List of VFL debuts in 1904

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

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Summary of debuts in 1904
Club VFL debuts Change of club
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

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Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes
Billy Payne Carlton 22 years, 253 days 1[1] 127 0
Ted Kennedy Carlton 26 years, 243 days 1[2] 106 13 Brother of James Kennedy. Previously played for Essendon.
Bob Boyle Carlton 27 years, 173 days 4[3] 36 4
Harry Newbound Carlton 22 years, 232 days 2[4] 18 2 Previously played for Collingwood.
Eddie Prescott Carlton 23 years, 199 days 8[5] 11 9
Percy Pitt Carlton 20 years, 249 days 2[6] 8 11
Pat Pelly Carlton 26 years, 198 days 4[7] 8 0
Henry Whight Carlton 22 years, 64 days 2[8] 7 0
Arthur Ryan Carlton 23 years, 219 days 1[9] 4 0
Rupe Bradley Carlton 22 years, 233 days 3[10] 4 4
Albert Gourlay Carlton 22 years, 330 days 3[11] 3 0 Previously played for Melbourne.
Jim Cullen Carlton 25 years, 333 days 1[12] 1 0 Previously played for South Melbourne and Essendon.
Jimmy Gaynor Carlton 27 years, 11 days 4[13] 1 0
Sam Marron Carlton 20 years, 118 days 5[14] 1 0
Ernie Ashton Carlton 21 years, 44 days 15[15] 1 0
Robert Nash Collingwood 20 years, 85 days 11[16] 88 14 Father of Laurie Nash.
Bob Strachan Collingwood 17 years, 352 days 1[17] 52 27
Don Fraser Collingwood 21 years, 269 days 5[18] 31 0
Bill Homan Collingwood 23 years, 134 days 1[19] 12 8
Grahame McConechy Collingwood 23 years, 336 days 1[20] 7 6
Ivor Lawson Collingwood 21 years, 19 days 1[21] 7 2
Harry Neil Collingwood 21 years, 286 days 8[22] 4 0
Allan Belcher Collingwood 19 years, 227 days 11[23] 4 1 Brother of Vic Belcher.
Bob Burns Collingwood 19 years, 339 days 1[24] 2 0
Wally Sykes Collingwood 23 years, 5 days 1[25] 2 0
Darcy McDougall Collingwood 18 years, 35 days 3[26] 1 0
Les Abbott Collingwood 19 years, 16 days 8[27] 1 0
Bill Busbridge Essendon 19 years, 98 days 1[28] 103 32
Arthur Legge Essendon 22 years, 229 days 3[29] 69 30
Bert Laxton Essendon 24 years, 266 days 2[30] 44 3
Fred Robinson Essendon 19 years, 365 days 2[31] 35 0 Brother of Alex, Bill and Gordon Robinson.
Jim Phipps Essendon 20 years, 73 days 9[32] 22 0
Alex Robinson Essendon 17 years, 262 days 1[33] 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[34] 7 2
Mick Pleass Essendon 29 years, 205 days 5[35] 4 0 Previously played for South Melbourne.
Norman Belcher Essendon 24 years, 302 days 1[36] 2 0 Previously played for Geelong.
Percy Sheehan Fitzroy 20 years, 307 days 1[37] 58 11
Joe Johnson Fitzroy 21 years, 109 days 1[38] 55 15 First known Indigenous Australian to play in the Victorian Football League.
Edgar Kneen Fitzroy 21 years, 241 days 1[39] 48 33
Gilbert Barker Fitzroy 21 years, 310 days 5[40] 42 4
Jack McDonough Fitzroy 24 years, 314 days 5[41] 29 6 Previously played for South Melbourne.
Les Sharp Fitzroy 18 years, 248 days 5[42] 23 12
Paddy Shea Fitzroy 18 years, 58 days 2[43] 13 8 Also played first-class cricket for Victoria.
Bill Kelly Fitzroy 21 years, 173 days 2[44] 7 0
Hedley Tomkins Fitzroy 18 years, 338 days 2[45] 4 0
Fred Lethbridge Fitzroy 20 years, 111 days 3[46] 3 1
Dick Grigg Geelong 18 years, 334 days 1[47] 194 64
George Doull Geelong 24 years, 190 days 1[48] 96 16
Tom Rankin Geelong 23 years, 4 days 1[49] 47 12
Jim Munday Geelong 16 years, 340 days 7[50] 33 1
Jack Knell Geelong 25 years, 358 days 9[51] 32 12
Mick Holligan Geelong 22 years, 339 days 15[52] 6 3
Henry Molan Geelong 25 years, 34 days 2[53] 5 0
Bert Clarke Geelong 20 years, 69 days 6[54] 4 3
Bill Burns Geelong 20 years, 1 days 15[55] 2 0
Reg Digby Geelong 25 years, 212 days 15[56] 2 1
Joe Fox Geelong 26 years, 347 days 15[57] 2 0 Previously played for South Melbourne.
