The 1899 VFL season was the third season of the Victorian Football League (VFL). Ninety two players made their senior debut in the 1899 season, while another 18 players debuted for a new club having previously played in the VFL.
Summary
Club | VFL debuts | Change of club |
---|---|---|
Carlton | 15 | 6 |
Collingwood | 11 | 0 |
Essendon | 7 | 1 |
Fitzroy | 6 | 1 |
Geelong | 6 | 0 |
Melbourne | 10 | 1 |
St Kilda | 23 | 7 |
South Melbourne | 14 | 2 |
Total | 92 | 18 |
Debuts
Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Henry McShane | Carlton | 26 years, 93 days | 1 | 82 | 28 | Previously played for Geelong |
Bill McNamara | Carlton | 22 years, 338 days | 1 | 69 | 8 | |
Will Stuckey | Carlton | 25 years, 290 days | 1 | 28 | 1 | |
Arthur Thompson | Carlton | 27 years, 209 days | 5 | 22 | 2 | |
Bob Bird | Carlton | 23 years, 337 days | 2 | 20 | 3 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Billy Monagle | Carlton | 22 years, 168 days | 3 | 17 | 0 | |
Bobadil Hooper | Carlton | 21 years, 57 days | 1 | 14 | 0 | |
Denis Lanigan | Carlton | 25 years, 2 days | 2 | 14 | 2 | Previously played for Collingwood and Melbourne. |
Dick Walker | Carlton | 26 years, 297 days | 5 | 11 | 7 | Previously played for Geelong. |
Bill Collins | Carlton | 28 years, 69 days | 11 | 10 | 2 | |
Jack Gilbert | Carlton | 24 years, 168 days | 17 | 9 | 3 | |
Harry Evans | Carlton | 19 years, 356 days | 15 | 8 | 2 | |
George Cowell | Carlton | 27 years, 194 days | 1 | 7 | 4 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Harry Thompson | Carlton | 27 years, 240 days | 12 | 6 | 8 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
Joe Archer | Carlton | 21 years, 358 days | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
Harry Lewis | Carlton | 19 years, 19 days | 8 | 4 | 2 | |
Alf Hearnden | Carlton | 25 years, 114 days | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Artie McSpeerin | Carlton | 19 years, 104 days | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
Henry Allender | Carlton | 27 years, 49 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Dick Gorsuch | Carlton | 20 years, 231 days | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
Victor Rapp | Carlton | 18 years, 135 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Bob Rush | Collingwood | 18 years, 223 days | 2 | 143 | 1 | Coached Collingwood to the 1930 premiership. Brother of Bryan, Gerald, Kevin and Leo Rush. |
Doug Watsford | Collingwood | 23 years, 138 days | 10 | 21 | 7 | |
Johnny Lyons | Collingwood | 23 years, 153 days | 7 | 16 | 12 | |
Alf Catlin | Collingwood | 23 years, 275 days | 2 | 9 | 4 | |
Tom Carmody | Collingwood | 19 years, 92 days | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
Wilfred Fell | Collingwood | 20 years, 42 days | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
Jack Geddes | Collingwood | 31 years, 98 days | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Jimmy Ryan | Collingwood | 20 years, 84 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
Albert Walsh | Collingwood | 22 years, 113 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
Jack Denning | Collingwood | 24 years, 89 days | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
Pat Fitzgerald | Collingwood | 25 years, 62 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Billy Griffith | Essendon | 18 years, 138 days | 1 | 187 | 13 | |
Albert Thurgood | Essendon | 25 years, 150 days | 6 | 46 | 89 | |
Fred Scott | Essendon | 25 years, 32 days | 1 | 33 | 25 | |
Hugh Fitzpatrick | Essendon | 26 years, 309 days | 3 | 30 | 26 | |
Mick O'Loughlin | Essendon | 23 years, 90 days | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
Les Rainey | Essendon | 18 years, 158 days | 7 | 5 | 3 | |
Charlie McCartney | Essendon | 23 years, 71 days | 2 | 4 | 0 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Jim Cullen | Essendon | 20 years, 338 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Also played for South Melbourne in 1899. |
Tammy Beauchamp | Fitzroy | 20 years, 358 days | 13 | 135 | 12 | |
Jack Deas | Fitzroy | 23 years, 200 days | 3 | 33 | 0 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Bill Thompson | Fitzroy | 22 years, 248 days | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
Bob Hay | Fitzroy | 19 years, 163 days | 14 | 8 | 1 | |
Charlie Foletta | Fitzroy | 23 years, 265 days | 8 | 5 | 1 | |
Tom Nolan | Fitzroy | 22 years, 216 days | 10 | 2 | 0 | |
Jack Mulcahy | Fitzroy | 23 years, 0 days | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
Teddy Lockwood | Geelong | 26 years, 158 days | 1 | 45 | 61 | Twin brother of George Lockwood. |
Tommy Buchan | Geelong | 24 years, 198 days | 1 | 41 | 20 | |
George Lockwood | Geelong | 26 years, 158 days | 1 | 40 | 7 | Twin brother of Teddy Lockwood. |
Norman Belcher | Geelong | 19 years, 321 days | 4 | 8 | 3 | |
Harry Parkin | Geelong | 20 years, 31 days | 11 | 2 | 0 | |
Pat O'Donnell | Geelong | 22 years, 176 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Arthur Sowden | Melbourne | 21 years, 37 days | 1 | 117 | 13 | |
Dan Moriarty | Melbourne | 23 years, 268 days | 1 | 62 | 2 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Tommy Ryan | Melbourne | 27 years, 216 days | 1 | 55 | 63 | |
Curtis Reid | Melbourne | 23 years, 29 days | 3 | 20 | 0 | |
Charlie Illingworth | Melbourne | 28 years, 91 days | 1 | 14 | 0 | |
Fred Elliott | Melbourne | 20 years, 36 days | 1 | 12 | 4 | First player to play 200 VFL games. |
Cec Cumberland | Melbourne | 24 years, 101 days | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
Laurie Paul | Melbourne | 18 years, 133 days | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
Joe Finlay | Melbourne | 20 years, 149 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Leo Rankin | Melbourne | 19 years, 336 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Arthur Sinclair | Melbourne | 19 years, 170 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Jimmy Smith | St Kilda | 22 years, 129 days | 1 | 130 | 22 | |
Dick McCabe | St Kilda | 21 years, 339 days | 2 | 73 | 4 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Billy McGregor | St Kilda | 22 years, 174 days | 1 | 28 | 2 | |
George Spilcker | St Kilda | 24 years, 335 days | 1 | 22 | 1 | |
Mal Markellie | St Kilda | 18 years, 150 days | 1 | 21 | 8 | |
Michael O'Gorman | St Kilda | 24 years, 186 days | 1 | 18 | 6 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Harold Brown | St Kilda | 20 years, 247 days | 3 | 14 | 0 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Ralph Robertson | St Kilda | 18 years, 2 days | 16 | 14 | 1 | |
Gerry Williams | St Kilda | 21 years, 227 days | 1 | 11 | 4 | |
George Sparrow | St Kilda | 2 | 11 | 0 | Previously played for South Melbourne. | |
Bill Blackwood | St Kilda | 26 years, 117 days | 6 | 10 | 2 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Jim Park | St Kilda | 24 years, 11 days | 8 | 9 | 0 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Ernie Glenister | St Kilda | 25 years, 276 days | 10 | 7 | 0 | |
Jack White | St Kilda | 22 years, 237 days | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
Charles Raff | St Kilda | 20 years, 223 days | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
Andy Allan | St Kilda | 30 years, 46 days | 12 | 4 | 0 | |
Bob Kenny | St Kilda | 23 years, 78 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Harry Bond | St Kilda | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
Gus Hefter | St Kilda | 26 years, 70 days | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
Ernie Greeves | St Kilda | 26 years, 98 days | 12 | 2 | 1 | |
Alec Wallace | St Kilda | 18 years, 33 days | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
Bill Wishart | St Kilda | 17 years, 47 days | 16 | 2 | 1 | |
Jack Ryan | St Kilda | 25 years, 323 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Dick Robertson | St Kilda | 22 years, 24 days | 7 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Michael Dalton | St Kilda | 24 years, 46 days | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
Jim Farnan | St Kilda | 23 years, 361 days | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
Herb Kennedy | St Kilda | 22 years, 172 days | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
Jim Opie | St Kilda | 16 years, 178 days | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
Alex Young | St Kilda | 19 years, 330 days | 16 | 1 | 0 | |
Wal Heron | St Kilda | 24 years, 116 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Harry Lampe | South Melbourne | 24 years, 261 days | 1 | 135 | 57 | |
Charlie James | South Melbourne | 25 years, 170 days | 12 | 78 | 13 | |
Charlie Goding | South Melbourne | 22 years, 283 days | 1 | 63 | 60 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Joe Garbutt | South Melbourne | 20 years, 204 days | 1 | 32 | 27 | |
Artie Henley | South Melbourne | 20 years, 297 days | 9 | 10 | 1 | |
Frank Arnold | South Melbourne | 21 years, 308 days | 7 | 9 | 0 | |
Bob Bryce | South Melbourne | 29 years, 64 days | 17 | 5 | 1 | |
Jack Incoll | South Melbourne | 20 years, 099 days | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
Jack Cockbill | South Melbourne | 19 years, 67 days | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Dave Hutchison | South Melbourne | 29 years, 94 days | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
Henry Howson | South Melbourne | 22 years, 21 days | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
Arthur Nickless | South Melbourne | 20 years, 56 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Jimmy Paterson | South Melbourne | 29 years, 91 days | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Jim Cullen | South Melbourne | 21 years, 15 days | 8 | 1 | 0 | Also played for Essendon in 1899. |
Bernie Fritsch | South Melbourne | 18 years, 162 days | 12 | 1 | 1 | |
Joe Lowrey | South Melbourne | 20 years, 30 days | 16 | 1 | 0 |
References
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- "Bill McNamara statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- "Bill Stuckey statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
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- "Denis Lanigan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
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- "Harry Evans statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- "George Cowell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- "Harry Thompson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
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- "Artie McSpeerin statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
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- "Dick Gorsuch statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- "Victor Rapp statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- "Bob Rush statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- "Doug Watsford statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
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- "Bob Hay statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- "Charlie Foletta statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- "Tom Nolan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
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- "George Lockwood statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- "Norman Belcher statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- "Harry Parkin statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- "Pat O'Donnell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- "Arthur Sowden statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- "Dan Moriarty statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- "Tommy Ryan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- "Curtis Reid statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- "Charlie Illingworth statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- "Fred Elliott statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- "Cec Cumberland statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- "Laurie Paul statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- "Joe Finlay statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- "Leo Rankin statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- "Arthur Sinclair statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
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- "Mal Markellie statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "Michael O'Gorman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "Harold Brown statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "Ralph Robertson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "Gerry Williams statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "George Sparrow statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "Bill Blackwood statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "Jim Park statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "Ernie Glenister statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "Jack White statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "Charles Raff statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "Andy Allan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- "Bob Kenny statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
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- "Gus Hefter statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- "Ernie Greeves statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- "Alec Wallace statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- "Bill Wishart statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- "Jack Ryan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- "Dick Robertson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
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- "Herb Kennedy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
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- "Alex Young statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- "Wal Heron statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
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- "Joe Garbutt statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- "Artie Henley statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- "Frank Arnold statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- "Bob Bryce statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- "Jack Incoll statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- "Jack Cockbill statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- "Dave Hutchison statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- "Henry Howson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- "Arthur Nickless statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
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