1929 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 11-1-6, P%: 105.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Ivor Warne-Smith (4)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Dick Taylor (30)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ivor Warne-Smith
Vice-Captain(s): Bob Corbett

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abernethy, Jim #4 18 R01-R18 6
Barnes, Charlie #15 5 R01-R02, R07-R08, R17 0
Beaumont, Art #11 2 R05, R07 0
Carr, Clem #19 2 R01-R02 0
Cassidy, George #37 5 R09-R11, R13, R16 3
Collins, Jack #10 18 R01-R18 0
Comber, Mick #21 1 R18 1
Corbett, Bob #12 18 R01-R18 0
Davidson, Jimmy #29 18 R01-R18 16
Deane, Col #31 16 R03-R18 3
Driver, Vince #7 5 R09-R12, R18 0
Esposito, Ted #6 14 R03-R07, R10-R18 2
Green, Ossie #22 11 R02, R08-R11, R13-R18 0
Haw, Jack #24 9 R04-R11, R13 4
Johnson, Bob #16 14 R04-R09, R11-R18 28
Jones, Tom #25 8 R09-R16 10
Long, Harry #20 7 R01-R04, R08, R10, R18 3
MacDonald, Bill #17 15 R01-R06, R08-R12, R14-R15, R17-R18 3
McConville, Tommy #5 7 R01-R02, R04-R06, R08, R17 7
McCrae, Henry #28 3 R01-R03 7
Moodie, Jim #38 4 R03, R07-R08, R12 3
Murray, Wyn #2 17 R01, R03-R18 0
Ogden, Gordon #32 9 R09-R17 0
Proudfoot, Alec #18 1 R14 0
Taylor, Dick #35 17 R01-R16, R18 30
Tymms, Bill #26 12 R01-R07, R09, R15-R18 0
Usher, Ray #34 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 0
Vine, Frank #23 11 R01-R04, R06, R10-R12, R15-R17 4
Warne-Smith, Ivor #14 18 R01-R18 19
White, Herbie #8 12 R01-R07, R13-R17 4
Wittman, Stan #1 11 R01-R03, R05-R08, R12-R14, R18 16

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)
Warne-Smith, Ivor 18 11 -1- 6 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1929 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 22 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
04/05/1929 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 59 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
11/05/1929 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 31 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
18/05/1929 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 58 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
25/05/1929 Round 5 Footscray AWAY DRAW drawn Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
03/06/1929 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 2 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
15/06/1929 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 24 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
22/06/1929 Round 8 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 35 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
29/06/1929 Round 9 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 6 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
06/07/1929 Round 10 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 3 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
13/07/1929 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 10 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
20/07/1929 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 13 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
27/07/1929 Round 13 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 2 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
03/08/1929 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 36 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
10/08/1929 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 57 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
17/08/1929 Round 16 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 41 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
24/08/1929 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 17 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
31/08/1929 Round 18 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 56 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith