1924 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Competition: 1924 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 11-1-4, P%: 131.6)
Finals Performance: Premiers

Team Leaders

Captain: Syd Barker
Vice-Captain: Frank Maher

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Adam, Ken #26 2 0 R08-09
Baring, Fred #5 5 0 R14-15, RF1-3
Barker, Syd #1 14 5 R01, R03-06, R08-11, R13, R15, R17-18, RF1
Beckton, Norm #3 18 13 R01-06, R08-15, R17-18, RF2-3
Callahan, Joe #22 9 5 R05-06, R08-13, R18
Campbell, Garnet #17 12 3 R03-06, R08-15
Cookson, Bill #19 2 3 R17-18
Donaldson, Clyde #2 19 0 R01-06, R08-15, R17-18, RF1-3
Farrell, Charlie #11 7 0 R04, R12, R17-18, RF1-3
Fitzmaurice, Tom #6 18 1 R02-06, R08-15, R17-18, RF1-3
Garden, Jack #28 10 1 R01, R04-06, R08, R14-15, R18, RF1-2
Gregory, Harry #12 17 0 R01-06, R08, R10-15, R17, RF1-3
Hardy, Charlie #33 2 2 R10, RF3
Harrison, Joe #13 5 0 R01-03, R05, R09
Hayes, Bill #4 2 0 R01-02
Hunter, Harry #7 19 1 R01-06, R08-15, R17-18, RF1-3
Irwin, Vince #18 15 28 R01-06, R08-15, R17
Jenkins, Tommy #21 16 50 R01-04, R09-15, R17-18, RF1-3
Kittle, Les #23 1 0 R13
Laing, Roy #15 19 0 R01-06, R08-15, R17-18, RF1-3
Maher, Frank #24 19 19 R01-06, R08-15, R17-18, RF1-3
Marchesi, Val #27 1 0 R02
May, Charlie #14 19 1 R01-06, R08-15, R17-18, RF1-3
McCarthy, Justin #16 12 9 R01-04, R12, R14-15, R17-18, RF1-3
Rawle, George #6 17 4 R02-04, R06, R08-15, R17-18, RF1-3
Shorten, George #30 18 12 R01-06, R08-12, R14-15, R17-18, RF1-3
Stockdale, Greg #25 16 24 R01-06, R10-11, R13-15, R17-18, RF1-3
Sullivan, Jimmy #8 12 5 R01, R05-06, R08-09, R11-13, R17, RF1-3
Watt, Rowley #10 16 2 R01-03, R05-06, R08-14, R18, RF1-3

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Barker, Syd 19 13 -1- 5 R01-06, R08-15, R17-18, RF1-3

Team Line-Up

Back: Clyde Donaldson Harry Hunter Harry Gregory
Half-Back: Roy Laing Tom Fitzmaurice Charlie Farrell
Centre: Garnet Campbell Charlie May Jack Garden
Half-Forward: George Shorten Vince Irwin Rowley Watt
Forward: Greg Stockdale Justin McCarthy Tommy Jenkins
Follower: Norm Beckton George Rawle Frank Maher

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 19 out of 19 matches was used.

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
26/04/1924 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 16 Syd Barker Syd Barker
03/05/1924 Round 2 Carlton AWAY DRAW drawn Syd Barker Frank Maher
10/05/1924 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESSE by 26 Syd Barker Syd Barker
17/05/1924 Round 4 Geelong AWAY WIN ESSE by 20 Syd Barker Syd Barker
24/05/1924 Round 5 Richmond HOME WIN ESSE by 63 Syd Barker Syd Barker
31/05/1924 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 7 Syd Barker Syd Barker
Round 7 BYE
14/06/1924 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN ESSE by 82 Syd Barker Syd Barker
21/06/1924 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESSE by 29 Syd Barker Syd Barker
28/06/1924 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESSE by 26 Syd Barker Syd Barker
05/07/1924 Round 11 Carlton HOME WIN ESSE by 17 Syd Barker Syd Barker
12/07/1924 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 13 Syd Barker Frank Maher
19/07/1924 Round 13 Geelong HOME WIN ESSE by 12 Syd Barker Syd Barker
26/07/1924 Round 14 Richmond AWAY WIN ESSE by 29 Syd Barker Frank Maher
02/08/1924 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESSE by 12 Syd Barker Syd Barker
Round 16 BYE
30/08/1924 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESSE by 24 Syd Barker Syd Barker
06/09/1924 Round 18 Melbourne HOME LOSS MELB by 14 Syd Barker Syd Barker
13/09/1924 Round-Robin Final 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESSE by 40 Syd Barker Syd Barker
20/09/1924 Round-Robin Final 2 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESSE by 33 Syd Barker Frank Maher
27/09/1924 Round-Robin Final 3 Richmond HOME LOSS RICH by 20 Syd Barker Frank Maher