Jimmy Roberts Geelong 21 years, 21 days 1[58] 1 0
George Horman Geelong 20 years, 254 days 7[59] 1 0
Peter McMurrich Geelong 18 years, 72 days 12[60] 1 0
Henry Cheeseman Geelong 28 years, 258 days 17[61] 1 1
Joe Pearce Melbourne 19 years, 107 days 2[62] 152 5 One of the first VFL footballers killed in the First World War.
Bernie Nolan Melbourne 20 years, 197 days 1[63] 84 10
Hugh Purse Melbourne 22 years, 218 days 1[64] 84 26
Jim Conquest Melbourne 23 years, 343 days 1[65] 54 22
Ted Leach Melbourne 21 years, 13 days 1[66] 23 9 Previously played for Collingwood.
Mark Gardner Melbourne 19 years, 288 days 8[67] 14 1
Roy Adam Melbourne 21 years, 87 days 6[68] 12 3 Previously played for St Kilda.
Ernie Vollugi Melbourne 25 years, 122 days 1[69] 4 0
Henri Jeanneret Melbourne 26 years, 134 days 2[70] 4 0 Previously played for South Melbourne.
Lionel Smale Melbourne 25 years, 164 days 1[71] 2 0
Tom Watson Melbourne 30 years, 127 days 1[72] 1 0 Previously played for Carlton.
Alec Woods Melbourne 22 years, 243 days 2[73] 1 0
Ted Wade Melbourne 19 years, 151 days 3[74] 1 0
Bill Strang South Melbourne 20 years, 276 days 10[75] 69 80 Father of Allan, Colin, Doug and Gordon Strang, and grandfather of Geoff Strang.
Dick McCabe South Melbourne 26 years, 327 days 1[76] 51 0 Previously played for Fitzroy and St Kilda.
Harry Gibson South Melbourne 25 years, 132 days 1[77] 41 11
Charles Clements South Melbourne 22 years, 54 days 2[78] 32 68
Bert Sharpe South Melbourne 26 years, 15 days 3[79] 17 17 Previously played for Fitzroy.
Bill Griffiths South Melbourne 25 years, 60 days 5[80] 9 0
Jim Schellnack South Melbourne 5[81] 7 6
John Catarinich South Melbourne 21 years, 274 days 14[82] 7 0
Dave McColl South Melbourne 28 years, 99 days 1[83] 5 0
Henry Morley Kidgell South Melbourne 23 years, 113 days 11[84] 5 0
Les Weate South Melbourne 19 years, 106 days 9[85] 4 1
Syd Wright South Melbourne 21 years, 340 days 15[86] 3 0
Herb Bruton South Melbourne 25 years, 333 days 1[87] 2 0
Artie Percy South Melbourne 24 years, 137 days 15[88] 2 0
Leslie Hope South Melbourne 19 years, 195 days 1[89] 1 0
Edmund Johnson South Melbourne 21 years, 59 days 1[90] 1 0
Robert Daykin South Melbourne 23 years, 183 days 9[91] 1 0
Tom Hawking South Melbourne 22 years, 162 days 13[92] 1 0 Uncle of George Hawking.
Peter McCann South Melbourne 22 years, 56 days 15[93] 1 0
Jim Darcy South Melbourne 23 years, 194 days 17[94] 1 0 Previously played for Essendon.
Con Hogan South Melbourne 23 years, 16 days 17[95] 1 0
Wally Scott St Kilda 19 years, 363 days 8[96] 108 4
Dan Feehan St Kilda 24 years, 90 days 1[97] 85 9
Jack Julian St Kilda 19 years, 202 days 17[98] 67 0
Bill Mahoney St Kilda 19 years, 141 days 03[99] 17 9 Previously played for Geelong.
Jim King St Kilda 30 years, 194 days 5[100] 13 2 Previously played for South Melbourne.
Tommy Ryan St Kilda 32 years, 211 days 1[101] 11 8 Previously played for Melbourne.
Jack King St Kilda 25 years, 162 days 8[102] 8 0
John Moloney St Kilda 22 years, 195 days 4[103] 3 0
Alec Moffatt St Kilda 25 years, 213 days 15[104] 3 0
Fred Whelpton St Kilda 19 years, 071 days 3[105] 2 0
Jim Hallahan, Sr. St Kilda 26 years, 035 days 10[106] 2 0 Father of Jim Hallahan, Jr. and Tom Hallahan.
Frank Kenny St Kilda 26 years, 011 days 15[107] 2 0
Jim Marshall St Kilda 22 years, 112 days 1[108] 1 0
David Starke St Kilda 24 years, 242 days 2[109] 1 0
Des Griffin St Kilda 22 years, 252 days 12[110] 1 0
Dan Scullion St Kilda 18 years, 71 days 14[111] 1 0
Ivor Evans St Kilda 17 years, 34 days 16[112] 1 0
Gordon Downes St Kilda 26 years, 72 days 17[113] 1 0
Lewis Jones St Kilda 17 years, 311 days 17[114] 1 0
Joe Marchant St Kilda 19 years, 358 days 17[115] 1 0
Jimmy Sheehan St Kilda 20 years, 153 days 17[116] 1 2

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