1897 VFL Season: Essendon
These are the details of the premiership results for Essendon for the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used East Melbourne as their home ground, playing seven matches there (seven as hosts). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After facing Geelong, Collingwood and Melbourne in a round-robin finals series, Essendon finished first. Since Essendon were the outright winners of the round-robin finals (i.e. without using percentage as a tie-breaker), they won the premiership.
Team Details
Competition:
1897 VFL Season
Team:
Essendon
Club:
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |