# List of VFL debuts in 1930

The 1930 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the 34th season of the VFL. The season saw 135 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 19 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

## Summary

Summary of debuts in 1930 :
| Club | VFL debuts | Change of club |
| Carlton | 6 | 0 |
| Collingwood | 5 | 2 |
| Essendon | 7 | 2 |
| Fitzroy | 13 | 1 |
| Footscray | 14 | 1 |
| Geelong | 9 | 0 |
| Hawthorn | 12 | 5 |
| Melbourne | 12 | 1 |
| North Melbourne | 21 | 5 |
| Richmond | 8 | 0 |
| St Kilda | 13 | 1 |
| South Melbourne | 15 | 1 |
| Total | 135 | 19 |

## Debuts

| Name | Club | Age at debut | Round debuted | Games | Goals | Notes |
| Eric Huxtable | Carlton | 21 years, 223 days | 6 | 135 | 4 | |
| Ted Pollock | Carlton | 16 years, 200 days | 9 | 43 | 20 | Youngest Carlton debutant. |
| Les Allen | Carlton | 19 years, 71 days | 3 | 29 | 87 | |
| Bruce Scharp | Carlton | 25 years, 98 days | 16 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bill Flynn | Carlton | 22 years, 261 days | 7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Henry Thomson | Carlton | 23 years, 251 days | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Regan | Collingwood | 17 years, 247 days | 3 | 196 | 3 | |
| Fred Froude | Collingwood | 19 years, 332 days | 5 | 148 | 141 | |
| Frank Kelly | Collingwood | 19 years, 166 days | 6 | 34 | 8 | |
| Elvin Barr | Collingwood | 21 years, 193 days | 3 | 9 | 3 | |
| Bill Aldag | Collingwood | 24 years, 280 days | 5 | 9 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray. |
| Jack George | Collingwood | 20 years, 55 days | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bert Everett | Collingwood | 25 years, 192 days | 6 | 4 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Bill Lowenthal | Essendon | 20 years, 355 days | 18 | 73 | 14 | |
| Mal MacRae | Essendon | 20 years, 212 days | 3 | 19 | 14 | |
| Billy Lynch | Essendon | 21 years, 33 days | 5 | 18 | 1 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Tommy Gubbins | Essendon | 22 years, 300 days | 1 | 17 | 1 | |
| Leo Glynn | Essendon | 26 years, 200 days | 10 | 9 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sevior | Essendon | 21 years, 357 days | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Gerry Donnelly | Essendon | 26 years, 346 days | 12 | 3 | 0 | Youngest captain-coach in VFL history. Brother of Andy Donnelly. Previously played for North Melbourne and Melbourne. |
| Jock Turner | Essendon | 21 years, 82 days | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lindsay Smail | Essendon | 19 years, 314 days | 13 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wilfred Smallhorn | Fitzroy | 19 years, 88 days | 4 | 150 | 31 | 1933 Brownlow medallist. |
| Colin Benham | Fitzroy | 22 years, 161 days | 1 | 81 | 70 | |
| Fred Davies | Fitzroy | 22 years, 54 days | 1 | 63 | 11 | |
| Con Hogan | Fitzroy | 26 years, 211 days | 1 | 30 | 0 | |
| Gerald McKenzie | Fitzroy | 26 years, 110 days | 1 | 18 | 0 | |
| Ken Veevers | Fitzroy | 20 years, 327 days | 8 | 18 | 2 | Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Roy McDougall | Fitzroy | 23 years, 17 days | 12 | 8 | 0 | |
| Ken Mackie | Fitzroy | 19 years, 150 days | 12 | 7 | 15 | |
| Keith Fleming | Fitzroy | 20 years, 238 days | 11 | 6 | 4 | Brother of Frank and Ian Fleming. |
