Captain - Eddie Fox
Vice-Captain - Richard Kelly
Secretary - RH McLeod
Committee - J. Macdonald, Arthur Hunt, Richard Kelly, Eddie Fox, J. Wilson, CH Ross (MCC committee representative), J. Ryall (MCC committee representative), J. McLaughlin (MCC committee representative)
The committee had 60 applicants to choose their side from, and put together a strong combination that finished second on the ladder. They also won the Stars and Stripes Trophy and five gold watches for scoring the most goals for the season. Their improvement was credited to the training methods of Jim Mitchell and the transfer of a number of players from the struggling Richmond club.
On Wednesday August 9 a match was played under "ancient" rules between teams of old Melbourne and Carlton players.
The club made a profit of 58p, 10s, 1d for the season.
VFA season
Date | Opposition | Result | ||
6 May | Footscray | WIN | ||
13 May | Port Melbourne | WIN | ||
20 May | St Kilda | WIN | ||
24 May | Fitzroy | WIN | ||
27 May | Geelong | WIN | ||
3 June | Richmond | WIN | ||
17 June | South Melbourne | WIN | ||
24 June | North Melbourne | WIN | ||
1 July | Essendon | DRAW | ||
8 July | North Melbourne | WIN | ||
15 July | Collingwood | WIN | ||
22 July | Fitzroy | WIN | ||
29 July | Williamstown | WIN | ||
5 August | Essendon | LOSS | ||
12 August | Carlton | WIN | ||
19 August | Geelong | LOSS | ||
26 August | South Melbourne | DRAW | ||
9 September | St Kilda | DRAW | ||
16 September | Carlton | WIN | ||
23 September | Williamstown | WIN | ||
30 September | Collingwood | WIN |
Other games
Date | Opposition | Result | ||
21 April | Albion United | LOSS | ? | |
23 April | Napier Imperial | LOSS | ? | |
29 April | Public Schools | ? | ||
June | Port Adelaide | WIN | ||
June | South Adelaide | WIN |
Ladder
Position | Team | Win | Draw | Loss |
1st | Essendon | 18 | 2 | 0 |
2nd | Melbourne | 16 | 3 | 2 |
3rd | Geelong | 14 | 2 | 4 |
4th | South Melbourne | 13 | 4 | 4 |
5th | Fitzroy | 11 | 2 | 8 |
6th | Port Melbourne | 8 | 3 | 9 |
7th | St. Kilda | 9 | 1 | 10 |
8th | Footscray | 9 | 0 | 11 |
9th | Collingwood | 7 | 2 | 10 |
10th | Williamstown | 4 | 3 | 13 |
11th | Carlton | 4 | 1 | 15 |
12th | Richmond | 2 | 4 | 14 |
13th | North Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 17 |
Players
Harold Catford, David Christy, Crosby, J. Edwards, Eddie Fox, Herbert Fry, James Graham, Alf Healing, Matt Honey, Ernest Howes, Jack Keane, Albert Kelly, Richard Kelly, Austin Lewis, Lew Massey, AH McKenzie, Alex McKenzie, John McNamara, Jim McRaile, Meagher, Robert Moore, George Moysey, Patrick O'Dea, James O'Halloran, W. O'Leary, P. O'Loughlin, Mick Roche, Severs, Fred Sheahan, Gerald Sheahan, W. Smith, William Stranger, Eddie Toms, Dick Wardill, Joe Wilson, John Wiseman, Charles Young
Goalkickers
M. Roche 31, Smith 22, Christy 16, Kelly 10, Howes 7, Moysey 6, Wilson 5, G. Sheehan 4, O'Leary 3, Fry 2, A. Kelly 2, O'Dea 2, O'Loughlin 2, Wiseman 2, A. McKenzie 1, Meagher 1, F. Sheahan 1, Stranger 1
Notes
The notes about Mitchell and the transfer of players may have been in regards to 1894. May have played Albion United on 21/04/1893. J. Edwards almost certainly Jack Edwards.
Media
Age - 01/04/1893
Herald - 01/04/1893
Australasian - 01/04/1893
Essendon and Flemington Chronicle - 28/04/1893
Sydney Mail - 20/05/1893
Sydney Morning Herald - 25/09/1893
Observer - 21/10/1893
Herald - 31/03/1894
Links
VFA Results and Tables