1937 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 90.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Dick Reynolds (27)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Keith Forbes (44)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Dick Reynolds

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Baggott, Keith Forbes

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Bruce #16 6 R01-R05, R10 0
Baggott, Jack #10 4 R01, R06-R08 0
Baker, Norm #7 3 R09, R14, R16 0
Bell, George #12 7 R01-R03, R15-R18 0
Bryce, Ted #31 5 R14-R18 2
Cahill, Bill #22 3 R10-R12 0
Cassin, Jack #19 14 R01-R05, R08-R13, R16-R18 22
Coates, Wally #27 5 R06-R09, R18 2
Coward, George #34 1 R12 0
Eason, Dick #7 2 R13, R18 0
Exelby, Murray #4 1 R03 0
Forbes, Keith #1 15 R01-R15 44
Freyer, Ted #26 11 R01-R05, R10-R12, R16-R18 34
Hall, Billy #31 7 R11, R13-R18 0
Howard, Don #10 1 R06 0
Hubbert, Jack #13 2 R07-R08 1
Kelly, Frank #23 14 R01-R11, R13, R15-R16 3
Lahiff, Tommy #6 16 R01-R10, R13-R18 20
Lowenthal, Bill #8 2 R03-R04 0
Luff, Bill #11 18 R01-R18 2
Maltby, Arnold #5 18 R01-R18 8
Maynes, Leo #15 8 R09, R12-R18 5
McDermott, Norm #2 12 R02-R12, R17 1
McFarlane, Mick #12 1 R02 0
McGorlick, George #7 1 R02 0
Munro, Doug 1 R18 0
Pattinson, George #24 11 R01-R07, R09, R13-R15 4
Plummer, Elton #8 15 R01-R12, R14, R16-R17 0
Powell, Les #15 15 R03-R08, R10-R18 0
Reynolds, Dick #3 15 R01-R02, R05-R15, R17-R18 22
Reynolds, Tom #29 5 R06-R07, R13-R15 11
Rippon, Ted #21 13 R01-R05, R08-R15 0
Roberts, Archie #18 12 R01, R03-R05, R07-R09, R13-R17 0
Slater, Syd #9 2 R11-R12 0
Torney, Hugh #20 15 R01-R06, R09-R15, R17-R18 5
Wallace, Len #17 12 R01-R02, R04-R12, R16 1
Watts, Ray #34 7 R11-R14, R16-R18 13
Webster, Len #32 18 R01-R18 9
Welch, Dick #15 10 R04-R08, R10, R15-R18 4
Wilson, Stan #14 14 R01, R06-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)
Baggott, Jack 18 5 -0- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
24/04/1937 Round 1 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 4 Jack Baggott Jack Baggott
01/05/1937 Round 2 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 85 Jack Baggott Keith Forbes
08/05/1937 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 17 Jack Baggott Keith Forbes
15/05/1937 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 28 Jack Baggott Keith Forbes
22/05/1937 Round 5 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 52 Jack Baggott Keith Forbes
29/05/1937 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 9 Jack Baggott Jack Baggott
05/06/1937 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 32 Jack Baggott Jack Baggott
12/06/1937 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 39 Jack Baggott Jack Baggott
19/06/1937 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 17 Jack Baggott Keith Forbes
26/06/1937 Round 10 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 12 Jack Baggott Keith Forbes
03/07/1937 Round 11 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 11 Jack Baggott Keith Forbes
10/07/1937 Round 12 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 10 Jack Baggott Keith Forbes
17/07/1937 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 16 Jack Baggott Keith Forbes
24/07/1937 Round 14 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 34 Jack Baggott Keith Forbes
31/07/1937 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 13 Jack Baggott Keith Forbes
07/08/1937 Round 16 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 2 Jack Baggott unknown
21/08/1937 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 49 Jack Baggott unknown
28/08/1937 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 3 Jack Baggott unknown