List of VFL debuts in 1897
# List of VFL debuts in 1897

The inaugural Victorian Football League (VFL) season in 1897 saw 284 players make their senior debut for the eight clubs that comprised the VFL. Many of these players previously played for their clubs in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) prior to the establishment of the VFL.

## Summary

Summary of debuts in 1897 :

| Club | VFL debuts |
| - | - |
| Carlton | 39 |
| Collingwood | 31 |
| Essendon | 36 |
| Fitzroy | 37 |
| Geelong | 34 |
| Melbourne | 38 |
| St Kilda | 41 |
| South Melbourne | 28 |
| Total | 284 |

## Debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ernie Walton | Carlton | 22 years, 31 days | 1 | 120 | 8 | |
| Bobby Walsh | Carlton | 19 years, 338 days | 1 | 78 | 21 | |
| Bill Casey | Carlton | 24 years, 141 days | 5 | 61 | 2 | |
| Wally O'Cock | Carlton | 21 years, 325 days | 1 | 41 | 25 | |
| Peter Williams | Carlton | 30 years, 30 days | 2 | 34 | 1 | |
| Tom Sweetman | Carlton | 24 years, 123 days | 1 | 30 | 3 | |
| Jack Reekie | Carlton | 26 years, 57 days | 1 | 27 | 0 | |
| Sam Chapman | Carlton | 21 years, 19 days | 2 | 25 | 17 | |
| Henry Dunne | Carlton | 25 years, 76 days | 1 | 24 | 6 | |
| Chic Breese | Carlton | 24 years, 10 days | 3 | 24 | 10 | |
| Jack Roberts | Carlton | 30 years, 164 days | 1 | 24 | 2 | |
| Bill Weir | Carlton | 22 years, 258 days | 1 | 16 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Aitken | Carlton | 24 years, 358 days | 1 | 15 | 3 | |
| Brook Hannah | Carlton | 22 years, 222 days | 1 | 14 | 0 | |
| Oscar Manchester | Carlton | 19 years, 69 days | 7 | 14 | 3 | |
| Bob Armstrong | Carlton | 24 years, 287 days | 1 | 12 | 0 | |
| Bob Cameron | Carlton | 20 years, 5 days | 2 | 11 | 1 | |
| Jim Lyons | Carlton | 21 years, 54 days | 4 | 11 | 0 | |
| Harry Morgan | Carlton | 26 years, 101 days | 4 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bill Woodhouse | Carlton | 23 years, 236 days | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| Henry Crane | Carlton | 27 years, 266 days | 5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Arthur Cummins | Carlton | 20 years, 262 days | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| Jim Caffery | Carlton | 25 years, 17 days | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
| Henry McPetrie | Carlton | 20 years, 55 days | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Joe Paton | Carlton | 18 years, 245 days | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bill Patterson | Carlton | 23 years, 286 days | 8 | 5 | 0 | |
| Tom Blake | Carlton | 24 years, 297 days | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jack Frost | Carlton | 26 years, 172 days | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| Otto Buck | Carlton | 20 years, 174 days | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Sam Reid | Carlton | 25 years, 23 days | 10 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ted Heffernan | Carlton | 27 years, 357 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Harry Howard | Carlton | 23 years, 256 days | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Goonan | Carlton | 24 years, 5 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | Father of Jimmy Goonan. |
| Bill Ahern | Carlton | 32 years, 67 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| George Johnston | Carlton | 20 years, 85 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Harry Gyles | Carlton | 16 years, 321 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alby Paterson | Carlton | 22 years, 72 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Herbie Lowenthal | Carlton | 20 years, 339 days | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Billy Arnott | Carlton | 24 years, 122 days | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charlie Pannam | Collingwood | 22 years, 218 days | 1 | 179 | 111 | Brother of Albert Pannam, father of Alby and Charlie Pannam, and grandfather of Lou and Ron Richards. |
