1899 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Competition: 1899 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 8-0-6, P%: 136.7)
Finals Performance: 4th place in round-robin finals series (Ladder A)

Team Leaders

Captain: Eddie Sholl

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Cumberland, Cec 5 3 R05-06, R12-14
Cumberland, Vic 14 2 R01-04, R08-14, RF1-3
Davidson, Jack 6 0 R01, R05, R08, R14, RF1-2
Elliott, Fred 12 4 R01-10, R12-13
Finlay, Joe 1 0 RF3
Geddes, Stewart 13 0 R01-03, R06-08, R10-11, R13-14, RF1-3
Graham, Jack 2 1 R14, RF3
Herring, Maurie 12 0 R02, R04-07, R09, R11-14, RF1-2
Illingworth, Charlie 14 0 R01-14
Leith, Jack 16 21 R01-03, R05-14, RF1-3
Lewis, Austin 17 0 R01-14, RF1-3
MacPherson, Les 2 0 R06, R13
McClelland, Bill 2 1 RF2-3
McGinis, Fred 17 3 R01-14, RF1-3
Mitchell, Henry 9 0 R08-13, RF1-3
Moodie, George 13 2 R01-07, R09-11, RF1-3
Moriarty, Dan 9 0 R01-07, R12, R14
Moysey, George 10 8 R01-02, R04-05, R09-11, RF1-3
Paul, Laurie 1 2 R03
Pirrie, Dick 8 7 R04, R07-08, R10-14
Rankin, Leo 1 0 RF3
Reid, Curtis 15 0 R03-14, RF1-3
Rippon, Les 17 0 R01-14, RF1-3
Ryan, Tommy 16 11 R01-13, RF1-3
Scanlan, Pat 1 0 R13
Sholl, Eddie 16 0 R01-14, RF1-2
Sinclair, Arthur 1 0 RF3
Sowden, Arthur 12 1 R01-05, R07-10, RF1-3
Strahan, Dave 1 0 R14
Wardill, Dick 14 6 R01-09, R11-12, R14, RF1-2
Wood, Alf 13 1 R01-04, R06-12, RF1-2
Young, Charlie 16 5 R01-14, RF1, RF3

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Team Line-Up

Back: Les Rippon Curtis Reid Charlie Illingworth
Half-Back: Maurie Herring Alf Wood Eddie Sholl
Centre: Arthur Sowden Austin Lewis Dan Moriarty
Half-Forward: Jack Leith George Moysey Charlie Young
Forward: Dick Pirrie Fred Elliott Tommy Ryan
Follower: George Moodie Dick Wardill Fred McGinis

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 13 out of 17 matches was used.

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
13/05/1899 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN MELB by 93 unknown Eddie Sholl
20/05/1899 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY WIN MELB by 27 unknown Eddie Sholl
24/05/1899 Round 3 Carlton AWAY WIN MELB by 26 unknown Eddie Sholl
27/05/1899 Round 4 Geelong HOME WIN MELB by 5 unknown Eddie Sholl
03/06/1899 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME WIN MELB by 11 unknown Eddie Sholl
10/06/1899 Round 6 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 14 unknown Eddie Sholl
17/06/1899 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN MELB by 7 unknown Eddie Sholl
24/06/1899 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN MELB by 17 unknown Eddie Sholl
08/07/1899 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 8 unknown Eddie Sholl
15/07/1899 Round 10 Carlton HOME WIN MELB by 32 unknown Eddie Sholl
22/07/1899 Round 11 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEEL by 14 unknown Eddie Sholl
29/07/1899 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 8 unknown Eddie Sholl
05/08/1899 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 13 unknown Eddie Sholl
12/08/1899 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 7 unknown Eddie Sholl
26/08/1899 Round-Robin Final 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 20 unknown Eddie Sholl
02/09/1899 Round-Robin Final 2 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 38 unknown Eddie Sholl
09/09/1899 Round-Robin Final 3 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 25 unknown unknown