The 1926 VFL season was the 30th season of the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL), the highest level senior

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 1 May until 9 October, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The premiership was won by the

Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, ...

for the second time, after it defeated by 57 points in the 1926 VFL Grand Final.

Premiership season

In 1926, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match. Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 17 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 6, and match 18 the "home-and-away reverse" of match 9. Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1926 VFL ''Premiers'' were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "''Argus'' system".

Round 1

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.14 (92) , , 8.15 (63) ,

MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...

, 18,742 , 1 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.14 (104) , , 6.17 (53) , Windy Hill , 15,000 , 1 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.11 (77) , , 12.13 (85) ,

Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...

, 20,000 , 1 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.15 (93) , , 3.9 (27) ,

Corio Oval Corio Oval was an Australian rules football ground, located in Geelong, Victoria, and used by the Geelong Football Club in the VFA and the VFL from 1878 to 1915, and 1917 to 1940. Sited in Eastern Park, the oval was served by trams from 1930 wh ...

, 15,000 , 1 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.13 (55) , , 14.10 (94) ,

Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...

, 25,000 , 1 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.14 (50) , , 9.16 (70) ,

Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...

, 16,000 , 1 May 1926

Round 2

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.9 (57) , , 13.12 (90) ,

Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...

, 15,000 , 8 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.11 (47) , , 10.18 (78) ,

Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...

, 25,000 , 8 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.15 (69) , , 8.10 (58) , Princes Park , 18,000 , 8 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.8 (38) , , 5.12 (42) ,

Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...

, 7,000 , 8 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.15 (105) , , 16.14 (110) ,

Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...

, 20,000 , 8 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.8 (116) , , 8.10 (58) ,

Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...

, 22,000 , 8 May 1926

Round 3

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.17 (119) , , 14.5 (89) ,

, 9,495 , 15 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 11.12 (78) ,

, 15,000 , 15 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.9 (69) , , 8.13 (61) , Windy Hill , 30,000 , 15 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.11 (47) , , 6.14 (50) ,

, 23,000 , 15 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.11 (47) , , 17.17 (119) ,

, 13,000 , 15 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.10 (64) , , 8.12 (60) ,

, 18,000 , 15 May 1926

Round 4

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.12 (84) , , 12.7 (79) ,

, 15,000 , 22 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.11 (71) , , 9.12 (66) , Princes Park , 25,000 , 22 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.16 (112) , , 14.16 (100) ,

, 14,000 , 22 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.8 (50) , , 7.16 (58) ,

, 14,000 , 22 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.8 (62) , , 7.9 (51) ,

, 22,000 , 22 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.5 (47) , , 6.13 (49) ,

, 20,000 , 22 May 1926

Round 5

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.8 (122) , , 12.17 (89) ,

, 28,628 , 29 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.7 (85) , , 5.8 (38) , Windy Hill , 20,000 , 29 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.15 (75) , , 11.7 (73) ,

, 15,000 , 29 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.13 (67) , , 14.16 (100) ,

, 10,000 , 29 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.14 (68) , , 10.15 (75) ,

, 19,500 , 29 May 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.16 (58) , , 7.6 (48) ,

, 25,000 , 29 May 1926

Round 6

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.10 (46) , , 15.15 (105) ,

, 16,000 , 5 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.16 (88) , , 8.11 (59) ,

, 16,000 , 5 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 6.15 (51) , Princes Park , 30,000 , 5 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.7 (79) , , 6.14 (50) ,

, 10,000 , 5 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 12.11 (83) ,

, 26,000 , 5 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.11 (77) , , 11.15 (81) ,

, 10,000 , 5 June 1926

Round 7

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 10.14 (74) ,

, 12,000 , 7 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.16 (88) , , 8.17 (65) ,

, 20,974 , 7 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.15 (81) , , 14.12 (96) ,

, 8,000 , 7 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.11 (89) , , 7.9 (51) ,

, 25,600 , 7 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.12 (66) , , 10.16 (76) ,

, 24,000 , 7 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.11 (71) , , 14.9 (93) ,

, 20,000 , 7 June 1926

Round 8

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.19 (85) , , 9.12 (66) ,

, 22,000 , 19 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.9 (69) , , 11.9 (75) , Windy Hill , 23,000 , 19 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 28.16 (184) , , 8.10 (58) ,

, 14,000 , 19 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.7 (109) , , 7.10 (52) , Princes Park , 20,000 , 19 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.12 (72) , , 18.10 (118) ,

