1927 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 6-1-11, P%: 96.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Greg Stockdale (3)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Vosti (35)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Frank Maher

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Frank Maher

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beckton, Norm #3 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 13
Boyd, Jack #15 2 R04-R05 2
Campbell, Garnet #17 15 R01-R07, R09-R14, R16, R18 6
Carman, Syd #11 9 R01-R04, R08-R10, R15, R18 1
Carruthers, Bruce #18 11 R01-R04, R10-R14, R17-R18 6
Clarke, Tom #23 7 R03-R05, R12-R13, R16-R17 1
Dodd, Rupe #16 11 R01-R03, R06-R07, R09-R12, R16-R17 19
Dolan, Jack #6 6 R11, R13-R16, R18 0
Gomez, Chris #1 3 R01-R02, R08 0
Gosling, Dick #21 2 R07-R08 4
Gregory, Harry #12 7 R02, R05-R10 0
Hammond, Joe #20 16 R01-R15, R18 2
Harrison, Joe #13 15 R01-R14, R17 3
Hudd, Bill #4 10 R07-R10, R12, R14-R18 4
Hunter, Harry #7 14 R01, R03-R15 0
Irving, Les #2 8 R06-R11, R15, R18 0
James, Mal #31 1 R09 0
Kavanagh, Ben #26 2 R02, R04 2
Kidd, Jack #27 16 R03-R18 1
Maher, Frank #24 18 R01-R18 19
McSweeney, Ned #9 12 R01-R08, R11-R12, R16-R17 0
Nash, Frank #22 9 R01-R02, R05-R06, R11-R15 0
Quinn, Jim #31 14 R04-R10, R12-R18 12
Rennie, Artie #33 1 R18 0
Simpson, Norm #19 11 R01-R02, R08-R09, R11-R17 3
Speakman, Bill #30 11 R05-R07, R11-R18 8
Stockdale, Greg #25 18 R01-R18 15
Vickers, Bill #14 3 R01-R03 4
Vosti, Jack #5 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 35
Walsh, Paddy #28 9 R03, R09-R10, R13-R18 2
Watt, Rod #8 11 R01-R07, R10-R11, R16-R17 1
Watt, Rowley #10 14 R01, R03-R09, R13-R18 3
Webster, Len #32 4 R15-R18 0

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)
Maher, Frank 18 6 -1- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/04/1927 Round 1 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 47 Frank Maher Frank Maher
07/05/1927 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 11 Frank Maher Frank Maher
14/05/1927 Round 3 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 11 Frank Maher Frank Maher
21/05/1927 Round 4 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 18 Frank Maher Frank Maher
28/05/1927 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 9 Frank Maher Frank Maher
04/06/1927 Round 6 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 7 Frank Maher Frank Maher
11/06/1927 Round 7 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 13 Frank Maher Frank Maher
18/06/1927 Round 8 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 23 Frank Maher Frank Maher
25/06/1927 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 15 Frank Maher Frank Maher
02/07/1927 Round 10 Fitzroy HOME DRAW drawn Frank Maher Frank Maher
09/07/1927 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 7 Frank Maher Frank Maher
16/07/1927 Round 12 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 34 Frank Maher Frank Maher
23/07/1927 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 4 Frank Maher Frank Maher
30/07/1927 Round 14 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 8 Frank Maher Frank Maher
06/08/1927 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 90 Frank Maher Frank Maher
27/08/1927 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 24 Frank Maher Frank Maher
03/09/1927 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 1 Frank Maher Frank Maher
10/09/1927 Round 18 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 51 Frank Maher Frank Maher