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1924

Coach: Gordon Rattray
Captain: Bert Chadwick
Finishing Position: 8th
Best and Fairest: n/a
Leading Goalkicker: Percy Tulloh (24)
Best First Year Player: n/a

Matches Ladder Playing list Tribunal Seconds

In late 1923 clubs voted on whether to include a new side in the VFL. Footscray was the most likely candidate, but while clubs voted 5-4 in favour (Melbourne was against), but without a 75% majority the league remained at nine clubs. The VFL began to arrange the fixture so that Melbourne and Richmond didn't play at home on the same day.

Captain-Coach Percy Wilson retired before the season. Gordon Rattray beat George Haines, Bert Chadwick, Jim Makin, Alex Hall and champion Western Australian coach Phil Matson for the job. Wilson briefly coached St Kilda before resigning and returning to finish the year with Melbourne.

At the February AGM, 10 candidates ran for seven vacant committee positions - G. Cathie, SER Church, GG Coulter, WJ Findley, L. Nichols, H. Parkin, AL Richardson, A. Sowden, WFV Sykes and HD Westley. Cathie, Nichols and Richardson were unsuccessful, A motion was carried encouraging the league to admit a 10th club. In a departure from tradition players were allowed to elect their own captain, choosing Bert Chadwick.

Melbourne club struggled again, only avoiding the wooden spoon with a shock win over eventual premiers Essendon in the last round carrying them beyond St Kilda and into eighth. The MCC's annual meeting again featured criticism of the football club, with one member claiming that the club had only trained together for two hours in the space of a month and suggesting that was at fault for fade-outs late in games.

Despite their surprise loss in the final home and away game, Essendon won the premiership without a Grand Final courtesy of finishing top of the once-off round robin finals ladder for top four sides.

The club had receipts of 1811 pounds and expenditure of 2899 pounds.

Premiership season

RoundOppositionResultScore
1 St. KildaLOSS82-84
2 BYE
3 CollingwoodLOSS61-62
4 CarltonWIN109-76
5 South MelbourneWIN76-69
6 GeelongLOSS63-73
7 RichmondLOSS83-87
8 FitzroyLOSS41-87
9 EssendonLOSS42-71
10 St. KildaWIN63-51
11 BYE
12 CollingwoodLOSS53-76
13 CarltonLOSS55-62
14 South MelbourneLOSS38-85
15 GeelongLOSS39-56
16 RichmondLOSS75-121
17 FitzroyLOSS67-110
18 EssendonWIN 96-82

Ladder

WDL%P
Essendon1114131.646
South Melbourne1105116.544
Fitzroy1006112.140
Richmond1006102.540
Geelong808107.232
Collingwood80896.032
Carlton511092.322
Melbourne401283.316
St. Kilda401275.716

Playing List

NumberPlayerGamesGoals
1 Stan Wittman 1111
2 Joe Flanagan 10
3 Ted Thomas 130
4 Tom Elliott 51
5 Harry Harker 716
6 Johnny Egan 31
7 Mick Anthony 80
8 Charlie Lilley 90
9 Charlie Streeter 121
10 Jack Collins 101
11 Dave Elliman 69
12 Bob Corbett 151
13 Bill Shelton 131
14 Jimmy Abernethy 73
15 George Haines 1410
16 Derek Mollison 1411
17 Bert Chadwick 162
18 Percy Tulloh 1624
19 Harry Coy 153
20 Alf Wilson 32
21 Bobby Ewer 61
23 Roy James 10
25 Percy Wilson 81
26 Wally Carter 31
27 George Simmonds 44
28 Hugh Dunbar 157
29 Jimmy Davidson 30
30 Eric Donaldson 80
31 Marcus Glasscock 30
33 Edgar Dunbar 142
34 Vern Moore 43
35 Richard Taylor 167
? Harry Davie 314
? Jack Robertson 10
? Max Wright 1 0

Tribunal

RoundPlayerChargeSanction
Round 5 Edgar Dunbar Striking Not Guilty

Seconds

1924 Seconds Season

Notes
Football Record R7 1924 says Wally Carter was #27

Media
Richmond Guardian - 08/12/1923
Argus - 08/02/1924
Sun - 14/02/1924
Herald - 14/02/1924
Age - 11/04/1924
Argus - 11/09/1924
Sun - 13/02/1925

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