1927 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 12-0-6, P%: 132.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Dick Taylor (6)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Harry Davie (40)

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 18 R01-R18 11
Barnes, Charlie #15 8 R10-R13, R15-R18 0
Chadwick, Bert #17 18 R01-R18 3
Collins, Jack #10 18 R01-R18 1
Corbett, Bob #12 18 R01-R18 0
Coy, Harry #19 15 R01, R03-R16 0
Davidson, Jimmy #29 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 7
Davie, Harry #24 12 R01-R12 40
Deane, Col #31 13 R01-R03, R05-R09, R14-R18 7
Dick, Fred #33 2 R04, R06 0
Dunbar, Hugh #28 11 R01-R11 12
Hannan, Peter #25 2 R02, R06 0
Johnson, Bob #16 9 R01, R03, R05-R06, R08, R14-R15, R17-R18 22
Jorgensen, Frank #7 1 R02 0
Latham, Bill #36 4 R13-R15, R17 0
McConville, Tommy #5 10 R04-R08, R13-R16, R18 26
Meade, Les #20 6 R07-R09, R13-R14, R17 0
Mollison, Derek #11 7 R12-R18 1
Moyes, Harry #22 14 R01-R05, R09-R11, R13-R18 25
Shaw, Ernie #34 1 R03 0
Streeter, Charlie #9 12 R01-R04, R09-R13, R16-R18 0
Taylor, Dick #35 18 R01-R18 5
Thomas, Ted #3 12 R01-R12 1
Tulloh, Percy #18 3 R06, R13-R14 11
Tymms, Bill #26 14 R01-R02, R05-R12, R15-R18 0
Veal, Jim #6 1 R02 0
Vine, Frank #23 13 R04, R07-R18 15
Warne-Smith, Ivor #14 16 R01-R05, R07-R16, R18 6
White, Herbie #8 17 R01, R03-R18 9
Wittman, Stan #1 12 R01-R05, R09-R12, R16-R18 15
Young, Charles #26 2 R07, R12 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)
Chadwick, Bert 18 12 -0- 6 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/04/1927 Round 1 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 50 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
07/05/1927 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 30 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
14/05/1927 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 34 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
21/05/1927 Round 4 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 18 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
28/05/1927 Round 5 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 27 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
04/06/1927 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 32 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
11/06/1927 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 84 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
18/06/1927 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 50 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
25/06/1927 Round 9 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 22 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
02/07/1927 Round 10 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 15 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
09/07/1927 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 7 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
16/07/1927 Round 12 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 31 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
23/07/1927 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 69 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
30/07/1927 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 12 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
06/08/1927 Round 15 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 90 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
27/08/1927 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 25 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
03/09/1927 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 40 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick
10/09/1927 Round 18 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 7 Bert Chadwick Bert Chadwick