CAULFIELD GRAMMARIANS AND THE VFL/AFL
There is a long history of Caulfield Grammarians in the VFL/AFL with over 50 Grammarians having played
at the elite level.
Interesting facts include:
 In 2015 three CGS players made their AFL debut being Luke Lowden, Daniel McKenzie and Lukas
Webb. For Dan and Lukas it took only one year to make their debuts but Luke’s 6 year wait to
play at the highest levels is one of football’s great stories or persistence. Similarly Callum Sinclair
endured a horrendous run of injuries before establishing himself in the West Coast Eagles team
culminating in the 2015 AFL Grand Final.
 The player who has played most games is Chris Judd (279) and most goals is also Chris Judd
(228) followed by Ron Evans (209) the former Essendon and AFL President. Ron headed the VFL
goalkicking list in 1959 and 1960.
 Frank Langley was best on ground in Melbourne’s 1900 Premiership. Other premiership players
include Les White (Essendon 1912), Dean Anderson (Hawthorn 1989 & 1991) and Chris Judd
(Eagles 2006). Taylor Duryea is CGS’s latest dual premiership player (Hawthorn 2014 and 2015).
Will Taylor and the Hawks achieve the “three-peat” in 2016?
 Brownlow Medallists have been John Schultz in 1960 and Chris Judd in 2004 and 2010.
 Schultz played 24 games for Victoria (and was an All Australian in 1961). Other players to
represent Victoria were Jim Taylor, Lance Wilkinson, Stephen Newport, Dean Anderson, Ron
Evans and Duncan Kellaway.
 The first Caulfield Grammarian to play VFL football was Stanley Reid (1896-1897) who played
two seasons with Fitzroy before serving in the Boer war where he was killed.
The full list of Caulfield Grammarians who have played AFL/VFL is:
PLAYER
Charlie Abbott
Dean Anderson
David Astbury
Rupert Betheras
Tomas Bugg
Peter Burns
Ron Cabble
George Cassidy
Geoff Cayzer
Mark Chaffey
Claude Crowl
Irving Davidson
Alex Denney
Greg Dean
Jack Dowding
YEARS PLAYED
1961-1963
1988-1997
2010-present
1998-2002
2012 - present
1959-1960
1957-1962
1929-1931
1967-1971
1997-2006
1911
1951-1954
1947-1948
1949-1950
1903-1905
CLUB
Hawthorn
Hawthorn/St Kilda
Richmond
Collingwood
GWS/Melbourne
St Kilda
Hawthorn
Melbourne
St Kilda
Richmond
St Kilda
St Kilda
Collingwood
St Kilda
St Kilda
GAMES
17
150
41
52
65
4
14
13
4
166
3
26
35
7
41
GOALS
4
100
8
15
16
2
35
5
5
34
6
1
2
1
30
John Dowling
Taylor Duryea
Ron Evans
Robert Eddy
Geoff Frood
Richard Gibbs
Brendan Goddard
Geoff Grover
Luke Hammond
Jack Harrison
Herbert Hunter
Nick Jewell
Murray Johnstone
Chris Judd
Andrew Kellaway
Duncan Kellaway
Joshua Kitchen
Frank Langley
Tom Leather
Luke Lowden
Michael Luxford
Stuart Maxfield
Daniel McKenzie
Barrie Mau
Brian Milnes
John McLaren
Andrew McQualter
Stephen Newport
Ezra Poyas
Stanley Reid
John Robinson
John Rombotis
Damien Ryan
Chris Stone
John Schultz
Robert Schultz
Dylan Shiel
Paul Seedsman
Callum Sinclair
Jim Taylor
Murray Thompson
Andrew Walker
Geoff Ward
Lukas Webb
James White
1963-1967
2013-present
1958-1962
2007-2011
1930
1812-1814
2003- present
1664
2001-2004
1936-1947
1900
1996
1945
2002-2015
1997-2006
1992-2004
1994-1996
1900-1906
1932-1933
2009 – present
2015 – present
1990-2005
2015 – present
1960
1952-1955
1955
2005-2011
1985-1993
2000-2004
1897-1898
1912
1995-2000
1996-2001
1978-1981
1958-1968
1963
2012 - present
2012 - present
2013 – present
1949-1961
1973, 1976
2004-present
1968-1971
2015 – present
1999-2000
St Kilda
Hawthorn
Essendon
St Kilda
Melbourne
University
St Kilda/Essendon
St Kilda
Brisbane
North Melbourne
Essendon
Richmond
St Kilda
WC Eagles/Carlton
Richmond
Richmond
St Kilda
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Hawthorn/Adelaide
Geelong
Sydney/Richmond
St Kilda
St Kilda
St Kilda
St Kilda
St Kilda
Melbourne/St Kilda
Richmond/Melbourne
Fitzroy
University
Fitzroy/Port Adel//Richmond
Richmond/St Kilda
St Kilda
Footscray
Footscray
Greater Western Sydney
Collingwood/Adelaide
WC Eagles/Sydney
South Melbourne
Richmond
Carlton
St Kilda
Western Bulldogs
Richmond
37
63
64
33
1
35
269
2
1
95
3
1
3
279
138
180
3
91
16
1
2
226
7
2
23
4
84
140
6
24
1
48
60
23
188
2
64
49
29
156
14
191
31
10
4
6
12
209
10
2
3
149
0
0
23
0
1
2
228
29
12
1
61
11
3
0
129
0
0
3
0
37
66
1
0
0
23
9
12
39
0
33
7
18
35
3
130
18
1
1
Les White
Dick Wicks
Lance Wilkinson
Jack Ziebell
1910-1916, 1920-1924
1949-1951
1949-1956
2009-present
Essendon/St Kilda
St Kilda
Hawthorn
North Melbourne
78
15
116
124
1
5
19
72