Captain-Coach: Len Incigneri
Finishing Position: 9th
Best and Fairest: n/a
Leading Goalkicker: Arthur Best (30)
Best First Year Player: n/a
Matches | Ladder | Playing List |
For the first time Melbourne paid its players, but for the second year in a row only the moribund University club kept the Fuschias off the bottom of the VFL ladder. Two wins over the Students were the only victories all year, one less than they had in 1913. Their cause wasn't helped by champion rover Hedley Tomkins moving to Western Australia to join East Perth.
The club's training staff was strengthened, with Jim Mitchell adding former University trainer McCormicks to his team, along with Moody, Fry, Lewis, Over and Tout.
Melbourne's delegates to the league were once again Andrew Manzie and Bill McClelland. A proposal for a district football scheme which would introduce recruiting zones was defeated when the required 3/4 majority was not available, Melbourne was one of four clubs against the idea.
The Students went into recess at the end of the year, but ironically it was University who helped catapult Melbourne back into the top four in 1915 after the the Reds signed many of the failed club's players. The two clubs officially amalgamated, but University got nothing other than seats on the committee.
At the club's AGM in February 1915 the committee reported the cause of their poor season was highly rated junior players not living up to their promise.
Practice match
Opposition | Result | Score | |||
Collingwood District | ? | ? |
Premiership Season
Round | Opposition | Result | |||
1 | Fitzroy | LOSS | |||
2 | Collingwood | LOSS | |||
3 | Geelong | LOSS | |||
4 | St. Kilda | LOSS | |||
5 | Essendon | LOSS | |||
6 | Carlton | LOSS | |||
7 | University | WIN | |||
8 | Richmond | LOSS | |||
9 | South Melbourne | LOSS | |||
10 | Fitzroy | LOSS | |||
11 | Collingwood | LOSS | |||
12 | Geelong | LOSS | |||
13 | St. Kilda | LOSS | |||
14 | Essendon | LOSS | |||
15 | Carlton | LOSS | |||
16 | University | WIN | |||
17 | Richmond | LOSS | |||
18 | South Melbourne | LOSS |
Ladder
W | D | L | % | P | |
Carlton | 13 | 2 | 3 | 129.7 | 56 |
South Melbourne | 12 | 1 | 5 | 109.4 | 50 |
Fitzroy | 12 | 0 | 6 | 137.2 | 48 |
Geelong | 11 | 1 | 6 | 128.4 | 46 |
Collingwood | 10 | 1 | 7 | 120.0 | 42 |
Essendon | 9 | 2 | 7 | 120.7 | 40 |
St. Kilda | 9 | 1 | 8 | 118.2 | 38 |
Richmond | 8 | 0 | 10 | 100.6 | 32 |
Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 16 | 61.3 | 8 |
University | 0 | 0 | 18 | 47.0 | 0 |
Exhibition match
Opposition | Result | ||||
Castlemaine League | WIN |
Playing List
Number | Player | Games | Goals | ||
1 | Roy MacDonald | 7 | 2 | ||
1 | Carlyle Kenley | 1 | 0 | ||
2 | Billy Quinn | 11 | 2 | ||
3 | Jack Huntington | 1 | 0 | ||
4 | Percy Colee | 5 | 3 | ||
5 | Wal Riddington | 1 | 0 | ||
6 | Rupe Lowell | 5 | 0 | ||
7 | Jack Evans | 16 | 5 | ||
8 | Bert Trahair | 18 | 7 | ||
9 | Harry Britter | 5 | 5 | ||
10 | John Daly | 8 | 0 | ||
10 | Jack Watt | 3 | 0 | ||
11 | Charlie Lilley | 16 | 1 | ||
13 | Stan Fairbairn | 3 | 5 | ||
14 | Mick Maguire | 2 | 2 | ||
15 | Bill Hendrie | 17 | 14 | ||
16 | Bobby Monk | 13 | 1 | ||
17 | Frank Lugton | 18 | 0 | ||
18 | Les Smith | 7 | 1 | ||
19 | Bill Allen | 14 | 5 | ||
20 | Aubrey MacKenzie | 2 | 0 | ||
20 | Eric Parsons | 2 | 0 | ||
21 | Herbert Roberts | 1 | 0 | ||
22 | Alec Gray | 16 | 0 | ||
23 | Vic Gordon | 15 | 4 | ||
24 | Tim Collins | 8 | 9 | ||
25 | Cliff Burge | 5 | 1 | ||
26 | George Walker | 11 | 0 | ||
27 | Bill McKenzie | 18 | 1 | ||
28 | Len Incigneri | 17 | 7 | ||
29 | Charlie Armstrong | 11 | 0 | ||
30 | Arthur Best | 12 | 30 | ||
31 | Jack Woolley | 2 | 2 | ||
32 | Roy Gray | 1 | 0 | ||
33 | Alf Williamson | 8 | 5 | ||
34 | Jack Connole | 9 | 10 | ||
35 | Jack Baquie | 8 | 2 | ||
36 | Matt Incigneri | 1 | 0 | ||
38 | Bill Brunier | 3 | 4 | ||
40 | Alex Fraser | 3 | 1 |
Round | Player | Charge | Sanction | ||
Round 8 | Jack Evans | Charging | Not Guilty | ||
Round 13 | Alf Williamson | Rough Conduct | 3 matches | ||
Round 17 | Alf Williamson | Elbowing and General Roughness | 15 matches |
Notes
Football Record shows Len Incigneri as being appointed coach before Round 1. Most records show Hall as coach. Later Records show Hall as coach of Williamstown that year.
Team image courtesy of State Library/http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=44Boyles Football Photos.
Media
Herald - 17/04/1914
Leader - 09/05/1914
Winner - 24/12/1915