1926 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 146.4%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Ivor Warne-Smith (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Harry Davie (50)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bert Chadwick
Vice-Captain(s): Ivor Warne-Smith

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abernethy, Jim #4 19 R01-R07, R09-R11, R13-R18, SF, PF, GF 6
Andersen, Eric #32 2 R01-R02 2
Cannan, Jack #25 1 R02 1
Chadwick, Bert #17 13 R01, R09-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Collins, Jack #10 18 R01, R03-R14, R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Corbett, Bob #12 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 0
Coy, Harry #19 17 R01-R09, R11-R15, R17, SF, GF 1
Davidson, Jimmy #29 13 R01-R03, R05-R08, R10-R12, R15, PF, GF 4
Davie, Harry #24 15 R01-R09, R11-R15, R18 50
Deane, Col #31 18 R01, R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 16
Dick, Fred #33 4 R09-R10, R12-R13 1
Duff, Dave #34 11 R03-R04, R07, R09-R10, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 26
Dunbar, Hugh #28 17 R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Green, Ossie #5 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 1
Johnson, Bob #16 20 R01-R08, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 50
Jones, Tom #11 2 R17-R18 2
Jorgensen, Frank #7 2 R16-R17 0
Lawrence, Bert #30 3 R02, R16-R17 0
Mollison, Derek #11 3 R13-R15 1
Moyes, Harry #22 19 R03-R18, SF, PF, GF 55
O'Brien, Tom #21 4 R01-R04 0
Pie, Bruce #11 1 R02 0
Streeter, Charlie #9 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Taylor, Dick #35 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 6
Thomas, Ted #3 18 R01-R15, SF, PF, GF 1
Tulloh, Percy #18 2 R01-R02 4
Tymms, Bill #26 13 R03-R09, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 4
Veal, Jim #6 3 R03-R04, R08 1
Vine, Frank #23 1 GF 1
Warne-Smith, Ivor #14 20 R01-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 17
White, Herbie #8 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 7
Wittman, Stan #1 16 R04-R06, R08, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 20

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)
Chadwick, Bert 21 17 -0- 4 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/05/1926 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 29 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
08/05/1926 Round 2 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 11 Bert Chadwick Ivor Warne-Smith
15/05/1926 Round 3 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 30 Bert Chadwick Ivor Warne-Smith
22/05/1926 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 5 Bert Chadwick Ivor Warne-Smith
29/05/1926 Round 5 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 33 Bert Chadwick Ivor Warne-Smith
05/06/1926 Round 6 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 59 Bert Chadwick Ivor Warne-Smith
07/06/1926 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 23 Bert Chadwick Ivor Warne-Smith
19/06/1926 Round 8 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 6 Bert Chadwick Ivor Warne-Smith
26/06/1926 Round 9 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 141 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
03/07/1926 Round 10 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 14 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
10/07/1926 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 39 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
17/07/1926 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 89 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
07/08/1926 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 32 Bert Chadwick Ivor Warne-Smith
14/08/1926 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 3 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
21/08/1926 Round 15 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 50 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
28/08/1926 Round 16 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 26 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
04/09/1926 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 72 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
11/09/1926 Round 18 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 43 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
25/09/1926 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 11 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
02/10/1926 Preliminary Final Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 3 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
09/10/1926 Grand Final Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 57 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick