Ern Jenkins (1897 - 1910)

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Premierships:

[/URL]1899 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898_VFL_Grand_Final)

B: Hugh McEwen Geoff Moriarty [U]Ern Jenkins
HB: Jack Deas Pat Hickey Alec Sloan (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=908277) (c)
C: Eddie Drohan Harry Clarke Kelly Robinson
HF: Pat Descrimes Fred Fontaine (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?p=22537109) Bill Dalton
F: Alf McDougall Jim Grace Bill Cleary
Foll: Mick Grace Bill Potter Bill McSpeerin (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=851418)

1904 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_VFL_Grand_Final)

B: Alf Sharp Fred Fontaine (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?p=22537109) Wally Naismith
HB: Ern Jenkins Jim Sharp Joe Johnson
C: Alf Bartlett Harry Clarke Les Millis
HF: Edgar Kneen Gerald Brosnan (c) Gilbert Barker
F: Jack McDonough Percy Sheehan Percy Trotter
Foll: Herbert Milne Bill Walker Bill McSpeerin (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=851418)

1905 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_VFL_Grand_Final)

B: Wally Naismith Geoff Moriarty Lou Barker
HB: Ern Jenkins Jim Sharp Percy Sheehan
C: Gilbert Barker Tammy Beauchamp Barclay Bailes
HF: Gerald Brosnan (c) Fred Fontaine (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?p=22537109) Joe Johnson
F: Alf Wilkinson Jack McDonough Percy Trotter
Foll: Herbert Milne Bill Walker Les Millis

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Footyinfo (http://footyinfo.net/player/display/9370)

Full name: Ern Jenkins
Born: October 4, 1879
Teams: Fitzroy 1897-1908, Fitzroy 1910
Debut: Fitzroy vs Carlton Round 1, Brunswick St, 8 May 1897

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern_Jenkins)

Ernest 'Ern' Jenkins (4 October 1879 – 23 December 1927) was an Australian rules football player, coach and umpire. Jenkins was uncle of Fitzroy player Horrie Dawson.

Jenkins played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1897 and 1908 and again in 1910. He was senior coach of the Richmond Football Club in 1913.

Jenkins later joined the VFL as a goal umpire making his debut in VFL senior football in 1920. By the time he retired in 1927 Jenkins had umpired 132 senior matches, including five grand finals.[/URL]

Statistics:

[URL="http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/E/Ern_Jenkins.html"]afl tables (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern_Jenkins#cite_note-aflua1-1)

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Fitzroy Captains (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fitzroy_Football_Club_captains)

1897 Bill Cleary
1898 Alec Sloan (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=908277)
1899 Alec Sloan (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=908277)
1900 William McSpeerin (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=851418)
1901 William McSpeerin (http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=851418)
1902 Gerald Brosnan
1903 Gerald Brosnan
1904 Gerald Brosnan
1905 Gerald Brosnan
1906 Ern Jenkins
1907 Ern Jenkins
1908 Jim Sharp
1909 Jim Sharp
1910 Jim Sharp

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fullpointsfooty (http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/i-j.htm#Ernest%20Jenkins%20%28Fitzroy%20&%20Richmond%29)

Renowned as one of the finest followers in Victoria during this career, Ernest Jenkins was a stalwart both of strong Fitzroy sides and VFL representative combinations for much of the first decade of the fledgling league's existence.

Quick over the ground, strong in the air, and supremely courageous, he had all the attributes necessary to succeed in what, at the time, was arguably the toughest position on the field. He played 179 games in thirteen seasons with the Maroons, and was one of the best players afield in the winning grand finals of 1899 and 1905, as well as the losing affair of 1906 against Carlton.

He was club captain in 1906-7, and three years after his retirement as a player, in 1913, he returned to the VFL as non-playing coach of Richmond, leading the comparative league novices to 7th place on the ladder in a ten team competition.

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100 players who made the "Lions" roar (http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zu305oUYP5kC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Fitzroy:+for+the+love+of+the+jumper+:+100+players+who+mad e+the+%22Lions%22+roar&source=bl&ots=sXAhDV3vlq&sig=LBAicrNi604tiQH2075cBZx68As&hl=en&ei=TPOpTeeIA5GsugOivJGYCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false)

Jenkins first played with Fitzroy in the VFA between 1894 and 1896. The Australian reported “Fitzroy felt most seriously the loss of Jenkins, who followed magnificently in previous matches, but whom business has called away to Queensland.’
This caused him to miss the game that sealed Fitzroy’s 1895 VFA premiership, which was the club’s first. Fitzroy was one of the eight clubs to break away from the VFA and for the VFL in 1897 and Jenkins was in Fitzroy’s first VFL team that beat Carlton by 33 points at Brunswick Street. Though he played in earlier games, he missed the 1898 grand final win over Essendon.

The following year he was a key player at the business end of the season. ‘Jenkins was the finest of a strong body of defenders, and his numerous brilliant dashes were rendered the more effective through the persistency with which he followed up his advantage,’ reported The Australian on the Maroon’s win in the 1899 sectional game against Collingwood.

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Umpire's Association (http://www.aflua.com.au/player_umpires#jenkins)

Ernest Jenkins toiled for Fitzroy between the formation of the VFL and 1910. He played in the full back line in their losing Grand Final sides of 1900 and 1903 before being part of the flag-winning 1904-05 combinations on the half back flank. After captaining the 'Roys in 1906 and 1907 and retiring, he coached Richmond in 1913. Seven years later, he reappeared in league ranks as a goal umpire and waved the flags in 132 matches. His Grand Final success continued and he participated in a further 5 during his 8-year umpiring career.