Coach: Frank Hughes
Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Finishing Position: 4th
Best and Fairest: Allan La Fontaine
Leading Goalkicker: Eric Glass (56)
Best First Year Player: n/a
Members: 1775
Matches | Ladder | Playing List | Seconds | Best and Fairest |
After missing out in 1935 the Demons snuck into the finals on percentage for the first time since Checker Hughes and Percy Page had crossed from Richmond and Hughes had rebadged the Redlegs as "The Demons". To go with the name he installed a large 'demonical' head in the training rooms, complete with a red feather protruding from its cap.
With Percy Beames was vice-captain, and Les Jones deputy vice-captain they won through the semi final before coming unstuck against the Swans in the Prelim Final.
There was an unexpected break in the season on Saturday July 4 when torrential rain caused all of the Round 10 matches to be pushed back a week. The season ran a week longer as a result.
On Tuesday 21 July a combined Melbourne-St Kilda team played against the visiting East Perth. Melbourne players involved were Ball, Lock, Kelly, Feltscheer, Barassi, Baggott, Furniss, Roberts, Foster and Reiffel.
After five straight Seconds premierships the Redlegs lost the Grand Final.
During the year Melbourne sponsored the Prahran City club in the League Sub-District competition. Before the season a Second 18 played them in a practice game. The club were the driving force in an attempt to abolish the district recruiting scheme, there were only five junior clubs in the district due to a lack of suitable grounds.
The club had receipts of 2727 pounds, and expenses of 4026 pounds.
Practice Match
Opposition | Result | Score | |||
Prahran | WIN | 109-66 | |||
Brunswick | ? | ? |
Premiership Season
Round | Opposition | Result | Score | ||
1 | South Melbourne | LOSS | 87-108 | ||
2 | Fitzroy | WIN | 107-59 | ||
3 | Geelong | LOSS | 32-102 | ||
4 | Hawthorn | WIN | 116-77 | ||
5 | North Melbourne | WIN | 122-75 | ||
6 | Footscray | WIN | 96-80 | ||
7 | Collingwood | LOSS | 67-89 | ||
8 | St. Kilda | WIN | 131-101 | ||
9 | Carlton | WIN | 83-68 | ||
10 | Essendon | WIN | 111-67 | ||
11 | Richmond | WIN | 112-103 | ||
12 | South Melbourne | WIN | 148-96 | ||
13 | Fitzroy | LOSS | 85-91 | ||
14 | Geelong | LOSS | 100-105 | ||
15 | Hawthorn | WIN | 112-62 | ||
16 | North Melbourne | WIN | 107-45 | ||
17 | Footscray | WIN | 72-65 | ||
18 | Collingwood | LOSS | 67-84 | ||
SF | Carlton | WIN | 97-88 | ||
PF | South Melbourne | LOSS | 63-89 |
Exhibition Match
Opposition | Result | Score | |||
Gippsland XVIII | WIN | 108-100 |
Ladder
W | D | L | % | P | |
South Melbourne | 16 | 0 | 2 | 118.5 | 64 |
Collingwood | 15 | 0 | 3 | 135.6 | 60 |
Carlton | 12 | 0 | 6 | 124.8 | 48 |
Melbourne | 12 | 0 | 6 | 118.8 | 48 |
Geelong | 11 | 0 | 7 | 125.8 | 44 |
Richmond | 10 | 0 | 8 | 107.9 | 40 |
St. Kilda | 9 | 0 | 9 | 96.1 | 36 |
Essendon | 6 | 0 | 12 | 85.1 | 24 |
Hawthorn | 6 | 0 | 12 | 80.9 | 24 |
Footscray | 5 | 0 | 13 | 86.5 | 20 |
North Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 14 | 75.9 | 16 |
Fitzroy | 2 | 0 | 16 | 68.9 | 8 |
Playing List
Number | Player | Games | Goals | ||
