1929 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 9-1-8, P%: 96.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Keith Forbes, Paddy Walsh (2)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Keith Forbes, Len Johnson (40)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Howard Okey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Norm Beckton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beckton, Norm #3 18 R01-R18 14
Campbell, Garnet #17 16 R01-R12, R14-R17 1
Carman, Syd #11 9 R01, R10-R16, R18 2
Clarke, Tom #23 8 R01, R12-R18 1
Cross, Jack #9 1 R02 0
Dolan, Jack #6 2 R04-R05 0
Forbes, Keith #35 15 R01-R09, R12-R17 40
Freyer, Ted #26 3 R15, R17-R18 2
Gomez, Frank #15 4 R15-R18 1
Gregory, Harry #12 16 R02-R04, R06-R18 0
Hammond, Joe #20 16 R01-R16 0
Hearn, Clarrie #4 15 R03-R16, R18 0
Hunter, Harry #7 8 R01, R09-R15 0
Johnson, Len #14 13 R01-R05, R10-R17 40
Kidd, Jack #27 1 R03 0
Martin, Ernie #1 6 R06-R09, R11, R17 0
McKenzie, Jack #13 5 R05-R09 1
Milburn, Charlie #18 9 R10-R18 0
Nash, Frank #22 5 R01, R10-R11, R17-R18 4
Okey, Howard #2 18 R01-R18 18
Parris, Keith #21 8 R01-R05, R10-R12 0
Payne, Roy #16 11 R05-R11, R13, R16-R18 13
Quinn, Jim #31 9 R01-R04, R07-R09, R12, R18 7
Rennie, Artie #33 6 R01, R06, R13-R14, R16-R17 0
Sarsfield, Vern #24 2 R13, R18 1
Simpson, Norm #19 14 R02-R10, R13-R16, R18 14
Speakman, Bill #30 4 R01-R04 0
Vosti, Jack #5 8 R01-R08 0
Walsh, Paddy #28 13 R01-R02, R05-R09, R12, R14-R18 6
Watson, Ernie #8 15 R02-R14, R17-R18 0
Watt, Rowley #10 14 R02-R11, R15-R18 3
Webster, Len #32 14 R01-R14 19
Williamson, Jack #25 18 R01-R18 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)
Hardy, Charlie 18 9 -1- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1929 Round 1 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 73 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
04/05/1929 Round 2 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 8 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
11/05/1929 Round 3 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 44 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
18/05/1929 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 5 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
25/05/1929 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 26 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
03/06/1929 Round 6 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 5 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
15/06/1929 Round 7 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 53 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
22/06/1929 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 34 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
29/06/1929 Round 9 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 6 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
06/07/1929 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 15 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
13/07/1929 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 19 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
20/07/1929 Round 12 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 4 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
27/07/1929 Round 13 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 1 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
03/08/1929 Round 14 Richmond AWAY DRAW drawn Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
10/08/1929 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 8 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
17/08/1929 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 6 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
24/08/1929 Round 17 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 2 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
31/08/1929 Round 18 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 31 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton