The 1904 VFL season was the eighth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL). Ninety eight 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 |
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Carlton | 11 | 4 |
Collingwood | 12 | – |
Essendon | 7 | 2 |
Fitzroy | 9 | 1 |
Geelong | 14 | 1 |
Melbourne | 9 | 4 |
South Melbourne | 18 | 3 |
St Kilda | 18 | 3 |
Total | 98 | 18 |
Debuts
Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
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Billy Payne | Carlton | 22 years, 253 days | 1 | 127 | 0 | |
Ted Kennedy | Carlton | 26 years, 243 days | 1 | 106 | 13 | Brother of James Kennedy. Previously played for Essendon. |
Bob Boyle | Carlton | 27 years, 173 days | 4 | 36 | 4 | |
Harry Newbound | Carlton | 22 years, 232 days | 2 | 18 | 2 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Eddie Prescott | Carlton | 23 years, 199 days | 8 | 11 | 9 | |
Percy Pitt | Carlton | 20 years, 249 days | 2 | 8 | 11 | |
Pat Pelly | Carlton | 26 years, 198 days | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
Henry Whight | Carlton | 22 years, 64 days | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
Arthur Ryan | Carlton | 23 years, 219 days | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
Rupe Bradley | Carlton | 22 years, 233 days | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
Albert Gourlay | Carlton | 22 years, 330 days | 3 | 3 | 0 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Jim Cullen | Carlton | 25 years, 333 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for South Melbourne and Essendon. |
Jimmy Gaynor | Carlton | 27 years, 11 days | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Sam Marron | Carlton | 20 years, 118 days | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
Ernie Ashton | Carlton | 21 years, 44 days | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
Robert Nash | Collingwood | 20 years, 85 days | 11 | 88 | 14 | Father of Laurie Nash. |
Bob Strachan | Collingwood | 17 years, 352 days | 1 | 52 | 27 | |
Don Fraser | Collingwood | 21 years, 269 days | 5 | 31 | 0 | |
Bill Homan | Collingwood | 23 years, 134 days | 1 | 12 | 8 | |
Grahame McConechy | Collingwood | 23 years, 336 days | 1 | 7 | 6 | |
Ivor Lawson | Collingwood | 21 years, 19 days | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
Harry Neil | Collingwood | 21 years, 286 days | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
Allan Belcher | Collingwood | 19 years, 227 days | 11 | 4 | 1 | Brother of Vic Belcher. |
Bob Burns | Collingwood | 19 years, 339 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Wally Sykes | Collingwood | 23 years, 5 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Darcy McDougall | Collingwood | 18 years, 35 days | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Les Abbott | Collingwood | 19 years, 16 days | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
Bill Busbridge | Essendon | 19 years, 98 days | 1 | 103 | 32 | |
Arthur Legge | Essendon | 22 years, 229 days | 3 | 69 | 30 | |
Bert Laxton | Essendon | 24 years, 266 days | 2 | 44 | 3 | |
Fred Robinson | Essendon | 19 years, 365 days | 2 | 35 | 0 | Brother of Alex, Bill and Gordon Robinson. |
Jim Phipps | Essendon | 20 years, 73 days | 9 | 22 | 0 | |
Alex Robinson | Essendon | 17 years, 262 days | 1 | 9 | 5 | Brother of Bill, Fred and Gordon Robinson and father of Alexander and George Robinson. Played first-class cricket for Western Australia. |
Alf Swift | Essendon | 32 years, 290 days | 3 | 7 | 2 | |
Mick Pleass | Essendon | 29 years, 205 days | 5 | 4 | 0 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Norman Belcher | Essendon | 24 years, 302 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | Previously played for Geelong. |
Percy Sheehan | Fitzroy | 20 years, 307 days | 1 | 58 | 11 | |
Joe Johnson | Fitzroy | 21 years, 109 days | 1 | 55 | 15 | First known Indigenous Australian to play in the Victorian Football League. |
Edgar Kneen | Fitzroy | 21 years, 241 days | 1 | 48 | 33 | |
Gilbert Barker | Fitzroy | 21 years, 310 days | 5 | 42 | 4 | |
Jack McDonough | Fitzroy | 24 years, 314 days | 5 | 29 | 6 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Les Sharp | Fitzroy | 18 years, 248 days | 5 | 23 | 12 | |
Paddy Shea | Fitzroy | 18 years, 58 days | 2 | 13 | 8 | Also played first-class cricket for Victoria. |
Bill Kelly | Fitzroy | 21 years, 173 days | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
Hedley Tomkins | Fitzroy | 18 years, 338 days | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
Fred Lethbridge | Fitzroy | 20 years, 111 days | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
Dick Grigg | Geelong | 18 years, 334 days | 1 | 194 | 64 | |
George Doull | Geelong | 24 years, 190 days | 1 | 96 | 16 | |
Tom Rankin | Geelong | 23 years, 4 days | 1 | 47 | 12 | |
Jim Munday | Geelong | 16 years, 340 days | 7 | 33 | 1 | |
Jack Knell | Geelong | 25 years, 358 days | 9 | 32 | 12 | |
Mick Holligan | Geelong | 22 years, 339 days | 15 | 6 | 3 | |
Henry Molan | Geelong | 25 years, 34 days | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
Bert Clarke | Geelong | 20 years, 69 days | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
Bill Burns | Geelong | 20 years, 1 days | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
Reg Digby | Geelong | 25 years, 212 days | 15 | 2 | 1 | |
Joe Fox | Geelong | 26 years, 347 days | 15 | 2 | 0 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Jimmy Roberts | Geelong | 21 years, 21 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
George Horman | Geelong | 20 years, 254 days | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
Peter McMurrich | Geelong | 18 years, 72 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
Henry Cheeseman | Geelong | 28 years, 258 days | 17 | 1 | 1 | |
Joe Pearce | Melbourne | 19 years, 107 days | 2 | 152 | 5 | One of the first VFL footballers killed in the First World War. |
Bernie Nolan | Melbourne | 20 years, 197 days | 1 | 84 | 10 | |
Hugh Purse | Melbourne | 22 years, 218 days | 1 | 84 | 26 | |
Jim Conquest | Melbourne | 23 years, 343 days | 1 | 54 | 22 | |
Ted Leach | Melbourne | 21 years, 13 days | 1 | 23 | 9 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Mark Gardner | Melbourne | 19 years, 288 days | 8 | 14 | 1 | |
Roy Adam | Melbourne | 21 years, 87 days | 6 | 12 | 3 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
Ernie Vollugi | Melbourne | 25 years, 122 days | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
Henri Jeanneret | Melbourne | 26 years, 134 days | 2 | 4 | 0 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Lionel Smale | Melbourne | 25 years, 164 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Tom Watson | Melbourne | 30 years, 127 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Alec Woods | Melbourne | 22 years, 243 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Ted Wade | Melbourne | 19 years, 151 days | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Bill Strang | South Melbourne | 20 years, 276 days | 10 | 69 | 80 | Father of Allan, Colin, Doug and Gordon Strang, and grandfather of Geoff Strang. |
Dick McCabe | South Melbourne | 26 years, 327 days | 1 | 51 | 0 | Previously played for Fitzroy and St Kilda. |
Harry Gibson | South Melbourne | 25 years, 132 days | 1 | 41 | 11 | |
Charles Clements | South Melbourne | 22 years, 54 days | 2 | 32 | 68 | |
Bert Sharpe | South Melbourne | 26 years, 15 days | 3 | 17 | 17 | Previously played for Fitzroy. |
Bill Griffiths | South Melbourne | 25 years, 60 days | 5 | 9 | 0 | |
Jim Schellnack | South Melbourne | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||
John Catarinich | South Melbourne | 21 years, 274 days | 14 | 7 | 0 | |
Dave McColl | South Melbourne | 28 years, 99 days | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
Henry Morley Kidgell | South Melbourne | 23 years, 113 days | 11 | 5 | 0 | |
Les Weate | South Melbourne | 19 years, 106 days | 9 | 4 | 1 | |
Syd Wright | South Melbourne | 21 years, 340 days | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
Herb Bruton | South Melbourne | 25 years, 333 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Artie Percy | South Melbourne | 24 years, 137 days | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
Leslie Hope | South Melbourne | 19 years, 195 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Edmund Johnson | South Melbourne | 21 years, 59 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Robert Daykin | South Melbourne | 23 years, 183 days | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
Tom Hawking | South Melbourne | 22 years, 162 days | 13 | 1 | 0 | Uncle of George Hawking. |
Peter McCann | South Melbourne | 22 years, 56 days | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
Jim Darcy | South Melbourne | 23 years, 194 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Essendon. |
Con Hogan | South Melbourne | 23 years, 16 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Wally Scott | St Kilda | 19 years, 363 days | 8 | 108 | 4 | |
Dan Feehan | St Kilda | 24 years, 90 days | 1 | 85 | 9 | |
Jack Julian | St Kilda | 19 years, 202 days | 17 | 67 | 0 | |
Bill Mahoney | St Kilda | 19 years, 141 days | 03 | 17 | 9 | Previously played for Geelong. |
Jim King | St Kilda | 30 years, 194 days | 5 | 13 | 2 | Previously played for South Melbourne. |
Tommy Ryan | St Kilda | 32 years, 211 days | 1 | 11 | 8 | Previously played for Melbourne. |
Jack King | St Kilda | 25 years, 162 days | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
John Moloney | St Kilda | 22 years, 195 days | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
Alec Moffatt | St Kilda | 25 years, 213 days | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
Fred Whelpton | St Kilda | 19 years, 071 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
Jim Hallahan, Sr. | St Kilda | 26 years, 035 days | 10 | 2 | 0 | Father of Jim Hallahan, Jr. and Tom Hallahan. |
Frank Kenny | St Kilda | 26 years, 011 days | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
Jim Marshall | St Kilda | 22 years, 112 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
David Starke | St Kilda | 24 years, 242 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Des Griffin | St Kilda | 22 years, 252 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
Dan Scullion | St Kilda | 18 years, 71 days | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
Ivor Evans | St Kilda | 17 years, 34 days | 16 | 1 | 0 | |
Gordon Downes | St Kilda | 26 years, 72 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Lewis Jones | St Kilda | 17 years, 311 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Joe Marchant | St Kilda | 19 years, 358 days | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
Jimmy Sheehan | St Kilda | 20 years, 153 days | 17 | 1 | 2 |
References
- "Billy Payne statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- "Ted Kennedy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- "Bob Boyle statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- "Harry Newbound statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- "Eddie Prescott statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- "Percy Pitt statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- "Pat Pelly statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- "Henry Whight statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- "Arthur Ryan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- "Rupe Bradley statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- "Albert Gourlay statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- "Jim Cullen statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- "Jimmy Gaynor statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- "Sam Marron statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- "Ernie Ashton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- "Robert Nash statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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- "Don Fraser statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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- "Harry Neil statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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- "Fred Robinson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- "Jim Phipps statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- "Alex Robinson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- "Alf Swift statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- "Mick Pleass statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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- "Les Sharp statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- "Paddy Shea statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- "Bill Kelly statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- "Hedley Tomkins statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
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- "Bert Clarke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- "Bill Burns statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- "Reg Digby statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- "Joe Fox statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- "Jimmy Roberts statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- "George Horman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- "Peter McMurrich statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- "Henry Cheeseman statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- "Joe Pearce statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- "Bernie Nolan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- "Hugh Purse statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
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- "Tom Watson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
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- "Ted Wade statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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- "Harry Gibson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
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- "Bert Sharpe statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- "Bill Griffiths statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- "Jim Schellnack statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- "John Catarinich statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- "Dave McColl statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- "Henry Morley Kidgell statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- "Les Weate statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- "Syd Wright statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
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- "Artie Percy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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- "Edmund Johnson statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Robert Daykin statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Tom Hawking statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- "Peter McCann statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Jim Darcy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Con Hogan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Wally Scott statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Dan Feehan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Jack Julian statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Bill Mahoney statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Jim King statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Tommy Ryan statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Jack King statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "John Moloney statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Alec Moffatt statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Fred Whelpton statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Jim Hallahan, Sr. statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Frank Kenny statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Jim Marshall statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "David Starke statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Des Griffin statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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