1 | Gordon Jones | 2 | 1 | ||
2 | Lou Reiffel | 16 | 31 | ||
3 | John Lewis | 17 | 11 | ||
4 | Norm Smith | 11 | 28 | ||
5 | Bill Deague | 18 | 2 | ||
6 | Joe Kinnear | 6 | 0 | ||
6 | Jack Harrison | 2 | 2 | ||
7 | Bert Taylor | 13 | 7 | ||
8 | Rowley Fischer | 15 | 1 | ||
9 | Charlie Longhurst | 3 | 0 | ||
10 | Jack Bennett | 10 | 10 | ||
11 | Sid Meehl | 5 | 0 | ||
11 | Harden Dean | 1 | 0 | ||
12 | Jack Mueller | 18 | 5 | ||
13 | Les Jones | 20 | 23 | ||
14 | Maurie Gibb | 19 | 18 | ||
15 | Ron Baggott | 14 | 26 | ||
16 | Eric Glass | 19 | 56 | ||
17 | Allan La Fontaine | 19 | 11 | ||
18 | Wally Lock | 10 | 1 | ||
19 | Frank Roberts | 18 | 1 | ||
20 | Harry Long | 9 | 0 | ||
21 | Bill Ralston | 5 | 2 | ||
22 | Ken Feltscheer | 2 | 0 | ||
23 | Ray Wartman | 20 | 7 | ||
24 | Percy Beames | 14 | 17 | ||
25 | Frank Kelly | 3 | 1 | ||
26 | Jack Furniss | 16 | 1 | ||
27 | Archie Roberts | 4 | 0 | ||
28 | Pat McNamara | 17 | 0 | ||
29 | Jock Ball | 2 | 0 | ||
30 | Jack Foster | 12 | 8 | ||
31 | Ron Barassi | 4 | 0 | ||
32 | Gordon Ogden | 16 | 0 |
Best and Fairest
Player | |||||
1st | Allan La Fontaine |
Other Awards
Best Utility Player - Les Jones
Special Effort - Jack Mueller
Most Reliable Player - Gordon Ogden
Most determined - Rowley Fischer
Special Training award - Norm Smith, Pat McNamara
Special Clubman award - Ron Barassi
Most improved senior - Maurie Gibb
Most improved junior - Jack Furniss, Wally Lock
Best Finals Player - Ray Wartman
Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
Round 4 | Sid Meehl | Refusing to return to mark | Not Guilty | ||
Round 4 | Harry Long | Elbowing | Not Guilty | ||
Round 4 | Harry Long | Refusing to return to mark | Not Guilty | ||
Round 4 | Harry Long | Striking | 4 matches | ||
Round 6 | Ron Baggott | Threatening Behaviour | Not Guilty | ||
Round 6 | Ron Baggott | Retaliating | 4 matches | ||
Round 10 | Charlie Longhurst | Kicking | 8 matches | ||
Round 10 | John Lewis | Striking | Not Guilty | ||
Round 10 | Joe Kinnear | Elbowing | Not Guilty | ||
Round 12 | John Lewis | Throwing ball at player | Guilty | ||
Round 13 | Eric Glass | Violently shaking | Not Guilty | ||
PF | Frank Roberts | Charging | 2 matches |
Seconds
Most improved - Harden Dean
Most serviceable - Frank Roberts
W | D | L | % | P | |
Melbourne | 16 | 0 | 2 | 64 | |
Collingwood | 16 | 0 | 2 | 64 | |
Geelong | 14 | 0 | 4 | 56 | |
Footscray | 13 | 0 | 5 | 52 | |
Carlton | 13 | 0 | 5 | 52 | |
South Melbourne | 9 | 0 | 9 | 36 | |
Essendon | 9 | 0 | 9 | 36 | |
Richmond | 7 | 0 | 11 | 28 | |
St Kilda | 5 | 0 | 13 | 20 | |
Hawthorn | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | |
Fitzroy | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | |
North Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
Finals
Round | Opposition | Result | |||
SF | Collingwood | WIN | |||
GF | Footscray | LOSS |
Media
Sporting Globe - 07/03/1936
Sporting Globe - 24/06/1936
Herald - 02/07/1936
Herald - 14/07/1936
Football Record R11 1936
Herald - 16/02/1937
Notes
May have been a practice game against Brunswick.
Links
Membership image and 1936 team courtesy of grandoldflag.net
Wikipedia 1936 season page