1900 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Competition: 1900 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 8-0-6, P%: 137.3)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Melbourne (Preliminary Final)

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Anderson, Jim 17 1 R01-10, R12-14, RF1-3, PF
Barry, Son 17 3 R02-14, RF1-3, PF
Cleghorn, Arthur 8 6 R02, R04-10
Collins, Maurie 12 1 R01-02, R04-08, R10-13, RF3
Collins, Tod 14 3 R01, R03, R06-14, RF1-2, PF
Crebbin, Bill 1 0 R11
Dear, Alf 6 1 R05-10
Fitzpatrick, Hugh 15 12 R01-03, R05-08, R10, R12-14, RF1-3, PF
Forbes, Charlie 4 5 R03, R12-14
Gavin, Hugh 18 0 R01-14, RF1-3, PF
Grace, Billy 4 1 R04-06, R11
Griffith, Billy 15 5 R01-04, R06-08, R11-14, RF1-3, PF
Groves, Joe 11 0 R01-02, R04, R06-09, R12-13, RF2-3
Hall, Alec 1 0 R02
Hastings, George 16 0 R01-05, R07-12, R14, RF1-3, PF
Hiskins, Fred 4 9 RF1-3, PF
Hunter, Herb 3 0 R04-06
Jackson, Bill 8 3 R03, R08-10, R14, RF1-2, PF
Johns, Hughie 1 2 R11
Jones, Llew 5 2 R01-02, R05-06, R08
Kinnear, Ted 17 1 R01-14, RF1, RF3, PF
Larkin, Jimmy 12 14 R01-03, R05, R11-14, RF1-3, PF
Leahy, Tommy 2 0 R01, R11
Martin, George 16 6 R01-10, R13-14, RF1-3, PF
Officer, Gus 17 1 R01-05, R07-14, RF1-3, PF
O'Loughlin, Pat 10 2 R01-02, R04-11
Peppard, Mick 15 1 R01-07, R09, R12-14, RF1-3, PF
Rainey, Les 1 0 R11
Scott, Fred 18 17 R01-14, RF1-3, PF
Stuckey, George 14 2 R01, R03-04, R07, R09-14, RF1-3, PF
Thurgood, Albert 11 25 R03-04, R09-10, R12-14, RF1-3, PF
Wright, Harry 11 1 R03, R09-14, RF1-3, PF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Team Line-Up

Back: Ted Kinnear Hugh Gavin Maurie Collins
Half-Back: Mick Peppard Jim Anderson Gus Officer
Centre: Joe Groves Herb Hunter George Hastings
Half-Forward: Billy Griffith Fred Scott Llew Jones
Forward: Hugh Fitzpatrick Billy Grace Jimmy Larkin
Follower: George Martin Pat O'Loughlin Arthur Cleghorn

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 5 out of 18 matches was used.

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
05/05/1900 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESSE by 56 unknown George Stuckey
12/05/1900 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 16 unknown Jim Anderson
18/08/1900 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESSE by 6 unknown George Stuckey
23/05/1900 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN ESSE by 69 unknown George Stuckey
26/05/1900 Round 5 Carlton AWAY WIN ESSE by 5 unknown Jim Anderson
02/06/1900 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESSE by 11 unknown Tod Collins
09/06/1900 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEEL by 22 unknown George Stuckey
23/06/1900 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 28 unknown Tod Collins
30/06/1900 Round 9 Melbourne HOME LOSS MELB by 26 unknown George Stuckey
07/07/1900 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 14 unknown George Stuckey
14/07/1900 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 21 unknown George Stuckey
28/07/1900 Round 12 Carlton HOME WIN ESSE by 49 unknown George Stuckey
04/08/1900 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN ESSE by 92 unknown George Stuckey
11/08/1900 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN ESSE by 20 unknown George Stuckey
25/08/1900 Round-Robin Final 1 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESSE by 40 unknown George Stuckey
01/09/1900 Round-Robin Final 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESSE by 3 unknown George Stuckey
08/09/1900 Round-Robin Final 3 Carlton HOME WIN ESSE by 85 unknown George Stuckey
15/09/1900 Preliminary Final Melbourne HOME LOSS MELB by 2 unknown George Stuckey