16-R18, SF, PF 6

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)
Barker, Syd 20 13 -0- 7 R01-R18, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/05/1926 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 51 Syd Barker Frank Maher
08/05/1926 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 31 Syd Barker Frank Maher
15/05/1926 Round 3 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 8 Syd Barker Frank Maher
22/05/1926 Round 4 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 2 Syd Barker Frank Maher
29/05/1926 Round 5 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 47 Syd Barker Frank Maher
05/06/1926 Round 6 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 22 Syd Barker Frank Maher
07/06/1926 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 38 Syd Barker Frank Maher
19/06/1926 Round 8 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 6 Syd Barker Frank Maher
26/06/1926 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 12 Syd Barker Frank Maher
03/07/1926 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 29 Syd Barker Frank Maher
10/07/1926 Round 11 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 27 Syd Barker Frank Maher
17/07/1926 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 18 Syd Barker Frank Maher
07/08/1926 Round 13 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 23 Syd Barker Frank Maher
14/08/1926 Round 14 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 5 Syd Barker Frank Maher
21/08/1926 Round 15 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 60 Syd Barker Frank Maher
28/08/1926 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 72 Syd Barker Frank Maher
04/09/1926 Round 17 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 9 Syd Barker Frank Maher
11/09/1926 Round 18 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 3 Syd Barker Frank Maher
18/09/1926 Semi Final Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 47 Syd Barker Frank Maher
02/10/1926 Preliminary Final Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 3 Syd Barker Frank Maher