1930 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1930 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 105.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Keith Forbes (3)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Keith Forbes (54)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Keith Forbes

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Norm Beckton
Vice-Captain(s): Joe Hammond

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Arthur, Alan #13 16 R03-R18 22
Beckton, Norm #3 17 R01-R17 17
Bertram, Lloyd #18 3 R01-R03 0
Campbell, Garnet #17 14 R02-R09, R12-R16, R18 5
Carman, Syd #11 12 R05-R11, R14-R18 0
Clarke, Tom #23 16 R01-R14, R17-R18 0
Donnelly, Gerry #7 3 R12, R15, R17 0
Forbes, Keith #1 18 R01-R18 54
Freyer, Ted #26 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 38
Glynn, Leo #18 9 R10-R18 0
Gomez, Frank #35 6 R04-R08, R18 2
Gregory, Harry #12 2 R01-R02 0
Gubbins, Tommy #16 16 R01-R11, R14-R18 1
Hammond, Joe #20 17 R01-R16, R18 1
Hearn, Clarrie #4 16 R01-R13, R16-R18 2
Johnson, Len #14 14 R01-R05, R08-R16 14
Kidd, Jack #27 13 R01-R09, R11-R12, R17-R18 2
Lowenthal, Bill #7 1 R18 2
Lynch, Billy #21 14 R03-R07, R10-R18 1
MacRae, Mal #24 15 R03-R04, R06-R18 14
Nash, Frank #22 8 R02-R03, R05, R14-R18 5
Okey, Howard #2 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 2
Quinn, Jim #31 16 R01-R02, R04-R17 18
Sevior, Charlie #35 5 R01-R02, R12-R14 2
Simpson, Norm #19 9 R03, R09-R10, R13-R18 1
Smail, Lindsay #9 1 R13 1
Turner, Jock 1 R04 2
Vosti, Jack #5 11 R01, R04-R13 0
Walsh, Paddy #28 16 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R18 3
Watson, Ernie #8 8 R01, R03, R09-R12, R14-R15 0
Watt, Rowley #10 10 R01-R08, R16-R17 3
Webster, Len #32 2 R01-R02 1

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 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/05/1930 Round 1 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 7 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
10/05/1930 Round 2 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 16 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
17/05/1930 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 2 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
24/05/1930 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 35 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
31/05/1930 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 53 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
09/06/1930 Round 6 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 41 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
14/06/1930 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 15 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
21/06/1930 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 21 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
28/06/1930 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 26 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
05/07/1930 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 24 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
12/07/1930 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 30 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
19/07/1930 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 2 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
26/07/1930 Round 13 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 29 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
16/08/1930 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 20 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
23/08/1930 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 47 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
30/08/1930 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 10 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
06/09/1930 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 37 Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton
13/09/1930 Round 18 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 43 Charlie Hardy Joe Hammond