1938 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 9-0-9, P%: 102.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Dick Reynolds (18)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tom Reynolds (68)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Dick Reynolds

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Len Webster

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allister, Jack #6 1 R06 1
Baker, Norm #7 15 R03-R14, R16-R18 0
Begley, Les #24 13 R05-R12, R14-R18 9
Bell, George #12 10 R02-R03, R09, R11, R13-R18 0
Bryce, Ted #9 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 18
Buckley, Paul #18 2 R03-R04 0
Caesar, Jack #5 15 R04-R18 5
Cahill, Bill #22 12 R01-R04, R07, R09-R15 0
Cassin, Jack #19 12 R01-R04, R10-R11, R13-R18 6
Exelby, Murray #4 18 R01-R18 13
Hall, Billy #31 7 R01-R06, R13 5
Kelly, Frank #23 12 R01-R03, R07-R15 2
Lippiatt, Harry #17 13 R05-R13, R15-R18 1
Luff, Bill #11 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 0
Maltby, Arnold #5 6 R04-R05, R13-R16 1
Maynes, Leo #10 10 R01-R09, R15 0
McDermott, Norm #2 5 R01-R03, R11, R16 7
McGain, Syd #22 1 R06 1
Paterson, Peter #18 2 R17-R18 0
Plummer, Elton #8 11 R01-R02, R07-R08, R10-R14, R17-R18 1
Powell, Les #15 5 R01, R04-R06, R12 0
Reynolds, Dick #3 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 44
Reynolds, Tom #29 18 R01-R18 68
Rippon, Ted #21 13 R01-R03, R05-R08, R11-R12, R15-R18 0
Slater, Syd #16 5 R08-R10, R12, R16 0
Smith, Noel #30 3 R01-R03 0
Standfield, Bob #6 13 R05-R15, R17-R18 1
Torney, Hugh #20 16 R01-R05, R07-R14, R16-R18 2
Wallace, Len #17 3 R01-R02, R04 0
Watts, Ray #28 17 R01, R03-R18 60
Webster, Len #32 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 11
Welch, Dick #15 1 R02 0
Wilson, Stan #14 15 R04-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 9 -0- 9 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1938 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 34 Jack Baggott Len Webster
30/04/1938 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 53 Jack Baggott Len Webster
07/05/1938 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 1 Jack Baggott Len Webster
14/05/1938 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 24 Jack Baggott Len Webster
21/05/1938 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 20 Jack Baggott Len Webster
28/05/1938 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 14 Jack Baggott Len Webster
04/06/1938 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 13 Jack Baggott Len Webster
11/06/1938 Round 8 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 23 Jack Baggott Len Webster
18/06/1938 Round 9 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 5 Jack Baggott Len Webster
25/06/1938 Round 10 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 11 Jack Baggott Len Webster
02/07/1938 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 6 Jack Baggott Len Webster
13/06/1938 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 46 Jack Baggott unknown
23/07/1938 Round 13 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 1 Jack Baggott Len Webster
30/07/1938 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 6 Jack Baggott Len Webster
06/08/1938 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 17 Jack Baggott Len Webster
13/08/1938 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 5 Jack Baggott Len Webster
20/08/1938 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 11 Jack Baggott Len Webster
27/08/1938 Round 18 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 21 Jack Baggott Len Webster