, 9,000 , 19 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.15 (93) , , 9.5 (59) ,

, 15,000 , 19 June 1926

Round 9

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 4.9 (33) , , 5.17 (47) ,

, 5,000 , 26 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.8 (56) , , 9.13 (67) ,

, 14,000 , 26 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.9 (69) , , 12.12 (84) ,

, 12,000 , 26 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.10 (70) , , 6.13 (49) , Princes Park , 30,000 , 26 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.28 (154) , , 1.7 (13) ,

, 7,514 , 26 June 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.15 (69) , , 8.9 (57) ,

, 18,000 , 26 June 1926

Round 10

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.10 (58) , , 11.16 (82) ,

, 10,000 , 3 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.19 (67) , , 8.5 (53) ,

, 21,500 , 3 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.17 (59) , , 10.7 (67) ,

, 12,500 , 3 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.13 (49) , , 11.12 (78) ,

, 13,000 , 3 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.5 (53) , , 10.16 (76) ,

, 5,000 , 3 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.17 (59) , , 8.6 (54) ,

, 32,000 , 3 July 1926

Round 11

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.9 (93) , , 10.8 (68) ,

, 12,000 , 10 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.8 (74) , , 7.5 (47) , Windy Hill , 10,000 , 10 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.15 (99) , , 5.11 (41) ,

, 23,000 , 10 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.14 (80) , , 9.9 (63) , Princes Park , 15,000 , 10 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.13 (67) , , 8.8 (56) ,

, 20,000 , 10 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.15 (99) , , 8.12 (60) ,

, 11,651 , 10 July 1926

Round 12

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.15 (75) , , 16.12 (108) ,

, 27,000 , 17 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.14 (56) , , 15.17 (107) ,

, 17,000 , 17 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.16 (124) , , 11.16 (82) ,

, 16,000 , 17 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.17 (65) , , 8.9 (57) , Princes Park , 12,000 , 17 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 3.11 (29) , , 17.16 (118) ,

, 14,000 , 17 July 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 4.8 (32) , , 6.14 (50) ,

, 10,000 , 17 July 1926

Round 13

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.10 (70) , , 10.10 (70) ,

, 4,500 , 7 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.18 (90) , , 5.8 (38) ,

, 10,500 , 7 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.17 (77) , , 12.20 (92) ,

, 10,000 , 7 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.17 (107) , , 6.12 (48) ,

, 14,000 , 7 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.10 (46) , , 10.9 (69) , Windy Hill , 20,000 , 7 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.18 (90) , , 8.10 (58) ,

, 27,785 , 7 August 1926

Round 14

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.11 (53) , , 10.21 (81) ,

, 15,000 , 14 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.8 (104) , , 3.10 (28) ,

, 7,000 , 14 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.10 (82) , , 10.15 (75) , Princes Park , 25,000 , 14 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.7 (67) , , 9.16 (70) ,

, 6,000 , 14 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.15 (63) , , 14.21 (105) ,

, 10,000 , 14 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.14 (62) , , 10.7 (67) ,

, 20,000 , 14 August 1926

Round 15

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.9 (69) , , 14.18 (102) ,

, 5,000 , 21 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.22 (112) , , 7.6 (48) ,

, 10,000 , 21 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.18 (126) , , 9.10 (64) ,

, 7,000 , 21 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.15 (123) , , 9.9 (63) , Windy Hill , 8,000 , 21 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.7 (43) , , 13.15 (93) ,

, 32,475 , 21 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.13 (85) , , 9.8 (62) ,

, 29,000 , 21 August 1926

Round 16

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.16 (70) , , 15.16 (106) ,

, 12,000 , 28 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.19 (73) , , 11.14 (80) ,

, 5,000 , 28 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.16 (64) , , 14.13 (97) ,

, 26,550 , 28 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.18 (126) , , 15.14 (104) , Princes Park , 25,000 , 28 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.8 (68) , , 13.16 (94) ,

, 15,000 , 28 August 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 2.11 (23) , , 14.11 (95) ,

, 13,000 , 28 August 1926

Round 17

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.10 (70) , , 12.14 (86) ,

, 5,000 , 4 September 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.16 (130) , , 8.18 (66) ,

, 11,500 , 4 September 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.18 (120) , , 13.7 (85) ,

, 6,000 , 4 September 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.20 (140) , , 9.14 (68) ,

