1950 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 17-0-1, P%: 162.2%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Bill Hutchison (15)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Coleman (112)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Bill Hutchison

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dick Reynolds

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allanson, Noel #33 8 R01-R02, R06, R14-R16, R18, GF 0
Bigelow, Doug #19 8 R01, R03-R06, R15-R17 1
Bradley, Bob #27 13 R01-R08, R10, R13-R15, SF 0
Brittingham, Bill #23 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Coleman, John #10 19 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, GF 120
Collins, Jack #2 13 R04, R07-R12, R14-R17, SF, GF 1
Dale, Alan #15 6 R15-R18, SF, GF 1
Gardiner, Les #18 14 R04-R11, R15-R18, SF, GF 0
Gilmore, Brian #28 2 R13-R14 0
Goninon, George #18 2 R01-R02 1
Harper, Bert #8 5 R13-R14, R17-R18, GF 3
Hassell, George #6 2 R05-R06 0
Hutchison, Bill #7 19 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, GF 38
Jones, Jack #24 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 18
Lambert, Chris #14 19 R01-R14, R16-R18, SF, GF 0
Lambert, Harold #17 16 R02-R08, R10-R14, R16-R17, SF, GF 0
Leehane, Ted #9 13 R03-R10, R12-R15, GF 23
Leehane, Tom #1 4 R04, R09, R12, R15 0
Martini, Ray #1 4 R11-R12, R15, R18 0
May, Wally #12 19 R01-R14, R16-R18, SF, GF 0
McClure, Bob #31 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 2
McConnell, Roy #25 18 R01-R03, R05-R14, R16-R18, SF, GF 0
McDonald, Norm #4 16 R01-R03, R06, R09-R18, SF, GF 0
McEwin, Ron #11 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 25
McGillivray, Mal #34 1 R18 0
McLeish, John #5 2 R01, R03 0
Newton, Ken #17 3 R02, R04-R05 0
O'Halloran, Jack #13 3 R09, R11, R14 0
Payne, Fred #35 10 R07-R11, R13-R16, SF 1
Reynolds, Dick #3 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 26
Snell, Bill #22 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 7
Syme, Bob #26 13 R01-R03, R07-R12, R17-R18, SF, GF 9
Tate, Greg #16 19 R01-R18, SF 34
Thaw, Alan #36 9 R01-R05, R07-R08, R12-R13 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)
Reynolds, Dick 20 19 -0- 1 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1950 Round 1 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 6 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
29/04/1950 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 105 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
06/05/1950 Round 3 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 55 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
13/05/1950 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 71 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
20/05/1950 Round 5 Richmond AWAY WIN ESS by 32 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
27/05/1950 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 15 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
03/06/1950 Round 7 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 64 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
10/06/1950 Round 8 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 5 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
17/06/1950 Round 9 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 86 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
24/06/1950 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 9 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
01/07/1950 Round 11 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 42 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
08/07/1950 Round 12 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 28 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
15/07/1950 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 92 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
22/07/1950 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 17 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
05/08/1950 Round 15 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 2 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
12/08/1950 Round 16 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 57 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
19/08/1950 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 8 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
26/08/1950 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 81 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
09/09/1950 Semi Final North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 3 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
23/09/1950 Grand Final North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 38 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds