Reserves Captains

Reserves Captains

Captain
Year
Notes
VFA SECOND TWENTY
J. Horsburgh 1886
VFL SECONDS
Richard 'Snowy' Craven 1919 Resigned after 1 game - club's first ever game , as he felt captaincy was interfering with his own play. (Rich. Guardian) 1 game
Jim Karthaus 1919 Rd 2 -10, 12-16 14 games
Mal Wishart 1919 Rd 11 1 game
Mal Wishart 1920
Harry Maynard 1921
Jim Karthaus 1921
Jim Karthaus 1922
Frank 'Checker Hughes' 1922
Jim Doran 1923
Harry Pollock 1923 Rd 1
Tom Bayliss 1924
Harry Pollock 1925
Harry Pollock 1926 appointed 29 April 1926
Mal Wishart 1927
Mal Wishart 1928
Paddy Scanlan 1929 VFL Seconds premiership captain
Len Wigraft 1930
Robert O'Neill 1931
Charles Tyson 1932
Charles Tyson 1933
Jack Baggott 1934
Tom O'Halloran 1935
Alan Geddes 1936 (William Wells vice captain)
Alan Geddes 1937
Dick Raftis 1937 'Capt/coach Geddes confined to his bed. In his absence , Raftis, captained the team' (30 July The Argus)
Jim Bolger 1938
Bert Foster 1939
W. Grant 1939 Grand Final
Dan Guinane 1940
Dan Guinane 1941
Ray Martin 1942
Ray Martin 1943
Kevin O'Neill 1944
Martin Bolger 1944
Robert Williams 1945
Alby Pannam 1946
Alby Pannam 1947
Alby Pannam 1948
Alby Pannam 1949
Alby Pannam 1950
Ken Roberts 1950 acting captain after Pannam breaks his hand in Rd 6
Alby Pannam 1951
Alby Pannam 1952
Col Austen 1953
Col Austen 1954 VFL Seconds Premiership Captain. (Brian Boland vice captain)
Col Austen 1955
J Ritchie 1956
1957
1958
1959
VFL RESERVES
1960
1961
1962
Alan Richardson 1963
Alan Richardson 1964
Alan Richardson 1965
Neil Busse 1966
Neil Busse 1967
Bill Barrot 1967 Rd 4 vs Nth Reserve lose for first time since 1965
Kevin Shinners 1968
Don Davenport 1969
George McInnes 1970
Michael Green 1971
Ian Owen 1972
Roger Dean 1973
Bill Nalder 1973
1974
William Nettlefold 1975
1976
Robert Heard 1977
Robert Heard 1978
Peter Williams 1979
Peter Williams 1980
Ian Scrimshaw 1981
F Bain 1982
Michael Malthouse 1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
AFL RESERVES
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
John Howat 1997 AFL Reserves premiership captain
Jason Baldwin 1997 AFL Reserves premiership captain
1998
1999
2000
J Lappin 2001 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
M McLeod 2001 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Pat Steinfort 2002 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Dean Talbot 2003 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Leigh Carlson 2004 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Eric Kuret 2005 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Travis Ronaldson 2006 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Travis Ronaldson 2007 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Paul Shelton 2008 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Nick Carnell 2009 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Nick Carnell 2010 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Nick Carnell 2011 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Nick Carnell 2012 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Nick Carnell 2013 Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
Ross Young 2014
Jaryd Cachia 2015
Sam Darley 2016 Rd 1-6, BYE, 9-10, BYE, 12-14, BYE, 16-21
Ryan Gayle + Tom Langford 2016 Rd 8 (shared)
Sam Darley 2017
Jacob Ballard 2017 Rd 7
Steve Morris 2018
Steve Morris 2019 Premiership captain
Steve Morris 2020
Steve Morris 2021
Lachlan Street 2022


Pre Season

Captain
Year
Notes
Tom Couch 2016 PM1 vs Geelong
Sam Darley 2016 PM 2 vs Northern Blues, PM3 vs Essendon
Nathan Broad 2018 PM1 vs Werribee
Jake Aarts 2019 PM1 vs Essendon
Mabior Chol 2019 PM2 vs Hawthorn


Further Reading:
Senior Coaches
Senior Captains
Under 19s Captains
Fourths Captains