The 1930 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 34th season of the VFL. The season saw 135 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 19 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.
Club | VFL debuts | Change of club |
---|---|---|
Carlton | 6 | 0 |
Collingwood | 5 | 2 |
Essendon | 7 | 2 |
Fitzroy | 13 | 1 |
Footscray | 14 | 1 |
Geelong | 9 | 0 |
Hawthorn | 12 | 5 |
Melbourne | 12 | 1 |
North Melbourne | 21 | 5 |
Richmond | 8 | 0 |
St Kilda | 13 | 1 |
South Melbourne | 15 | 1 |
Total | 135 | 19 |
Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Huxtable | Carlton | 21 years, 223 days | 6 [1] | 135 | 4 | |
Ted Pollock | Carlton | 16 years, 200 days | 9 [2] | 43 | 20 | Youngest Carlton debutant. |
Les Allen | Carlton | 19 years, 71 days | 3 [3] | 29 | 87 | |
Bruce Scharp | Carlton | 25 years, 98 days | 16 [4] | 7 | 0 | |
Bill Flynn | Carlton | 22 years, 261 days | 7 [5] | 1 | 3 | |
Henry Thomson | Carlton | 23 years, 251 days | 7 [6] | 1 | 0 | |
Jack Regan | Collingwood | 17 years, 247 days | 3 [7] | 196 | 3 | |
Fred Froude | Collingwood | 19 years, 332 days | 5 [8] | 148 | 141 | |
Frank Kelly | Collingwood | 19 years, 166 days | 6 [9] | 34 | 8 | |
Elvin Barr | Collingwood | 21 years, 193 days | 3 [10] | 9 | 3 | |
Bill Aldag | Collingwood | 24 years, 280 days | 5 [11] | 9 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray. |
Jack George | Collingwood | 20 years, 55 days | 7 [12] | 7 | 0 | |
Bert Everett | Collingwood | 25 years, 192 days | 6 [13] | 4 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Bill Lowenthal | Essendon | 20 years, 355 days | 18 [14] | 73 | 14 | |
Mal MacRae | Essendon | 20 years, 212 days | 3 [15] | 19 | 14 | |
Billy Lynch | Essendon | 21 years, 33 days | 5 [16] | 18 | 1 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
Tommy Gubbins | Essendon | 22 years, 300 days | 1 [17] | 17 | 1 | |
Leo Glynn | Essendon | 26 years, 200 days | 10 [18] | 9 | 0 | |
Charlie Sevior | Essendon | 21 years, 357 days | 1 [19] | 5 | 2 | |
Gerry Donnelly | Essendon | 26 years, 346 days | 12 [20] | 3 | 0 | Youngest captain-coach in VFL history. Brother of Andy Donnelly. Previously played for North Melbourne and Melbourne. |
Jock Turner | Essendon | 21 years, 82 days | 4 [21] | 1 | 2 | |
Lindsay Smail | Essendon | 19 years, 314 days | 13 [22] | 1 | 1 | |
Wilfred Smallhorn | Fitzroy | 19 years, 88 days | 4 [23] | 150 | 31 | 1933 Brownlow medallist. |
Colin Benham | Fitzroy | 22 years, 161 days | 1 [24] | 81 | 70 | |
Fred Davies | Fitzroy | 22 years, 54 days | 1 [25] | 63 | 11 | |
Con Hogan | Fitzroy | 26 years, 211 days | 1 [26] | 30 | 0 | |
Gerald McKenzie | Fitzroy | 26 years, 110 days | 1 [27] | 18 | 0 | |
Ken Veevers | Fitzroy | 20 years, 327 days | 8 [28] | 18 | 2 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
Roy McDougall | Fitzroy | 23 years, 17 days | 12 [29] | 8 | 0 | |
Ken Mackie | Fitzroy | 19 years, 150 days | 12 [30] | 7 | 15 | |
Keith Fleming | Fitzroy | 20 years, 238 days | 11 [31] | 6 | 4 | Brother of Frank and Ian Fleming. |
Frank Beggs | Fitzroy | 25 years, 346 days | 1 [32] | 4 | 0 | |
Jack Williams | Fitzroy | 22 years, 200 days | 2 [33] | 4 | 4 | |
Harry Challis | Fitzroy | 24 years, 21 days | 2 [34] | 3 | 0 | |
Frank Raymond | Fitzroy | 26 years, 297 days | 7 [35] | 1 | 0 | |
Lindsay Fricker | Fitzroy | 24 years, 300 days | 13 [36] | 1 | 0 | |
Roy McKay | Footscray | 21 years, 39 days | 1 [37] | 101 | 10 | |
Bill Sherman | Footscray | 20 years, 315 days | 6 [38] | 21 | 4 | Brother of Jack Sherman and Ted Sherman. |
Horrie Stanway | Footscray | 21 years, 208 days | 6 [39] | 20 | 4 | |
Leon Bazin | Footscray | 23 years, 7 days | 10 [40] | 13 | 2 | |
Tom Sutherland | Footscray | 20 years, 6 days | 9 [41] | 10 | 12 | |
Fred Coppock | Footscray | 25 years, 105 days | 1 [42] | 9 | 1 | |
Roy Williams | Footscray | 22 years, 211 days | 4 [43] | 9 | 10 | |
Stan Harris | Footscray | 21 years, 63 days | 1 [44] | 8 | 3 | Brother of John Harris. Previously played for Richmond. |
Roy O'Donnell | Footscray | 22 years, 200 days | 5 [45] | 7 | 10 | |
Arthur Smith | Footscray | 21 years, 358 days | 5 [46] | 3 | 5 | |
Bertie Sharp | Footscray | 19 years, 128 days | 9 [47] | 2 | 0 | |
Johnny Stanley | Footscray | 24 years, 268 days | 14 [48] | 2 | 0 | |
Ron James | Footscray | 23 years, 23 days | 1 [49] | 1 | 0 | |
Harry Bollman | Footscray | 27 years, 286 days | 9 [50] | 1 | 0 | |
Cyril Harley | Footscray | 19 years, 289 days | 13 [51] | 1 | 0 | |
Joe Sellwood | Geelong | 19 years, 141 days | 7 [52] | 180 | 97 | |
Len Metherell | Geelong | 21 years, 167 days | 1 [53] | 110 | 117 | Brother of Jack Metherell. |
Clive Coles | Geelong | 19 years, 94 days | 7 [54] | 109 | 76 | |
Bob Troughton | Geelong | 25 years, 320 days | 1 [55] | 92 | 100 | |
Bill Kuhlken | Geelong | 20 years, 16 days | 1 [56] | 80 | 101 | |
Jack Carney | Geelong | 21 years, 101 days | 1 [57] | 79 | 4 | |
Jack Walker | Geelong | 20 years, 276 days | 5 [58] | 76 | 3 | |
Ted Riches | Geelong | 23 years, 101 days | 8 [59] | 1 | 0 | |
Teddy Jones | Geelong | 20 years, 114 days | 9 [60] | 1 | 0 | |
Bert Mills | Hawthorn | 20 years, 76 days | 1 [61] | 196 | 60 | Brother of Arthur Mills. |
Leo Murphy | Hawthorn | 20 years, 353 days | 13 [62] | 132 | 22 | Father of John Murphy and grandfather of Marc Murphy. |
George Bennett | Hawthorn | 18 years, 223 days | 1 [63] | 92 | 9 | |
Wally Ware | Hawthorn | 24 years, 101 days | 9 [64] | 63 | 27 | Brother of Norman Ware. |
Keith Sharpley | Hawthorn | 21 years, 153 days | 15 [65] | 54 | 40 | |
Mark Daffey | Hawthorn | 22 years, 59 days | 6 [66] | 37 | 26 | |
John Harris | Hawthorn | 26 years, 180 days | 1 [67] | 34 | 10 | Brother of Stan Harris. Previously played for Collingwood. |
Reg Mulavin | Hawthorn | 17 years, 279 days | 7 [68] | 11 | 0 | |
Bennie Lunn | Hawthorn | 24 years, 326 days | 1 [69] | 10 | 0 | Previously played for Richmond. |
Arthur Mills | Hawthorn | 24 years, 190 days | 5 [70] | 10 | 1 | Brother of Bert Mills. |
Len Mills | Hawthorn | 32 years, 84 days | 1 [71] | 8 | 17 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
Ernie Sheil | Hawthorn | 24 years, 22 days | 4 [72] | 5 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Jack Flanigan | Hawthorn | 25 years, 74 days | 11 [73] | 5 | 1 | Brother of Bob Flanigan. |
Jim Veitch | Hawthorn | 25 years, 143 days | 5 [74] | 4 | 0 | |
