1931 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 8-0-10, P%: 91.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Percy Beames (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): George Margitich (66)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ivor Warne-Smith
Vice-Captain(s): Dick Taylor

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abernethy, Jim #4 18 R01-R18 0
Adams, Bill #8 1 R16 1
Avery, Bert #7 18 R01-R18 0
Beames, Percy #24 11 R08-R18 2
Cassidy, George #37 3 R01, R13, R18 2
Collins, Billy #25 2 R11-R12 0
Collins, Jack #10 8 R01-R02, R05-R08, R10, R12 1
Conole, Reg #22 14 R02-R08, R11-R17 2
Crapper, Harry #15 5 R01-R02, R05, R07, R10 0
Cutler, Bill #18 7 R10-R11, R13-R17 0
Davidson, Hec #5 6 R03-R04, R06, R13-R14, R16 0
Davidson, Jimmy #29 18 R01-R18 8
Esposito, Ted #6 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 4
Gough, Lew #31 4 R10, R13-R15 0
Green, Ossie 1 R18 0
Jackson, Webber #28 12 R01, R03-R04, R09-R15, R17-R18 5
Johnson, Bob #16 15 R01-R09, R11-R12, R14, R16-R18 44
Lindsay, Gordon #13 1 R11 0
Long, Harry #20 18 R01-R18 7
MacDonald, Bill #17 3 R06-R08 0
Margitich, George #3 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 66
Murray, Wyn #2 7 R01-R03, R08-R11 1
Ogden, Gordon #32 13 R01-R04, R09-R17 0
Pemberton, Edwin #19 5 R01, R05-R06, R17-R18 0
Power, Jack #12 12 R04-R09, R12-R13, R15-R18 1
Smith, Frank #11 12 R02-R04, R06-R09, R12-R13, R15, R17-R18 0
Steel, Howard #30 3 R01-R03 1
Taylor, Dick #35 15 R02-R10, R13-R18 12
Tymms, Bill #26 11 R01-R07, R09, R11-R12, R18 0
Usher, Ray #34 15 R01-R05, R07-R11, R14-R18 1
Vanthoff, Bill #21 14 R03-R10, R12-R17 12
Vine, Frank #23 14 R01-R05, R09-R16, R18 2
Warne-Smith, Ivor #14 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 9
Wittman, Stan #1 6 R04-R08, R11 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)
Warne-Smith, Ivor 18 8 -0- 10 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1931 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 12 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
09/05/1931 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 4 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
16/05/1931 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 4 Ivor Warne-Smith Dick Taylor
23/05/1931 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 15 Ivor Warne-Smith Dick Taylor
30/05/1931 Round 5 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 16 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
08/06/1931 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 39 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
13/06/1931 Round 7 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 17 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
20/06/1931 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 64 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
04/07/1931 Round 9 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 27 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
11/07/1931 Round 10 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 13 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
18/07/1931 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 51 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
25/07/1931 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 11 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
01/08/1931 Round 13 Essendon HOME WIN MEL by 1 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
08/08/1931 Round 14 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 32 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
22/08/1931 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 75 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
29/08/1931 Round 16 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 34 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
05/09/1931 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 44 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
12/09/1931 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 70 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith