1896 VFA Season: Essendon
These are the details of the premiership results of Essendon for the 1896 VFA season. The team finished the regular season in third place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1896 VFA Season
Team:
Essendon
Home Ground:
East Melbourne
Team Results
Ladder Position:
3rd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 175.4)
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 | ||||||
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.