1896 VFA Season: Essendon

These are the details of the premiership results for Essendon for the 1896 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League). The team used East Melbourne as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in third place.

Team Details

Competition: 1896 VFA Season
Team: Essendon
Club: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 189.1)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals

Team Leaders

Captain: Archie Sykes
Vice-Captain: George Stuckey

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1896 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESSE by 4 unknown unknown
09/05/1896 Round 2 Carlton HOME WIN ESSE by 10 unknown unknown
16/05/1896 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESSE by 1 unknown unknown
25/05/1896 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN ESSE by 2 unknown unknown
30/05/1896 Round 5 St Kilda HOME WIN ESSE by 8 unknown unknown
13/06/1896 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESSE by 2 unknown unknown
20/06/1896 Round 7 Port Melbourne HOME WIN ESSE by 2 unknown unknown
27/06/1896 Round 8 Williamstown AWAY WIN ESSE by 4 unknown unknown
04/07/1896 Round 9 Richmond AWAY WIN ESSE by 8 unknown unknown
11/07/1896 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEEL by 2 unknown unknown
Round 11 BYE
25/07/1896 Round 12 Footscray HOME WIN ESSE by 7 unknown unknown
01/08/1896 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESSE by 3 unknown unknown
08/08/1896 Round 14 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESSE by 7 unknown unknown
15/08/1896 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 2 unknown unknown
26/09/1896 Round 16 Geelong AWAY WIN ESSE by 4 unknown unknown
05/09/1896 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 3 unknown unknown
22/08/1896 Round 18 Melbourne HOME LOSS MELB by 2 unknown unknown
19/09/1896 Round 19 Footscray AWAY WIN ESSE by 4 unknown unknown
Round 20 BYE