1918 VFL Season: Essendon
These are the details of the premiership results of Essendon for the 1918 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in eighth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1918 VFL Season
Team:
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 |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.