DOB: 21 September 1879
Died: 24 June 1962
Debut: Round 2, 1897 against Geelong at MCG
Last Game: Round 13, 1904 against Carlton at Princes Park
From: Church of England Grammar School
Honours:
Premiership Player - 1900
Games: 68
Goals: 3
Career Statistics
| Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % |
| 29 | 0 | 39 | 42.64 |
Represented the VFL against a Ballarat league side in 1898.
Initially expected to miss 1899 after moving out of Melbourne, Herring played 13 games. He only appeared twice in 1900 after moving to the Maryborough area, but they were both winning finals - including Melbourne's first premiership. In 1901 he missed the entire season until the last game where secretary Amos Norcott coerced him to come back as a replacement for the ill George Moodie.
In 1902 he moved back to the city to study and was able to play close to a full season for the first time since 1899, as well as playing for Trinity College in a collegiate match.
Herring was also a talented cricketer, playing around Maryborough in 1898 and in the city the next year.
| Year | Games | Goals | |
| 1897 | 15 | 1 | |
| 1898 | 13 | 0 | |
| 1899 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1900 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1901 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1902 | 15 | 2 | |
| 1903 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1904 | 4 | 0 | |
Notes
Shown in some sources as Melbourne's captain, presumably in the last years of the VFA.
May have served in the Boer War.
Also known as Maurice in reports of the day.
Media
Age 17/05/1897
Argus - 01/08/1898
Australasian - 10/12/1898
Herald - 28/04/1899
Argus - 24/11/1899
Argus - 26/08/1901
Australasian - 31/08/1901
Herald - 18/04/1902
Australasian - 10/05/1902
Argus - 02/07/1902
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