1918 VFL Season: Essendon
These are the details of the premiership results for Essendon for the 1918 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 eighth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1918 VFL Season
Team:
Essendon
Club:
Essendon
Home Ground:
East Melbourne
Team Results
Ladder Position:
8th (W-D-L: 3-0-11, P%: 64.2)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander, Jim | 1 | 0 | R14 | |
| Baring, Fred | #1 | 8 | 1 | R01, R05-11 |
| Barr, Sydney | #26 | 1 | 0 | R08 |
| Belcher, Allan | #20 | 10 | 3 | R05-14 |
| Bowe, Len | #4 | 13 | 0 | R01-06, R08-14 |
| Chalmers, Wally | #2 | 6 | 1 | R02-06, R08 |
| Coffey, Bill | 1 | 0 | R01 | |
| Condon, Jim | #24 | 11 | 11 | R01-08, R12-14 |
| Day, Bert | #21 | 14 | 0 | R01-14 |
| Donald, Bobby | #5 | 8 | 1 | R05-07, R09-13 |
| Drinkwater, Bert | #25 | 10 | 2 | R05-14 |
| Dunn, Norm | #21 | 10 | 3 | R01, R04, R06-07, R09-14 |
| Fitzmaurice, Tom | #3 | 10 | 4 | R02-06, R09-10, R12-14 |
| Furlong, Phil | #14 | 5 | 3 | R01-04, R07 |
| Gove, Cyril | #19 | 2 | 0 | R07-08 |
| Greenwood, Tom | #29 | 2 | 0 | R08, R13 |
| Hall, Norm | #6 | 10 | 15 | R01-03, R05, R07, R10-14 |
| Hanson, Bill | #28 | 3 | 1 | R09-11 |
| Hemingway, George | 1 | 0 | R14 | |
| Kirby, Jack | #11 | 2 | 0 | R03-04 |
| Laing, Roy | #15 | 11 | 0 | R01-03, R06-13 |
| Lavelle, Jim | 1 | 1 | R11 | |
| Martyn, Perc | #7 | 4 | 0 | R01-04 |
| McDonald, Paddy | #28 | 6 | 2 | R08-13 |
| McGarity, Jack | #29 | 2 | 0 | R03-04 |
| McInerney, Leo | #23 | 9 | 2 | R01-02, R04, R07-10, R12-13 |
| Nankervis, Vic | #26 | 1 | 0 | R03 |
| O'Connor, Alby | #10 | 4 | 1 | R04-07 |
| Ogden, Percy | #16 | 13 | 4 | R01-03, R05-14 |
| Phillips, Len | #30 | 4 | 0 | R04-05, R07, R14 |
| Richardson, Ned | #12 | 14 | 0 | R01-14 |
| Sawyer, Harry | #28 | 4 | 0 | R02-05 |
| Shea, Paddy | #18 | 12 | 7 | R01-02, R04-10, R12-14 |
| Sinclair, Col | #13 | 6 | 0 | R01-06 |
| Sprague, Eric | 3 | 0 | R09, R11, R14 | |
| Sullivan, Jimmy | #8 | 10 | 2 | R01-06, R08-11 |
| Taylor, Jim | #22 | 1 | 0 | R02 |
| Walsh, Dave | #17 | 10 | 3 | R01, R03, R07-14 |
| Wollacott, Bertie | #26 | 2 | 1 | R12, R14 |
| Wylie, Bill | #9 | 7 | 1 | R01-02, R06, R11-14 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worrall, Jack | 14 | 3 | -0- | 11 | R01-14 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/05/1918 | Round 1 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 12 | Jack Worrall | Fred Baring |
| 18/05/1918 | Round 2 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 7 | Jack Worrall | Percy Ogden |
| 25/05/1918 | Round 3 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 16 | Jack Worrall | Percy Ogden |
| 01/06/1918 | Round 4 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 38 | Jack Worrall | Paddy Shea |
| 08/06/1918 | Round 5 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 41 | Jack Worrall | Fred Baring |
| 15/06/1918 | Round 6 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 20 | Jack Worrall | Fred Baring |
| 22/06/1918 | Round 7 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 65 | Jack Worrall | Fred Baring |
| 29/06/1918 | Round 8 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 23 | Jack Worrall | Fred Baring |
| 06/07/1918 | Round 9 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 8 | Jack Worrall | Fred Baring |
| 13/07/1918 | Round 10 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 19 | Jack Worrall | Fred Baring |
| 20/07/1918 | Round 11 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 49 | Jack Worrall | Fred Baring |
| 27/07/1918 | Round 12 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 16 | Jack Worrall | Percy Ogden |
| 03/08/1918 | Round 13 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 33 | Jack Worrall | Percy Ogden |
| 10/08/1918 | Round 14 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 42 | Jack Worrall | Percy Ogden |