1897 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Competition: 1897 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 11-0-3, P%: 158.7)
Finals Performance: Premiers

Team Leaders

Captain: George Stuckey
Vice-Captain: Gus Kearney

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Anderson, Jim 16 1 R01-09, R11-14, RF1-3
Ball, Fred 5 1 R03-05, R09, R14
Barry, Son 17 5 R01-14, RF1-3
Brown, Harold 6 1 R03-05, R07-08, R14
Campbell, Colin 2 1 RF1-2
Cleghorn, Arthur 15 13 R01-05, R07-09, R11-14, RF1-3
Cochrane, George 2 1 RF2-3
Collins, Maurie 12 0 R01, R04-13, RF3
Collins, Tod 14 8 R01-04, R06-08, R10-14, RF1, RF3
Croft, Edgar 10 10 R02, R05-08, R11, R13, RF1-3
Darcy, Jim 9 1 R01-04, R06, R08-10, R14
Ferguson, Dave 1 0 RF2
Forbes, Charlie 16 2 R01-03, R05-14, RF1-3
Gavin, Hugh 15 14 R02-11, R13-14, RF1-3
Graham, Johnny 1 2 R01
Groves, Joe 16 0 R01-13, RF1-3
Hastings, George 8 2 R01-03, R06, R10, R14, RF1, RF3
Kearney, Gus 11 6 R04, R06-08, R11-14, RF1-3
Kinnear, Ted 16 3 R01-13, RF1-3
Leach, Arthur 4 2 R09-12
Martin, George 16 1 R01-02, R04-14, RF1-3
McCormick, Bob 1 0 R01
Moore, Charlie 4 2 R09-10, R13-14
Officer, Gus 5 4 R01-03, R10, R12
Officer, Ned 14 0 R01-02, R06-14, RF1-3
O'Loughlin, Pat 16 1 R01-03, R05-14, RF1-3
Park, Jim 6 0 R04-06, R08-09, R14
Salkeld, Bert 5 3 R01-05
Stamp, Alby 2 0 R12, R14
Stuckey, George 15 0 R01-13, RF1-2
Sykes, Archie 11 1 R03-04, R06-07, R11-14, RF1-3
Thurgood, Jimmy 3 2 R04-05, R10
Vautin, George 14 1 R02-03, R05-13, RF1-3
Waugh, Norm 15 23 R01-04, R07-14, RF1-3
White, Jim 1 1 R05
Wright, Harry 16 2 R01-07, R09-14, RF1-3

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Team Line-Up

Back: Maurie Collins Ned Officer Jim Darcy
Half-Back: George Stuckey Jim Anderson Jim Park
Centre: Joe Groves Harry Wright George Vautin
Half-Forward: Archie Sykes Tod Collins George Hastings
Forward: Edgar Croft Hugh Gavin George Martin
Follower: Charlie Forbes Gus Kearney Ted Kinnear
Pat O'Loughlin Son Barry

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 2 out of 17 matches was used.

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
08/05/1897 Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN ESSE by 23 unknown George Stuckey
15/05/1897 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 20 unknown George Stuckey
24/05/1897 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN ESSE by 37 unknown George Stuckey
29/05/1897 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESSE by 22 unknown George Stuckey
05/06/1897 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESSE by 37 unknown George Stuckey
19/06/1897 Round 6 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESSE by 3 unknown George Stuckey
22/06/1897 Round 7 Melbourne HOME WIN ESSE by 36 unknown George Stuckey
26/06/1897 Round 8 Geelong HOME LOSS GEEL by 25 unknown George Stuckey
03/07/1897 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESSE by 9 unknown George Stuckey
10/07/1897 Round 10 Carlton AWAY WIN ESSE by 29 unknown George Stuckey
17/07/1897 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESSE by 32 unknown George Stuckey
24/07/1897 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN ESSE by 91 unknown George Stuckey
31/07/1897 Round 13 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESSE by 4 unknown George Stuckey
07/08/1897 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 17 unknown Gus Kearney
21/08/1897 Round-Robin Final 1 Geelong AWAY WIN ESSE by 6 unknown George Stuckey
28/08/1897 Round-Robin Final 2 Collingwood HOME WIN ESSE by 40 unknown George Stuckey
04/09/1897 Round-Robin Final 3 Melbourne HOME WIN ESSE by 6 unknown Gus Kearney