Reg Davies | Hawthorn | 20 years, 237 days | 12 [75] | 3 | 0 | |
Fred Hansen | Hawthorn | 27 years, 42 days | 11 [76] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray. |
Artie Frecker | Hawthorn | 28 years, 302 days | 12 [77] | 1 | 0 | |
George Margitich | Melbourne | 21 years, 166 days | 1 [78] | 75 | 267 | |
Bill Vanthoff | Melbourne | 21 years, 122 days | 1 [79] | 60 | 42 | |
Reg Conole | Melbourne | 28 years, 66 days | 1 [80] | 47 | 6 | |
Edwin Pemberton | Melbourne | 21 years, 324 days | 2 [81] | 36 | 5 | |
Jack Power | Melbourne | 20 years, 69 days | 4 [82] | 36 | 6 | |
Webber Jackson | Melbourne | 20 years, 152 days | 1 [83] | 24 | 5 | |
Bill Cutler | Melbourne | 29 years, 271 days | 1 [84] | 22 | 6 | |
Hec Davidson | Melbourne | 22 years, 35 days | 1 [85] | 20 | 5 | Brother of Arthur Davidson. |
Harry Crapper | Melbourne | 25 years, 136 days | 5 [86] | 12 | 7 | Brother of Fred and Frank Crapper. |
Howard Steel | Melbourne | 19 years, 101 days | 15 [87] | 9 | 3 | |
Lew Gough | Melbourne | 27 years, 12 days | 18 [88] | 5 | 0 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
Colin Jackson | Melbourne | 24 years, 65 days | 1 [89] | 2 | 0 | |
Geoff Frood | Melbourne | 24 years, 114 days | 10 [90] | 1 | 2 | |
George Jerram | North Melbourne | 25 years, 261 days | 1 [91] | 77 | 10 | Previously played for Geelong. |
Bob Mathews | North Melbourne | 17 years, 250 days | 1 [92] | 58 | 32 | |
Syd Barker | North Melbourne | 18 years, 277 days | 12 [93] | 41 | 4 | Son of Syd Barker Sr.. |
Frank Wells | North Melbourne | 20 years, 199 days | 3 [94] | 37 | 4 | |
Mowbray Weir | North Melbourne | 21 years, 160 days | 1 [95] | 19 | 10 | |
Bert Peters | North Melbourne | 21 years, 268 days | 1 [96] | 17 | 3 | |
Joe Knott | North Melbourne | 23 years, 59 days | 5 [97] | 16 | 0 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
Alex Clarke | North Melbourne | 23 years, 41 days | 10 [98] | 15 | 0 | |
Roy Atkins | North Melbourne | 21 years, 280 days | 1 [99] | 14 | 4 | |
Dick O'Shea | North Melbourne | 21 years, 155 days | 10 [100] | 14 | 8 | |
Hector Moir | North Melbourne | 20 years, 270 days | 16 [101] | 12 | 6 | |
Bill Spry | North Melbourne | 23 years, 331 days | 10 [102] | 9 | 0 | |
Jim Heenan | North Melbourne | 23 years, 319 days | 1 [103] | 8 | 1 | Father of Jim P. Heenan. |
Joe McElholum | North Melbourne | 20 years, 104 days | 12 [104] | 8 | 2 | |
Jack Donovan | North Melbourne | 20 years, 104 days | 2 [105] | 6 | 3 | Previously played for Footscray. |
Fred Dean | North Melbourne | 21 years, 40 days | 4 [106] | 5 | 2 | |
Rupe Perrett | North Melbourne | 20 years, 345 days | 5 [107] | 5 | 0 | |
Arthur Morley | North Melbourne | 22 years, 239 days | 18 [108] | 5 | 0 | |
Clarrie Semmel | North Melbourne | 20 years, 108 days | 14 [109] | 4 | 0 | |
Harold Davidson | North Melbourne | 20 years, 4 days | 15 [110] | 4 | 0 | |
Frank Holmes | North Melbourne | 30 years, 32 days | 1 [111] | 3 | 0 | |
Arthur Smith | North Melbourne | 22 years, 28 days | 1 [112] | 2 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray. |
Wal McGrath | North Melbourne | 20 years, 075 days | 15 [113] | 2 | 1 | |
Ray Clarke | North Melbourne | 21 years, 288 days | 1 [114] | 1 | 0 | |
