1931 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 99.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Howard Okey (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ted Freyer (50)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Tom Clarke

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Garnet Campbell
Vice-Captain(s): Joe Hammond

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Bruce #16 16 R03-R18 0
Campbell, Garnet #17 15 R01-R02, R06-R18 7
Carman, Syd #11 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 0
Clarke, Tom #23 16 R03-R18 0
Coulsell, Fred #3 2 R03-R04 2
Coulson, Cliff #3 1 R07 1
Forbes, Keith #1 14 R01-R03, R06, R09-R18 37
Freyer, Ted #26 18 R01-R18 50
Gomez, Frank #35 8 R01-R05, R07-R08, R17 2
Gubbins, Tommy #16 1 R05 0
Hammond, Joe #20 17 R01-R04, R06-R18 1
Hartigan, Gerry #18 1 R05 1
Hearn, Clarrie #4 11 R04-R08, R10-R15 31
Johnson, Len #14 18 R01-R18 20
Le Brun, Norm #13 12 R01, R04-R10, R13-R14, R17-R18 3
Lowenthal, Bill #7 15 R01-R03, R06, R08-R18 7
Lynch, Billy #21 4 R02, R05, R07-R08 0
MacRae, Mal #24 4 R01-R04 0
Nash, Frank #22 14 R01-R02, R04-R08, R10-R13, R15-R17 3
Okey, Howard #2 15 R01-R05, R07-R08, R10-R17 5
Payne, Roy #31 8 R06, R09, R11-R15, R18 2
Peterson, Reg #30 6 R06, R08-R09, R14, R16-R17 4
Quinn, Jim #31 3 R01-R03 2
Regan, Eddie 1 R06 0
Rennie, Les #6 13 R01-R04, R06-R07, R09-R15 0
Roberts, Bill 9 R10-R18 0
Russell, Stuart #8 3 R01, R05, R18 0
Ryan, John #12 3 R03, R09, R18 3
Simpson, Norm #19 8 R01-R05, R07, R16, R18 2
Vosti, Jack #15 16 R01-R12, R15-R18 1
Walsh, Paddy #28 14 R01-R04, R06, R08-R13, R16-R18 1
Watt, Rowley #10 17 R02-R18 7
Webster, Len #32 15 R01-R02, R05-R06, R08-R18 8
Williamson, Jack #25 7 R04-R05, R07, R09, R14-R16 1

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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)
Campbell, Garnet 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1931 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 12 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
09/05/1931 Round 2 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 4 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
16/05/1931 Round 3 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 82 Garnet Campbell Joe Hammond
23/05/1931 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 22 Garnet Campbell Joe Hammond
30/05/1931 Round 5 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 14 Garnet Campbell unknown
27/06/1931 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 14 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
13/06/1931 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 20 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
20/06/1931 Round 8 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 34 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
04/07/1931 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 10 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
11/07/1931 Round 10 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 24 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
18/07/1931 Round 11 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 27 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
25/07/1931 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 45 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
01/08/1931 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 1 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
08/08/1931 Round 14 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 34 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
22/08/1931 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 22 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
29/08/1931 Round 16 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 51 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
05/09/1931 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 17 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell
12/09/1931 Round 18 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 3 Garnet Campbell Garnet Campbell