| Frank Beggs | Fitzroy | 25 years, 346 days | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jack Williams | Fitzroy | 22 years, 200 days | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Harry Challis | Fitzroy | 24 years, 21 days | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Frank Raymond | Fitzroy | 26 years, 297 days | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lindsay Fricker | Fitzroy | 24 years, 300 days | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| Roy McKay | Footscray | 21 years, 39 days | 1 | 101 | 10 | |
| Bill Sherman | Footscray | 20 years, 315 days | 6 | 21 | 4 | Brother of Jack Sherman and Ted Sherman. |
| Horrie Stanway | Footscray | 21 years, 208 days | 6 | 20 | 4 | |
| Leon Bazin | Footscray | 23 years, 7 days | 10 | 13 | 2 | |
| Tom Sutherland | Footscray | 20 years, 6 days | 9 | 10 | 12 | |
| Fred Coppock | Footscray | 25 years, 105 days | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| Roy Williams | Footscray | 22 years, 211 days | 4 | 9 | 10 | |
| Stan Harris | Footscray | 21 years, 63 days | 1 | 8 | 3 | Brother of John Harris. Previously played for Richmond. |
| Roy O'Donnell | Footscray | 22 years, 200 days | 5 | 7 | 10 | |
| Arthur Smith | Footscray | 21 years, 358 days | 5 | 3 | 5 | |
| Bertie Sharp | Footscray | 19 years, 128 days | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Johnny Stanley | Footscray | 24 years, 268 days | 14 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ron James | Footscray | 23 years, 23 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Harry Bollman | Footscray | 27 years, 286 days | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cyril Harley | Footscray | 19 years, 289 days | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Sellwood | Geelong | 19 years, 141 days | 7 | 180 | 97 | |
| Len Metherell | Geelong | 21 years, 167 days | 1 | 110 | 117 | Brother of Jack Metherell. |
| Clive Coles | Geelong | 19 years, 94 days | 7 | 109 | 76 | |
| Bob Troughton | Geelong | 25 years, 320 days | 1 | 92 | 100 | |
| Bill Kuhlken | Geelong | 20 years, 16 days | 1 | 80 | 101 | |
| Jack Carney | Geelong | 21 years, 101 days | 1 | 79 | 4 | |
| Jack Walker | Geelong | 20 years, 276 days | 5 | 76 | 3 | |
| Ted Riches | Geelong | 23 years, 101 days | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Teddy Jones | Geelong | 20 years, 114 days | 9 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bert Mills | Hawthorn | 20 years, 76 days | 1 | 196 | 60 | Brother of Arthur Mills. |
| Leo Murphy | Hawthorn | 20 years, 353 days | 13 | 132 | 22 | Father of John Murphy and grandfather of Marc Murphy. |
| George Bennett | Hawthorn | 18 years, 223 days | 1 | 92 | 9 | |
| Wally Ware | Hawthorn | 24 years, 101 days | 9 | 63 | 27 | Brother of Norman Ware. |
| Keith Sharpley | Hawthorn | 21 years, 153 days | 15 | 54 | 40 | |
| Mark Daffey | Hawthorn | 22 years, 59 days | 6 | 37 | 26 | |
| John Harris | Hawthorn | 26 years, 180 days | 1 | 34 | 10 | Brother of Stan Harris. Previously played for Collingwood. |
| Reg Mulavin | Hawthorn | 17 years, 279 days | 7 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bennie Lunn | Hawthorn | 24 years, 326 days | 1 | 10 | 0 | Previously played for Richmond. |
| Arthur Mills | Hawthorn | 24 years, 190 days | 5 | 10 | 1 | Brother of Bert Mills. |
| Len Mills | Hawthorn | 32 years, 84 days | 1 | 8 | 17 | Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Ernie Sheil | Hawthorn | 24 years, 22 days | 4 | 5 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Jack Flanigan | Hawthorn | 25 years, 74 days | 11 | 5 | 1 | Brother of Bob Flanigan. |