, 6,684 , 4 September 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.9 (57) , , 9.9 (63) ,

, 32,000 , 4 September 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.8 (86) , , 11.11 (77) , Windy Hill , 25,000 , 4 September 1926

Round 18

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.12 (78) , , 18.13 (121) ,

, 5,000 , 11 September 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.17 (71) , , 10.14 (74) , Windy Hill , 25,000 , 11 September 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.12 (90) , , 11.5 (71) ,

, 6,000 , 11 September 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.13 (49) , , 13.15 (93) ,

, 5,000 , 11 September 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.14 (104) , , 6.13 (49) ,

, 14,000 , 11 September 1926 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.24 (96) , , 7.5 (47) ,

, 20,000 , 11 September 1926

Ladder

Finals

All of the 1926 finals were played at the

so the home team in the semi-finals and preliminary final is purely the higher ranked team from the ladder but in the Grand Final the home team was the team that won the preliminary final.

Semi-finals

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.10 (70) , , 17.15 (117) ,

, 50,662 , 18 September , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , Collingwood , 12.12 (84) , , 13.17 (95) ,

, 44,286 , 25 September

Preliminary final

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.6 (42) , , 5.9 (39) ,

, 50,162 , 2 October

Grand final

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defeated Collingwood 17.17 (119) to 9.8 (62), in front of a crowd of 59,362 people. (For an explanation of scoring see

Awards

* The 1926 VFL Premiership team was

. * The VFL's leading goalkicker was

Gordon Coventry Gordon Richard James Coventry (25 September 1901 – 7 November 1968) was a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Accorded "Legend" status in the Australian Footb ...

of Collingwood with 83 goals; a VFL record. * The winner of the 1926

Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...

was

Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith (29 October 1897 – 4 March 1960), was an Australian footballer, who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League and for the Latrobe Football Club in the North-Western Football Union in Tasmania. ...

with 9 votes. *

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took the "

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" in 1926. * The seconds premiership was won by . Carlton 14.11 (95) defeated 5.13 (43) in the challenge Grand Final, played as a curtain raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 9 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Notable events

* In order to ensure that each team had nine home games in every season, the 17 game home-and-away season of 1925 was extended to 18 matches in 1926. * Following the retirement due to ill-health of Sir Baldwin Spencer, former

footballer, club doctor, and VFL delegate Dr. William C. McClelland became President of the VFL. He served from 1926 to 1956. * Halfway through the 1924 season, Carlton's champion Horrie Clover retired as a player due to a serious illness. He was subsequently appointed Secretary of the Carlton Club and, as well, he was made a member of the VFL's Umpire and permit Committee. By the start of 1926, Clover's health had improved to the extent that he resumed his career with Carlton, playing another 78 senior games from 1926 to 1931. Due to the perceived conflict of interest, he was made to resign from the VFL Committee. * As the players were walking off the field for their half-time break in the preliminary final, the Melbourne centreman Bob Corbett was viciously king-hit from behind, suffering a broken jaw; Essendon's Charlie May was subsequently suspended for all of 1927 for the incident. With no replacements allowed, Melbourne were forced to continue with 17 men and were gamely defending against the Essendon onslaught in the last quarter when, with only minutes to go in the match, a barely conscious Corbett staggered out onto the field with his head swathed in bandages, and took up his position in the centre, freeing up

to lead the Melbourne attack. In a mark of respect for Corbett's great courage, Essendon tough-man and rugged full-back Harry Hunter, who was racing up the ground towards the Essendon goals, saw a battered Corbett standing in his way. Under normal circumstances, Hunter, who was known to take no prisoners, would have run straight through Corbett; however, in what was described as an act of great chivalry by a sportsman and a gentleman, Hunter sidestepped Corbett, and delivered the ball down the ground through another avenue.

won 6.6 (42) to Essendon's 5.9 (39). The king-hit led to strong calls for substitute replacement players.Football Incident: Corbett's Injury: C. May (Essendon) Suspended, ''The Argus'', (Friday, 15 October 1926), p. 5.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AboUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_9cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4875%2C1508798 Rough Football: May (Essendon) Punished: Out for a Season, ''The Age'', (Friday, 15 October 1926), p. 10.]

Footnotes

References

* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. * Rogers, S. & Brown, A., ''Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition)'', Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. * Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported'', Viking, (Ringwood), 1996.

External links

1926 Season – AFL Tables
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