1926 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 0-1-17, P%: 73.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Dave Walsh (4)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Fred Metcalf (26)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Gerry Donnelly, Wels Eicke
Vice-Captain(s): Johnny Lewis

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barnes, Harry #3 8 R02-R06, R13-R15 2
Bolt, George #28 13 R06-R18 0
Britt, Gerry #13 14 R01-R05, R07-R08, R12-R18 9
Cameron, Charlie #20 4 R11, R16-R18 4
Day, Roy #24 3 R13, R17-R18 4
Donnelly, Gerry #8 12 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09-R11, R13-R15 5
Dwyer, Leo #19 18 R01-R18 0
Eicke, Wels #1 4 R01-R03, R05 0
Eudey, Jack #27 3 R08, R11, R17 0
Giles, Archie 1 R01 0
Goonan, Alf #5 1 R03 0
Gregory, Johnny #9 14 R05-R18 0
Healy, Charlie #29 18 R01-R18 5
Hutchinson, Arthur #18 4 R09-R12 2
Johnston, Harold #6 10 R01-R04, R12-R16, R18 9
Kirkley, Joe #32 1 R03 0
Lambe, Alf #22 18 R01-R18 2
Lewis, Johnny #2 10 R01, R03-R11 5
Lindsay, Duncan #4 11 R04, R09-R18 24
Linton, Curly #11 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 2
Lock, Jacky #10 11 R02, R04-R08, R10, R14-R17 1
Lovett, Joe #16 9 R02, R09, R12-R18 5
Lynch, Jack #30 12 R03-R14 19
Metcalf, Fred #14 15 R01-R09, R13-R18 26
Nolan, Clarrie #23 10 R01, R06-R08, R10-R12, R16-R18 1
Nolan, Jack #5 9 R04-R08, R10-R12, R15 10
O'Sullivan, Jack #15 3 R03-R05 0
Paul, Joe #1 6 R08-R12, R18 3
Russ, Bill #7 18 R01-R18 5
Sanders, Jack 1 R16 0
Shorten, Teddy #16 1 R01 2
Smith, Billy #20 1 R02 1
Trevaskis, Tim #12 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 9
Walsh, Dave #17 18 R01-R18 0
Watson, Don #21 6 R01-R03, R06-R07, R09 0
Wood, Joe #26 3 R01-R02, R15 2

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)
Eicke, Wels 3 0 -0- 3 R01-R03
Thomas, Stan 1 0 -0- 1 R04
Donnelly, Gerry 14 0 -1- 13 R05-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/05/1926 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 51 Wels Eicke Wels Eicke
08/05/1926 Round 2 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 4 Wels Eicke Wels Eicke
15/05/1926 Round 3 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 30 Wels Eicke Wels Eicke
22/05/1926 Round 4 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 8 Stan Thomas Gerry Donnelly
29/05/1926 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 2 Gerry Donnelly unknown
05/06/1926 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 4 Gerry Donnelly Gerry Donnelly
07/06/1926 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 1 Gerry Donnelly Gerry Donnelly
19/06/1926 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 57 Gerry Donnelly unknown
26/06/1926 Round 9 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 14 Gerry Donnelly Gerry Donnelly
03/07/1926 Round 10 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 23 Gerry Donnelly Gerry Donnelly
10/07/1926 Round 11 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 25 Gerry Donnelly Gerry Donnelly
17/07/1926 Round 12 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 18 Gerry Donnelly unknown
07/08/1926 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY DRAW drawn Gerry Donnelly Gerry Donnelly
14/08/1926 Round 14 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 3 Gerry Donnelly Gerry Donnelly
21/08/1926 Round 15 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 64 Gerry Donnelly Gerry Donnelly
28/08/1926 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 36 Gerry Donnelly unknown
04/09/1926 Round 17 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 35 Gerry Donnelly unknown
11/09/1926 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 19 Gerry Donnelly unknown