| Jack Monohan | Collingwood | 23 years, 260 days | 1 | 171 | 7 | Father of Jack Monohan Jr. |
| Dick Condon | Collingwood | 21 years, 50 days | 1 | 149 | 101 | |
| Lardie Tulloch | Collingwood | 26 years, 23 days | 1 | 129 | 67 | |
| Bill Proudfoot | Collingwood | 28 years, 331 days | 1 | 108 | 0 | |
| Frank Hailwood | Collingwood | 24 years, 35 days | 1 | 104 | 37 | |
| Archie Smith | Collingwood | 25 years, 81 days | 1 | 89 | 119 | |
| Fred Leach | Collingwood | 19 years, 108 days | 7 | 84 | 8 | Brother of Arthur and Ted Leach. |
| Charlie Dow | Collingwood | 23 years, 116 days | 1 | 72 | 1 | |
| Bill O'Brien | Collingwood | 20 years, 46 days | 1 | 67 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sime | Collingwood | 25 years, 278 days | 1 | 64 | 4 | |
| George Williams | Collingwood | 26 years, 8 days | 1 | 55 | 8 | |
| Jim Gregory | Collingwood | 21 years, 84 days | 1 | 42 | 17 | |
| Harry Dowdall | Collingwood | 24 years, 313 days | 1 | 38 | 21 | Brother of Jim Dowdall. |
| Wal Gillard | Collingwood | 22 years, 302 days | 1 | 37 | 20 | |
| Alby Tame | Collingwood | 19 years, 303 days | 2 | 29 | 2 | |
| Arthur Gibbs | Collingwood | 24 years, 131 days | 2 | 22 | 0 | |
| Herman Hellwig | Collingwood | 22 years, 17 days | 11 | 21 | 3 | |
| George Calleson | Collingwood | 22 years, 257 days | 1 | 17 | 5 | |
| Bill Stranger | Collingwood | 25 years, 312 days | SF | 17 | 2 | |
| Billy Strickland | Collingwood | 32 years, 264 days | 1 | 16 | 1 | |
| Fred Kay | Collingwood | 18 years, 242 days | 4 | 11 | 6 | |
| Denis Lanigan | Collingwood | 23 years, 32 days | 6 | 11 | 3 | |
| Rhoda McDonald | Collingwood | 19 years, 9 days | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
| Tom Paterson | Collingwood | 22 years, 194 days | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Tom Lee | Collingwood | 22 years, 218 days | 11 | 8 | 2 | |
| Jim Dowdall | Collingwood | 29 years, 287 days | 3 | 6 | 1 | Brother of Harry Dowdall. |
| Danny Flaherty | Collingwood | 30 years, 187 days | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dick Poole | Collingwood | 24 years, 283 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dick Hall | Collingwood | 24 years, 357 days | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Herb Johnson | Collingwood | 17 years, 278 days | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Anderson | Essendon | 27 years, 172 days | 1 | 136 | 13 | |
| Son Barry | Essendon | 20 years, 61 days | 1 | 134 | 21 | |
| Hugh Gavin | Essendon | 18 years, 202 days | 2 | 112 | 21 | |
| George Hastings | Essendon | 20 years, 115 days | 1 | 109 | 25 | |
| Ted Kinnear | Essendon | 22 years, 193 days | 1 | 108 | 31 | |
| George Martin | Essendon | 22 years, 102 days | 1 | 104 | 34 | |
| Maurie Collins | Essendon | 20 years, 291 days | 1 | 98 | 7 | |
| Tod Collins | Essendon | 21 years, 98 days | 1 | 91 | 23 | |
| Harry Wright | Essendon | 27 years, 25 days | 1 | 86 | 6 | |
| Pat O'Loughlin | Essendon | 23 years, 191 days | 1 | 74 | 18 | |
| George Stuckey | Essendon | 25 years, 306 days | 1 | 71 | 4 | Brother of Harry Stuckey. Played first class cricket for Victoria and won the 1897 Stawell Gift. |
| Arthur Cleghorn | Essendon | 23 years, 158 days | 1 | 61 | 53 | |
| Joe Groves | Essendon | 22 years, 355 days | 1 | 57 | 0 | |
| Charlie Forbes | Essendon | 32 years, 0 days | 1 | 52 | 13 | |
| Gus Officer | Essendon | 21 years, 235 days | 2 | 48 | 12 | |
| Charlie Moore | Essendon | 21 years, 282 days | 9 | 30 | 34 | |
| George Vautin | Essendon | 28 years, 22 days | 2 | 26 | 1 | Played first-class cricket for Tasmania and Victoria. |
| Norm Waugh | Essendon | 22 years, 363 days | 1 | 23 | 30 | |
| George Cochrane | Essendon | 19 years, 337 days | SF | 22 | 4 | |
| Ned Officer | Essendon | 28 years, 40 days | 1 | 18 | 0 | |
| Gus Kearney | Essendon | 26 years, 188 days | 4 | 18 | 8 | |
