1949 VFL Season: Essendon
Season Team Details
Season:
1949 VFL Season
Team:
Essendon
Home Ground:
Windy Hill
Team Results
Ladder Position:
4th (W-D-L: 13-0-6, P%: 120.7%)
Finals Performance:
Premiers
Players:
33
Brownlow Leader(s):
John Coleman (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away):
John Coleman (85)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s):
John Coleman
Team Leaders
Captain(s):
Dick Reynolds
Vice-Captain(s):
Wally Buttsworth
Player Results
| Player | Guernsey(s) | Match(es) | Round(s) | Goal(s) | Brownlow |
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| Allanson, Noel | #33 | 15 | R01-R09, R12-R13, R16-R19 | 0 | |
| Bigelow, Doug | #19 | 18 | R01-R04, R06-R09, R11-R15, R17-R19, SF, PF | 6 | |
| Bradley, Bob | #27 | 17 | R02, R04-R09, R13-R19, SF, PF, GF | 0 | |
| Brittingham, Bill | #23 | 20 | R01-R07, R10-R19, SF, PF, GF | 4 | |
| Buttsworth, Wally | #15 | 10 | R01-R07, R09, R14-R15 | 0 | |
| Coleman, John | #10 | 21 | R01-R13, R15-R19, SF, PF, GF | 100 | |
| Fisher, Vic | #1 | 13 | R01-R05, R14-R15, R17-R19, SF, PF, GF | 2 | |
| Gardiner, Les | #18 | 22 | R01-R19, SF, PF, GF | 0 | |
| Goninon, George | #32 | 5 | R01, R06-R07, R10-R11 | 3 | |
| Goodingham, Ivan | #30 | 3 | R01-R02, R04 | 0 | |
| Harper, Bert | #8 | 7 | R03-R04, R10-R13, R16 | 0 | |
| Hassell, George | #6 | 12 | R01-R04, R06-R08, R10, R12-R14, GF | 1 | |
| Hutchison, Bill | #7 | 21 | R01-R13, R15-R19, SF, PF, GF | 37 | |
| Jones, Jack | #24 | 22 | R01-R19, SF, PF, GF | 20 | |
| Lambert, Chris | #14 | 13 | R01-R05, R09-R12, R14-R17 | 0 | |
| Lambert, Harold | #17 | 17 | R03-R10, R12, R14-R17, R19, SF, PF, GF | 0 | |
| Lane, Gordon | #22 | 7 | R02-R03, R16-R19, GF | 8 | |
| Leehane, Ted | #9 | 13 | R01-R02, R05-R10, R18-R19, SF, PF, GF | 18 | |
| May, Wally | #12 | 19 | R01, R03-R10, R13-R19, SF, PF, GF | 0 | |
| McClure, Bob | #31 | 17 | R01-R02, R05-R06, R10-R19, SF, PF, GF | 2 | |
| McConnell, Roy | #25 | 15 | R08-R19, SF, PF, GF | 0 | |
| McDonald, Norm | #4 | 21 | R01-R02, R04-R19, SF, PF, GF | 0 | |
| McEwin, Ron | #11 | 10 | R08-R11, R13, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF | 6 | |
| McLeish, John | #5 | 8 | R07-R12, R15, R17 | 0 | |
| Newton, Ken | #29 | 8 | R03, R05, R07-R09, R11-R13 | 4 | |
| Payne, Fred | #35 | 3 | R14-R16 | 2 | |
| Rawle, Keith | #2 | 19 | R01-R12, R14-R16, R19, SF, PF, GF | 14 | |
| Reynolds, Dick | #3 | 20 | R01-R06, R08-R11, R13-R19, SF, PF, GF | 23 | |
| Ruddell, Cec | #21 | 1 | R05 | 0 | |
| Simpson, Jack | #21 | 4 | R11-R13, R16 | 0 | |
| Syme, Bob | #26 | 17 | R02-R14, R18, SF, PF, GF | 12 | |
| Tate, Greg | #16 | 16 | R01, R03, R06-R08, R11-R19, SF, PF | 19 | |
| Thaw, Alan | #36 | 6 | R14, R18-R19, SF, PF, GF | 0 |
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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) | |||
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| Reynolds, Dick | 22 | 16 | -0- | 6 | R01-R19, SF, PF, GF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
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| 16/04/1949 | Round 1 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | ESS by 63 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 23/04/1949 | Round 2 | North Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 19 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 30/04/1949 | Round 3 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 49 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 07/05/1949 | Round 4 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CAR by 19 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 14/05/1949 | Round 5 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | ESS by 15 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 21/05/1949 | Round 6 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COL by 1 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 28/05/1949 | Round 7 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MEL by 15 | Dick Reynolds | Wally Buttsworth |
| 04/06/1949 | Round 8 | Footscray | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 13 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 11/06/1949 | Round 9 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SOU by 25 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 18/06/1949 | Round 10 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FIT by 3 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 02/07/1949 | Round 11 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEE by 95 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 09/07/1949 | Round 12 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 70 | Dick Reynolds | unknown |
| 16/07/1949 | Round 13 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | ESS by 21 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 23/07/1949 | Round 14 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | ESS by 31 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 30/07/1949 | Round 15 | Carlton | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 31 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 06/08/1949 | Round 16 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 22 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 13/08/1949 | Round 17 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | ESS by 46 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 20/08/1949 | Round 18 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 25 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 27/08/1949 | Round 19 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | ESS by 36 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 03/09/1949 | Semi Final | Collingwood | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 82 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 17/09/1949 | Preliminary Final | North Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 17 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 24/09/1949 | Grand Final | Carlton | AWAY | WIN | ESS by 73 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
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