1931 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 0-0-18, P%: 50.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Johnny Lewis (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Johnny Lewis (25)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Johnny Lewis

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adamson, Jim #8 5 R01, R15-R18 0
Baker, Selwyn #15 9 R10-R18 5
Barker, Syd #5 18 R01-R18 1
Bloomer, Steve #45 7 R08-R14 4
Brennan, Les #37 11 R08-R18 11
Brodie, Bill #33 5 R02-R04, R10, R14 0
Cameron, Charlie #20 15 R01-R09, R13-R18 2
Carter, Wally #17 9 R01, R04-R07, R09, R16-R18 7
Clarke, Alex 2 R08, R10 0
Crapper, Frank #51 3 R06-R07, R10 3
Cusack, Ted #16 12 R01-R09, R13-R15 3
Donnellan, Frank #7 10 R09-R18 8
Dowling, John #25 16 R03-R18 22
Ferguson, Dave #35 7 R03-R06, R09-R11 0
Gaudion, Charlie #6 3 R01, R05-R06 0
Gregory, Johnny #9 18 R01-R18 0
Holliday, Dave #38 3 R05-R06, R08 1
Hooke, Harold #19 11 R07-R17 0
Hooke, Len #28 9 R01-R04, R07, R15-R18 13
Huggins, Neville #13 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 1
Jackson, Ray #14 16 R01-R07, R09-R14, R16-R18 1
Jerram, George #2 18 R01-R18 4
Jones, Les #23 2 R04-R05 0
Kemp, Cyril #11 1 R02 0
Kennedy, Jim #3 1 R01 0
Knott, Joe #15 3 R01-R02, R08 0
Lewis, Bill 1 R18 0
Lewis, Johnny #1 18 R01-R18 25
Mathews, Bob #27 5 R01-R03, R15-R16 0
McCabe, Bill #4 9 R01-R07, R11-R12 1
McElholum, Joe #40 2 R03, R05 0
Moir, Hector #10 9 R01-R04, R06, R11-R12, R15-R16 4
Morley, Arthur 4 R03-R04, R07-R08 0
O'Shea, Dick #22 10 R02, R05-R07, R09, R12-R16 3
Peters, Bert #7 5 R01-R05 1
Peters, George #7 6 R07-R08, R11-R13, R17 3
Purcell, Bill #11 10 R08-R14, R16-R18 6
Spry, Bill #12 1 R01 0
Weir, Mowbray #24 12 R02, R06-R15, R18 3
Whittam, Ben #18 17 R02-R18 1
Wrout, Jack #36 2 R17-R18 0

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)
Clark, Norm 10 0 -0- 10 R01-R10
Pemberton, Jack 8 0 -0- 8 R11-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1931 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 52 Norm Clark Johnny Lewis
09/05/1931 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 168 Norm Clark Johnny Lewis
16/05/1931 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 40 Norm Clark Johnny Lewis
23/05/1931 Round 4 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 22 Norm Clark Johnny Lewis
30/05/1931 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 45 Norm Clark Johnny Lewis
08/06/1931 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 39 Norm Clark Johnny Lewis
13/06/1931 Round 7 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 43 Norm Clark Johnny Lewis
20/06/1931 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 90 Norm Clark Johnny Lewis
04/07/1931 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 80 Norm Clark Johnny Lewis
11/07/1931 Round 10 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 72 Norm Clark Johnny Lewis
18/07/1931 Round 11 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 67 Jack Pemberton Johnny Lewis
25/07/1931 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 28 Jack Pemberton Johnny Lewis
01/08/1931 Round 13 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 39 Jack Pemberton Johnny Lewis
08/08/1931 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 78 Jack Pemberton Johnny Lewis
22/08/1931 Round 15 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 22 Jack Pemberton Johnny Lewis
29/08/1931 Round 16 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 31 Jack Pemberton Johnny Lewis
05/09/1931 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 44 Jack Pemberton Johnny Lewis
12/09/1931 Round 18 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 9 Jack Pemberton Johnny Lewis