Captain - Coach: Percy Wilson
Finishing Position: 6th
Best and Fairest: n/a
Leading Goalkicker: Harry Harker (47)
Best First Year Player: n/a
Members: 576
Matches | Ladder | Playing list | Seconds |
A pre-season dinner was held in the MCC Pavilion, with Harry Harker presented with the football he had kicked ten goals against Geelong with in the last game of 1921. Alf Wilson received a case of brushes as the best batsman in the player's cricket team, and Charlie Streeter a suitcase as its best bowler. John Lord was recognised with a case of pipes for taking a hat-trick against Essendon. Mick Anthony won a silver cigarette case for best fielder, and the MCC was presented with a framed photo of the cricket premiership side.
Before the season there was a contested election for seven committee positions. Candidates were EA Bond, SER Church, GG Coulter, CE Couchman, L. Nichols, B. Nolan, GF Pape, CH Parkin, WW Strickland, J. Strong and WFV Sykes.
Two wins to open the season gave long-suffering fans hope of a first finals appearance since 1915, and just a second since 1902. After Round 13 Melbourne still sat fourth, but a surprise loss to Geelong and playing the top three teams to finish the season left them in sixth place again.
Andrew Manzie and Bill McClelland were Melbourne's VFL delegates, and McClelland also served as league vice-president. The club lost 593 pounds for the season.
Practice match
Opposition | Result | Score | |||
Oakleigh | WIN | 91-40 |
Premiership Season
Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
1 | South Melbourne | WIN | 60-55 | ||
2 | Richmond | WIN | 88-85 | ||
3 | St. Kilda | LOSS | 74-84 | ||
4 | Carlton | LOSS | 64-96 | ||
5 | Geelong | WIN | 66-60 | ||
6 | Essendon | LOSS | 42-93 | ||
7 | BYE | ||||
8 | Collingwood | WIN | 67-59 | ||
9 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 33-49 | ||
10 | South Melbourne | WIN | 100-72 | ||
11 | Richmond | LOSS | 77-80 | ||
12 | St. Kilda | WIN | 88-76 | ||
13 | Carlton | WIN | 64-61 | ||
14 | Geelong | LOSS | 46-72 | ||
15 | Essendon | LOSS | 28-44 | ||
16 | BYE | ||||
17 | Collingwood | LOSS | 53-82 | ||
18 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 55-63 |
Ladder
W | D | L | % | P | |
Collingwood | 12 | 0 | 4 | 127.8 | 48 |
Essendon | 10 | 1 | 5 | 111.6 | 42 |
Fitzroy | 10 | 1 | 5 | 108.8 | 42 |
Carlton | 10 | 0 | 6 | 112.8 | 40 |
Richmond | 7 | 0 | 9 | 92.0 | 28 |
Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 9 | 88.9 | 28 |
St. Kilda | 5 | 1 | 10 | 93.6 | 22 |
Geelong | 5 | 0 | 11 | 84.0 | 20 |
South Melbourne | 4 | 1 | 11 | 91.3 | 18 |
Playing List
Number | Player | Games | Goals | ||
1 | Bill Allen | 9 | 2 | ||
2 | Joe Flanagan | 15 | 0 | ||
3 | Ted Thomas | 16 | 0 | ||
4 | Alf Oldham | 3 | 2 | ||
5 | Harry Harker | 16 | 47 | ||
6 | Herb Matthews | 8 | 8 | ||
7 | Mick Anthony | 10 | 2 | ||
8 | Charlie Lilley | 12 | 0 | ||
9 | Charlie Streeter | 14 | 0 | ||
11 | Dave Elliman | 8 | 7 | ||
12 | Bob Corbett | 15 | 1 | ||
13 | Bill Shelton | 4 | 2 | ||
15 | George Haines | 16 | 13 | ||
17 | Bert Chadwick | 16 | 2 | ||
18 | Percy Tulloh | 11 | 15 | ||
19 | Harry Coy | 16 | 0 | ||
20 | Alf Wilson | 16 | 2 | ||
21 | Jack House | 13 | 15 | ||
22 | John Corby | 1 | 1 | ||
23 | Les Boyd | 2 | 1 | ||
24 | Vern Moore | 3 | 0 | ||
25 | Percy Wilson | 16 | 7 | ||
26 | John Lord | 7 | 0 | ||
28 | Harold Dunbar | 5 | 2 | ||
29 | Hugh Dunbar | 8 | 2 | ||
30 | Artie Cambridge | 2 | 0 | ||
31 | Fred Long | 1 | 0 | ||
32 | Pat Bourke | 7 | 3 | ||
33 | Edgar Dunbar | 14 | 3 | ||
34 | Eric Peck | 3 | 0 | ||
35 | Richard Taylor | 1 | 0 |
Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
Round 5 | Herb Matthews | Elbowing | 1 match | ||
Round 11 | Joe Flanagan | Striking | Not Guilty |
Seconds
Notes
Football Records from 1922 show Pat Bourke wearing #30 and Artie Cambridge in #32.
MFC is said to have played the Woodend League in a game at Daylesford on Saturday 17 June. Also shown as a game against Daylesford at Hepburn.
Media
Auge - 17/02/1922
Argus - 25/04/1922
Herald - 01/05/1922
Age - 28/04/1923