| Edgar Croft | Essendon | 25 years, 8 days | 2 | 15 | 12 | |
| Colin Campbell | Essendon | 25 years, 8 days | SF | 12 | 4 | Played first-class cricket for Tasmania. |
| Archie Sykes | Essendon | 30 years, 242 days | 03 | 11 | 1 | |
| Jim Darcy | Essendon | 22 years, 99 days | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| Harold Brown | Essendon | 18 years, 247 days | 3 | 8 | 1 | |
| Jim Park | Essendon | 22 years, 93 days | 8 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bert Salkeld | Essendon | 20 years, 349 days | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Fred Ball | Essendon | 28 years, 265 days | 3 | 5 | 1 | |
| Alby Stamp | Essendon | 17 years, 210 days | 12 | 5 | 2 | |
| Arthur Leach | Essendon | 21 years, 123 days | 9 | 4 | 2 | Brother of Fred and Ted Leach. |
| Jimmy Thurgood | Essendon | 20 years, 342 days | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Dave Ferguson | Essendon | 22 years, 160 days | SF | 2 | 0 | |
| Johnny Graham | Essendon | 22 years, 3 days | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bob McCormick | Essendon | 18 years, 26 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim White | Essendon | 19 years, 129 days | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ern Jenkins | Fitzroy | 17 years, 216 days | 1 | 182 | 16 | |
| Bill McSpeerin | Fitzroy | 22 years, 225 days | 1 | 126 | 93 | |
| Geoff Moriarty | Fitzroy | 25 years, 192 days | 1 | 106 | 0 | Father of Jack Moriarty. |
| Chris Kiernan | Fitzroy | 19 years, 46 days | 1 | 102 | 110 | |
| Bert Sharpe | Fitzroy | 19 years, 44 days | 6 | 99 | 59 | |
| Alec Sloan | Fitzroy | 26 years, 154 days | 2 | 66 | 0 | |
| Mick Grace | Fitzroy | 22 years, 288 days | 1 | 65 | 55 | Brother of Jim Grace. |
| Pat Hickey | Fitzroy | 25 years, 247 days | 1 | 61 | 3 | |
| Kelly Robinson | Fitzroy | 23 years, 259 days | 14 | 57 | 1 | |
| Pat Descrimes | Fitzroy | 19 years, 128 days | 1 | 55 | 18 | |
| Jim Grace | Fitzroy | 28 years, 229 days | 1 | 47 | 33 | Brother of Mick Grace. |
| Jack Dalton | Fitzroy | 21 years, 23 days | 1 | 44 | 0 | Brother of Bill Dalton. |
| Paddy Noonan | Fitzroy | 21 years, 260 days | 3 | 36 | 7 | |
| Jerry Nolan | Fitzroy | 27 years, 169 days | 1 | 34 | 1 | |
| Hugh McEwen | Fitzroy | 20 years, 106 days | 11 | 32 | 0 | |
| Dick McCabe | Fitzroy | 19 years, 327 days | 1 | 24 | 14 | |
| Stan Reid | Fitzroy | 24 years, 321 days | 4 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bill Cleary | Fitzroy | 29 years, 105 days | 5 | 21 | 6 | |
| Arch Muirhead | Fitzroy | 20 years, 287 days | 1 | 16 | 3 | |
| Dan Moriarty | Fitzroy | 21 years, 263 days | 1 | 12 | 2 | |
| Roger Lamley | Fitzroy | 27 years, 60 days | 1 | 10 | 6 | |
| Sam McMichael | Fitzroy | 27 years, 294 days | 1 | 10 | 0 | Also played first-class cricket for Victoria. |
| Tom Banks | Fitzroy | 29 years, 325 days | 1 | 8 | 1 | Brother of Albert Banks. |
| Ivan Astruc | Fitzroy | 21 years, 10 days | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Percy Kimberley | Fitzroy | 19 years, 120 days | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ted Staniland | Fitzroy | 22 years, 190 days | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Joe Kerrigan | Fitzroy | 33 years, 118 days | 8 | 5 | 1 | |
| Charlie Cameron | Fitzroy | 23 years, 101 days | 9 | 5 | 1 | |
| Mick Peppard | Fitzroy | 20 years, 66 days | 9 | 5 | 0 | |
| Alex Davidson | Fitzroy | 20 years, 332 days | 10 | 4 | 0 | |
| Herb Nolan | Fitzroy | 21 years, 245 days | 12 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tim Curran | Fitzroy | 22 years, 92 days | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bert Rapiport | Fitzroy | 31 years, 227 days | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jim Whelan | Fitzroy | 25 years, 135 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Fred Nomens | Fitzroy | 27 years, 223 days | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Henry Yager | Fitzroy | 22 years, 217 days | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Harry James | Fitzroy | 20 years, 43 days | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| Teddy Rankin | Geelong | 25 years, 58 days | 1 | 180 | 35 | Brother of Tom Rankin. Father of Cliff, Bert and Doug Rankin. Great-grandfather of Georgie Rankin. |
| Henry Young | Geelong | 24 years, 6 days | 3 | 167 | 76 | |
| Peter Burns | Geelong | 31 years, 123 days | 1 | 89 | 7 | Brother of Allen Burns. |
| Teddy Holligan | Geelong | 19 years, 043 days | 1 | 84 | 29 | |
| Jim McShane | Geelong | 26 years, 69 days | 1 | 82 | 53 | Brother of Henry and Joe McShane. |
| Joe McShane | Geelong | 28 years, 160 days | 1 | 75 | 30 | Brother of Henry and Jim McShane |
| Firth McCallum | Geelong | 24 years, 132 days | 1 | 74 | 25 | |
| Charlie Coles | Geelong | 17 years, 305 days | 1 | 72 | 81 | |
| Jim Flynn | Geelong | 26 years, 062 days | 3 | 72 | 22 | |
| Arthur Pincott | Geelong | 20 years, 108 days | 6 | 72 | 0 | |
| Archie Thompson | Geelong | 21 years, 276 days | 1 | 61 | 14 | |
| Jimmy Palmer | Geelong | 19 years, 189 days | 8 | 53 | 8 | |
| Jack Conway | Geelong | 30 years, 43 days | 1 | 51 | 0 | |
| Jack Parkin | Geelong | 19 years, 333 days | 1 | 50 | 11 | |
| Eddy James | Geelong | 23 years, 83 days | 1 | 46 | 85 | |
| Henry McShane | Geelong | 23 years, 48 days | 1 | 31 | 1 | Brother of Brother of Jim and Joe McShane. |
| Sam Brockwell | Geelong | 26 years, 107 days | 3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Fred White | Geelong | 20 years, 44 days | 6 | 28 | 28 | |
| Jack Quinn | Geelong | 22 years, 222 days | 1 | 21 | 16 | |
| Ted Greeves | Geelong | 18 years, 255 days | SF | 20 | 2 | |
| Bert Barling | Geelong | 19 years, 132 days | 5 | 17 | 4 | |
| Paddy Leahy | Geelong | 22 years, 357 days | 1 | 17 | 0 | |
| Billy Pincott | Geelong | 21 years, 288 days | 1 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tom Maguire | Geelong | 23 years, 135 days | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| Alf Pontin | Geelong | 27 years, 228 days | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
| Cecil Sandford | Geelong | 22 years, 324 days | 7 | 7 | 1 | |
| Mac Armstrong | Geelong | 27 years, 275 days | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| Stan Enfield | Geelong | 23 years, 257 days | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Bill McKay | Geelong | 17 years, 302 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bob Paterson | Geelong | 21 years, 210 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ned Moran | Geelong | 20 years, 244 days | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Lucas | Geelong | 27 years, 315 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Mullen | Geelong | 28 years, 134 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Sharkey | Geelong | 23 years, 117 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| George Moodie | Melbourne | 24 years, 198 days | 1 | 134 | 29 | |
| Jack Leith | Melbourne | 24 years, 269 days | 1 | 133 | 162 | |
| Charlie Young | Melbourne | 19 years, 152 days | 1 | 129 | 46 | |
| Austin Lewis | Melbourne | 26 years, 347 days | 1 | 87 | 9 | |
| Fred McGinis | Melbourne | 22 years, 178 days | 1 | 84 | 36 | |
| Stewart Geddes | Melbourne | 18 years, 133 days | 11 | 91 | 10 | |
| Maurie Herring | Melbourne | 17 years, 236 days | 2 | 68 | 3 | |
| Dick Wardill | Melbourne | 24 years, 349 days | 6 | 60 | 37 | |
| Eddie Sholl | Melbourne | 25 years, 100 days | 12 | 50 | 2 | |
| Alf Wood | Melbourne | 22 years, 82 days | 1 | 46 | 4 | |
| Henry Mitchell | Melbourne | 22 years, 167 days | 1 | 36 | 1 | |
| George Moysey | Melbourne | 22 years, 359 days | 1 | 35 | 25 | Played first-class cricket for Western Australia. |
| Ned Sutton | Melbourne | 29 years, 45 days | 1 | 32 | 0 | |
| Dave Strahan | Melbourne | 22 years, 206 days | 2 | 29 | 0 | |
| Wally Steele | Melbourne | 18 years, 242 days | 1 | 26 | 12 | |