Leo Credlin | North Melbourne | 26 years, 321 days | 1 [115] | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
Paul Clarke | North Melbourne | 21 years, 233 days | 18 [116] | 1 | 0 | |
Kevin O'Neill | Richmond | 22 years, 44 days | 1 [117] | 209 | 12 | |
Martin Bolger | Richmond | 23 years, 271 days | 3 [118] | 185 | 2 | |
Ray Martin | Richmond | 20 years, 173 days | 2 [119] | 159 | 135 | |
Eric Zschech | Richmond | 20 years, 325 days | 2 [120] | 102 | 16 | |
Ted Cusack | Richmond | 20 years, 3 days | 3 [121] | 2 | 0 | |
Hope Collins | Richmond | 25 years, 256 days | 1 [122] | 1 | 1 | |
Bill Griffith | Richmond | 24 years, 149 days | 2 [123] | 1 | 0 | |
Stan Ogden | Richmond | 19 years, 197 days | 3 [124] | 1 | 0 | |
Jack Davis | St Kilda | 21 years, 298 days | 2 [125] | 150 | 31 | |
Harry Comte | St Kilda | 21 years, 54 days | 1 [126] | 104 | 55 | |
Clarrie Hindson | St Kilda | 22 years, 208 days | 1 [127] | 90 | 0 | |
Pat Hartnett | St Kilda | 20 years, 28 days | 7 [128] | 66 | 58 | |
Lloyd Jones | St Kilda | 24 years, 119 days | 1 [129] | 54 | 7 | |
Doug Bourne | St Kilda | 21 years, 251 days | 16 [130] | 48 | 2 | |
Arthur Roberts | St Kilda | 19 years, 85 days | 8 [131] | 31 | 10 | Brother of Billy Roberts. |
Billy Stevens | St Kilda | 24 years, 270 days | 1 [132] | 23 | 9 | |
Jim Forbes | St Kilda | 21 years, 128 days | 1 [133] | 19 | 6 | |
Jack Smith | St Kilda | 20 years, 268 days | 4 [134] | 9 | 8 | |
Clyde Beattie | St Kilda | 24 years, 255 days | 1 [135] | 5 | 2 | |
Keith Storey | St Kilda | 25 years, 51 days | 10 [136] | 5 | 0 | |
Hugh Dunbar | St Kilda | 26 years, 310 days | 01 [137] | 3 | 1 | Brother of Edgar and Harold Dunbar. Previously played for Melbourne. |
Victor Lucas | St Kilda | 23 years, 111 days | 11 [138] | 1 | 0 | |
Bob Pratt | South Melbourne | 17 years, 245 days | 1 [139] | 158 | 681 | Father of Bob Pratt Jr. |
John Austin | South Melbourne | 19 years, 166 days | 4 [140] | 140 | 19 | |
Reg Bennett | South Melbourne | 23 years, 277 days | 6 [141] | 39 | 5 | |
Ron Shapter | South Melbourne | 24 years, 306 days | 1 [142] | 26 | 14 | |
Rod Leffanue | South Melbourne | 17 years, 120 days | 1 [143] | 12 | 14 | |
Martin Wheelahan | South Melbourne | 22 years, 102 days | 12 [144] | 11 | 5 | Brother of Danny Wheelahan. |
Charlie Troughton | South Melbourne | 23 years, 297 days | 3 [145] | 7 | 6 | |
Jack Shelton | South Melbourne | 25 years, 141 days | 7 [146] | 7 | 2 | Father of Bill Shelton, cousin of Bill Shelton and uncle of Ian Shelton. Previously played for St Kilda. |
Dave Coutts | South Melbourne | 25 years, 66 days | 2 [147] | 5 | 0 | |
Tasman Knight | South Melbourne | 23 years, 164 days | 1 [148] | 4 | 0 | |
Ron Martin | South Melbourne | 25 years, 287 days | 9 [149] | 4 | 3 | |
Bill Jordan | South Melbourne | 23 years, 194 days | 3 [150] | 3 | 1 | |
Bill O'Brien | South Melbourne | 25 years, 134 days | 3 [151] | 2 | 0 | Grandfather of Gerard and Greg Healy. |
Stan Lawler | South Melbourne | 20 years, 291 days | 17 [152] | 2 | 6 | |
Alf Callick | South Melbourne | 21 years, 354 days | 18 [153] | 1 | 2 | |
Roy Cassidy | South Melbourne | 23 years, 86 days | 18 [154] | 1 | 0 |
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