1909 VFL Season: University

Season Team Details

Competition: 1909 VFL Season
Team: University
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 7-2-9, P%: 100.1)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals

Team Leaders

Captains: Tom Fogarty, Harry Cordner

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Balfe, Rupert 1 0 R03
Boyd, Hugh 1 2 R14
Boynton, Frank 6 6 R09-10, R13-16
Brake, Jack 9 0 R10-18
Browning, Denby 18 13 R01-18
Cordner, Harry 18 3 R01-18
Cordner, Ted 18 6 R01-18
Crawford, Frank 13 0 R01-02, R04-13, R16
Dossetor, Frank 3 0 R04-05, R07
Elliott, George 13 3 R06-18
Fogarty, Chris 6 3 R01-05, R08
Fogarty, Tom 3 0 R01-03
Fraser, Simon 2 0 R11, R13
Gardner, Mark 11 0 R02-05, R08, R10-15
Good, Norman 4 0 R03, R05-07
Grant, Alex 1 0 R01
Gray, Jack 15 0 R01-02, R04-06, R08-12, R14-18
Greenham, Dave 9 1 R09-14, R16-18
Hartkopf, Bert 9 19 R04-07, R12, R14-17
Hurrey, Bert 18 10 R01-18
Jones, Jack 17 1 R02-18
Kerr, Frank 17 2 R01-06, R08-18
Kneen, Edgar 5 4 R01, R03-06
Larking, Ron 1 0 R18
Martin, Stan 2 0 R17-18
Matthews, Rupe 10 5 R01-03, R06-09, R11-13
O'Brien, Tom 1 2 R18
Ogilvie, Alick 9 7 R01-02, R04-10
Piper, Jim 1 0 R07
Ratz, Martin 11 11 R01-05, R08-09, R15-18
Richards, Norm 15 5 R01-04, R06-07, R10-18
Robertson, Alex 10 0 R02-03, R07-09, R14-18
Tymms, Athol 18 11 R01-18
West, Jack 10 0 R06-13, R15, R17
Wilson, Arthur 17 0 R01, R03-18
Yeo, Norm 2 2 R01-02

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Team Line-Up

Back: Bert Hurrey Frank Crawford Jack Gray
Half-Back: Alex Robertson Arthur Wilson Norm Richards
Centre: Jack Jones Harry Cordner Mark Gardner
Half-Forward: Ted Cordner Tom Fogarty Alick Ogilvie
Forward: Rupe Matthews Norm Yeo Athol Tymms
Follower: Denby Browning Frank Kerr Martin Ratz

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 18 matches was used.

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/05/1909 Round 1 Carlton AWAY WIN UNIV by 15 unknown Tom Fogarty
08/05/1909 Round 2 Richmond HOME LOSS RICH by 5 unknown Tom Fogarty
15/05/1909 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STKL by 21 unknown Tom Fogarty
22/05/1909 Round 4 Essendon AWAY WIN UNIV by 9 unknown Harry Cordner
29/05/1909 Round 5 Geelong HOME WIN UNIV by 35 unknown Harry Cordner
05/06/1909 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MELB by 19 unknown Harry Cordner
07/06/1909 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 36 unknown Harry Cordner
12/06/1909 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 63 unknown Harry Cordner
26/06/1909 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN UNIV by 40 unknown Harry Cordner
03/07/1909 Round 10 Carlton HOME LOSS CARL by 20 unknown Harry Cordner
10/07/1909 Round 11 Richmond AWAY WIN UNIV by 31 unknown Harry Cordner
17/07/1909 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN UNIV by 54 unknown Harry Cordner
24/07/1909 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 32 unknown Harry Cordner
31/07/1909 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN UNIV by 40 unknown Harry Cordner
14/08/1909 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 1 unknown Harry Cordner
21/08/1909 Round 16 Collingwood HOME DRAW drawn unknown Harry Cordner
28/08/1909 Round 17 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SMLB by 26 unknown Harry Cordner
04/09/1909 Round 18 Fitzroy AWAY DRAW drawn unknown Harry Cordner