| Norm McLeod | Melbourne | 18 years, 25 days | 1 | 18 | 1 | |
| Edwin Jenkyn | Melbourne | 20 years, 294 days | 1 | 17 | 2 | |
| Fred Sheahan | Melbourne | 26 years, 245 days | 1 | 16 | 0 | Brother of Gerald Sheahan. |
| Bill McCulloch | Melbourne | 24 years, 182 days | 1 | 13 | 8 | |
| Bert Robinson | Melbourne | 18 years, 325 days | 1 | 13 | 2 | |
| Bert Watson | Melbourne | 18 years, 197 days | 1 | 11 | 0 | |
| Alf Healing | Melbourne | 28 years, 286 days | 5 | 10 | 0 | |
| George Johnstone | Melbourne | 27 years, 185 days | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Lew Massey | Melbourne | 27 years, 185 days | 4 | 8 | 1 | |
| John Timothee | Melbourne | 27 years, 114 days | 4 | 8 | 1 | |
| Jack Graham | Melbourne | 19 years, 95 days | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
| Herbert Fry | Melbourne | 26 years, 192 days | 1 | 6 | 1 | Played first-class cricket for Victoria. |
| Jimmy Russell | Melbourne | 17 years, 329 days | 12 | 5 | 4 | |
| Charlie Goding | Melbourne | 20 years, 278 days | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Fred Blackham | Melbourne | 24 years, 32 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | Brother of Jack Blackham. |
| Harry Hughes | Melbourne | 21 years, 96 days | SF | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim McCoy | Melbourne | 21 years, 266 days | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Arthur Kirk | Melbourne | 19 years, 144 days | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Crawford | Melbourne | 17 years, 297 days | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Godby | Melbourne | 17 years, 168 days | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alex Murdoch | Melbourne | 22 years, 1 days | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Walter Lyon | Melbourne | 17 years, 289 days | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gerald Sheahan | Melbourne | 24 years, 243 days | SF | 1 | 0 | Brother of Fred Sheahan. |
| Joe Hogan | St Kilda | 21 years, 178 days | 3 | 91 | 11 | |
| Tom McNamara | St Kilda | 22 years, 339 days | 1 | 83 | 1 | |
| Bill Matthews | St Kilda | 20 years, 335 days | 1 | 80 | 7 | |
| Ted Hall | St Kilda | 21 years, 89 days | 1 | 73 | 10 | |
| Mick Blake | St Kilda | 22 years, 244 days | 2 | 30 | 5 | Brother of George and Tom Blake. |
| Fred Whitelaw | St Kilda | 19 years, 124 days | 4 | 30 | 4 | |
| Harry Aylwin | St Kilda | 26 years, 143 days | 1 | 29 | 0 | |
| Billy Shaw | St Kilda | 24 years, 186 days | 1 | 29 | 1 | |
| Syd Phillips | St Kilda | 25 years, 274 days | 1 | 25 | 0 | |
| George Rutherford | St Kilda | 21 years, 345 days | 10 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jerry McGrath | St Kilda | 22 years, 150 days | 3 | 21 | 0 | |
| Reg Stewart | St Kilda | 18 years, 246 days | 1 | 15 | 7 | |
| Billy Beggs | St Kilda | 18 years, 268 days | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| Danny Dunne | St Kilda | 21 years, 24 days | 1 | 13 | 4 | |
| Ernie Dunne | St Kilda | 23 years, 292 days | 1 | 13 | 4 | |
| Jack Jennings | St Kilda | 21 years, 169 days | 2 | 13 | 1 | |
| Bill Ahern | St Kilda | 22 years, 317 days | 1 | 12 | 6 | |
| Ernest Jones | St Kilda | 25 years, 163 days | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
| George McLeod | St Kilda | 17 years, 280 days | 4 | 12 | 1 | |
| Ernie Stewart | St Kilda | 22 years, 184 days | 1 | 11 | 0 | |
| Algy Hay | St Kilda | 22 years, 218 days | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| Bill Turner | St Kilda | 26 years, 282 days | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| Charlie Howell | St Kilda | 22 years, 265 days | 5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Joe O'Grady | St Kilda | 24 years, 245 days | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Harry Duigan | St Kilda | 21 years, 184 days | 8 | 8 | 1 | |
