1926 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 69.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan Hopkins (2)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Les Chapple, Allan Hopkins (42)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Hopkins, Con McCarthy

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aked, Frank #11 16 R01-R03, R05-R08, R10-R18 12
Anthony, George #20 10 R09-R18 3
Bagley, Seddon #7 2 R02-R03 2
Baker, Harry #19 4 R01-R02, R17-R18 4
Barton, Frank #7 2 R05, R09 0
Butler, Ted 1 R18 1
Chapple, Les #14 18 R01-R18 42
Clissold, George #4 6 R01-R04, R06, R08 2
Considine, Jim 4 R14, R16-R18 1
Crellin, Bertie #28 2 R13, R15 0
Croft, Joshua #6 11 R02, R08, R10-R18 6
Dick, Dave #25 4 R10-R11, R13, R16 5
Doolan, Bill #30 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 2
Freyer, Bill #21 7 R07-R08, R10-R13, R15 0
Gardiner, Alex #12 18 R01-R18 0
Gaudion, Charlie #3 18 R01-R18 2
Hopkins, Allan #33 17 R02-R18 42
Hopkins, Rupe #23 1 R01 0
Howell, Gus #32 6 R04-R09 2
Johns, Harry #35 5 R02-R05, R08 4
Johnstone, Doug #16 16 R01, R03-R13, R15-R18 0
Jones, Tom #31 8 R01-R04, R06-R08, R15 1
Knott, Joe 5 R14-R18 0
Krygger, Park #24 1 R05 0
Laidlaw, Col #9 8 R01-R07, R14 0
McCarthy, Con #1 14 R01-R14 6
McDonald, Norm #17 8 R01-R07, R16 7
McGlone, Jim #15 6 R08-R09, R14-R15, R17-R18 3
McHenry, Tommy #18 5 R01, R06, R09, R12-R13 2
Neill, Harry #22 10 R07, R09-R14, R16-R18 2
Nunan, Joe #9 15 R02-R12, R14-R17 2
O'Brien, Paddy #10 6 R04-R09 0
Outen, Alby #5 10 R01-R04, R06-R07, R09-R12 0
Rowe, Charlie #8 16 R01-R05, R08-R18 1
Samson, Vic #2 10 R01, R10-R18 3
Sharpley, Jack #34 6 R01, R03-R07 2
Thompson, Roy #13 10 R09-R18 0
Wilkinson, Dick #26 2 R10-R11 1

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)
Cassidy, Jim 8 1 -0- 7 R01-R08
Saunders, Harry 10 3 -0- 7 R09-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/05/1926 Round 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 66 Jim Cassidy Con McCarthy
08/05/1926 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 33 Jim Cassidy unknown
15/05/1926 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Jim Cassidy unknown
22/05/1926 Round 4 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 2 Jim Cassidy unknown
29/05/1926 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 33 Jim Cassidy unknown
05/06/1926 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 59 Jim Cassidy unknown
07/06/1926 Round 7 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 22 Jim Cassidy unknown
19/06/1926 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 126 Jim Cassidy unknown
26/06/1926 Round 9 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 11 Harry Saunders unknown
03/07/1926 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 8 Harry Saunders unknown
10/07/1926 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 25 Harry Saunders unknown
17/07/1926 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 51 Harry Saunders unknown
07/08/1926 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 59 Harry Saunders unknown
14/08/1926 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 42 Harry Saunders unknown
21/08/1926 Round 15 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 60 Harry Saunders Allan Hopkins
28/08/1926 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 7 Harry Saunders Allan Hopkins
04/09/1926 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 72 Harry Saunders Allan Hopkins
11/09/1926 Round 18 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 44 Harry Saunders Allan Hopkins