| Dan Collins | St Kilda | 24 years, 266 days | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| George Blake | St Kilda | 18 years, 291 days | 7 | 7 | 0 | Represented Australia at the 1906 Intercalated Games and 1908 Summer Olympics as a long distance runner. |
| Arch Lowe | St Kilda | 21 years, 246 days | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Fred Stewart | St Kilda | 22 years, 069 days | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| George Morrison | St Kilda | 24 years, 152 days | 9 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bill Newton | St Kilda | 22 years, 89 days | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Harry Gower | St Kilda | 22 years, 135 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Charlie Cox | St Kilda | 24 years, 135 days | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gillie Wilson | St Kilda | 28 years, 210 days | 14 | 2 | 1 | Played First-class cricket for Victoria, Otago and Wellington. |
| Alf Bedford | St Kilda | 23 years, 49 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Molesworth | St Kilda | 19 years, 88 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Grieve | St Kilda | 17 years, 277 days | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mick O'Hagan | St Kilda | 19 years, 183 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Emery Staines | St Kilda | 22 years, 362 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| Matt Conniff | St Kilda | 20 years, 180 days | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Archibald Middleton | St Kilda | 25 years, 284 days | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Herb Howson | South Melbourne | 24 years, 270 days | 1 | 152 | 2 | Played first-class cricket for Victoria. |
| Bill Windley | South Melbourne | 28 years, 253 days | 1 | 129 | 36 | |
| Mick Pleass | South Melbourne | 22 years, 177 days | 1 | 109 | 41 | |
| Dave Adamson | South Melbourne | 22 years, 328 days | 1 | 90 | 11 | |
| Bill Fraser | South Melbourne | 30 years, 40 days | 1 | 88 | 18 | |
| Harry Purdy | South Melbourne | 21 years, 308 days | 1 | 72 | 16 | Father of Harry Purdy Jnr. |
| Frank O'Hara | South Melbourne | 24 years, 277 days | 2 | 60 | 1 | Brother of Jack and Jim O'Hara. |
| Tom Gilligan | South Melbourne | 22 years, 321 days | 1 | 42 | 26 | |
| Allen Burns | South Melbourne | 26 years, 250 days | 1 | 40 | 23 | Brother of Peter Burns. |
| Jim O'Hara | South Melbourne | 22 years, 231 days | 1 | 37 | 1 | Brother of Jack and Frank O'Hara. |
| George Davidson | South Melbourne | 25 years, 41 days | 12 | 37 | 0 | |
| Jack Southern | South Melbourne | 23 years, 006 days | 1 | 31 | 3 | |
| Dick Gibson | South Melbourne | 30 years, 299 days | 1 | 29 | 9 | |
| Fred Waugh | South Melbourne | 27 years, 154 days | 11 | 22 | 3 | |
| Dinny McKay | South Melbourne | 29 years, 166 days | 1 | 14 | 14 | |
| Bill Blackwood | South Melbourne | 24 years, 84 days | 1 | 13 | 11 | |
| Charlie McCartney | South Melbourne | 23 years, 71 days | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| Archie Swannie | South Melbourne | 21 years, 337 days | 1 | 13 | 4 | |
| Michael O'Gorman | South Melbourne | 22 years, 181 days | 1 | 12 | 14 | |
| George Williamson | South Melbourne | 31 years, 121 days | 2 | 12 | 0 | |
| Jack Fleming | South Melbourne | 20 years, 318 days | 2 | 12 | 10 | |
| Dick Doran | South Melbourne | 29 years, 89 days | 6 | 9 | 0 | |
| Eddie Toms | South Melbourne | 24 years, 291 days | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| Fred Sigmont | South Melbourne | 23 years, 359 days | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Horrie Lyons | South Melbourne | 21 years, 166 days | 6 | 5 | 2 | |
| Jack Adamson | South Melbourne | 24 years, 122 days | 1 | 3 | 0 | Brother of Dave Adamson. |
| Jack Deas | South Melbourne | 21 years, 184 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Alb Thomas | South Melbourne | 25 years, 95 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