| Jim Veitch | Hawthorn | 25 years, 143 days | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| Reg Davies | Hawthorn | 20 years, 237 days | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| Fred Hansen | Hawthorn | 27 years, 42 days | 11 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray. |
| Artie Frecker | Hawthorn | 28 years, 302 days | 12 | 1 | 0 | |
| George Margitich | Melbourne | 21 years, 166 days | 1 | 75 | 267 | |
| Bill Vanthoff | Melbourne | 21 years, 122 days | 1 | 60 | 42 | |
| Reg Conole | Melbourne | 28 years, 66 days | 1 | 47 | 6 |
| Edwin Pemberton | Melbourne | 21 years, 324 days | 2 | 36 | 5 | |
| Jack Power | Melbourne | 20 years, 69 days | 4 | 36 | 6 | |
| Webber Jackson | Melbourne | 20 years, 152 days | 1 | 24 | 5 | |
| Bill Cutler | Melbourne | 29 years, 271 days | 1 | 22 | 6 | |
| Hec Davidson | Melbourne | 22 years, 35 days | 1 | 20 | 5 | Brother of Arthur Davidson. |
| Harry Crapper | Melbourne | 25 years, 136 days | 5 | 12 | 7 | Brother of Fred and Frank Crapper. |
| Howard Steel | Melbourne | 19 years, 101 days | 15 | 9 | 3 | |
| Lew Gough | Melbourne | 27 years, 12 days | 18 | 5 | 0 | Previously played for Hawthorn. |
| Colin Jackson | Melbourne | 24 years, 65 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Geoff Frood | Melbourne | 24 years, 114 days | 10 | 1 | 2 | |
| George Jerram | North Melbourne | 25 years, 261 days | 1 | 77 | 10 | Previously played for Geelong. |
| Bob Mathews | North Melbourne | 17 years, 250 days | 1 | 58 | 32 | |
| Syd Barker | North Melbourne | 18 years, 277 days | 12 | 41 | 4 | Son of Syd Barker Sr.. |
| Frank Wells | North Melbourne | 20 years, 199 days | 3 | 37 | 4 | |
| Mowbray Weir | North Melbourne | 21 years, 160 days | 1 | 19 | 10 | |
| Bert Peters | North Melbourne | 21 years, 268 days | 1 | 17 | 3 | |
| Joe Knott | North Melbourne | 23 years, 59 days | 5 | 16 | 0 | Previously played for North Melbourne. |
| Alex Clarke | North Melbourne | 23 years, 41 days | 10 | 15 | 0 | |
| Roy Atkins | North Melbourne | 21 years, 280 days | 1 | 14 | 4 | |
| Dick O'Shea | North Melbourne | 21 years, 155 days | 10 | 14 | 8 | |
| Hector Moir | North Melbourne | 20 years, 270 days | 16 | 12 | 6 | |
| Bill Spry | North Melbourne | 23 years, 331 days | 10 | 9 | 0 | |
| Jim Heenan | North Melbourne | 23 years, 319 days | 1 | 8 | 1 | Father of Jim P. Heenan. |
| Joe McElholum | North Melbourne | 20 years, 104 days | 12 | 8 | 2 | |
| Jack Donovan | North Melbourne | 20 years, 104 days | 2 | 6 | 3 | Previously played for Footscray. |
| Fred Dean | North Melbourne | 21 years, 40 days | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
| Rupe Perrett | North Melbourne | 20 years, 345 days | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Arthur Morley | North Melbourne | 22 years, 239 days | 18 | 5 | 0 | |
| Clarrie Semmel | North Melbourne | 20 years, 108 days | 14 | 4 | 0 | |
| Harold Davidson | North Melbourne | 20 years, 4 days | 15 | 4 | 0 | |
| Frank Holmes | North Melbourne | 30 years, 32 days | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Arthur Smith | North Melbourne | 22 years, 28 days | 1 | 2 | 0 | Previously played for Footscray. |
| Wal McGrath | North Melbourne | 20 years, 075 days | 15 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ray Clarke | North Melbourne | 21 years, 288 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Leo Credlin | North Melbourne | 26 years, 321 days | 1 | 1 | 0 | Previously played for Carlton. |
| Paul Clarke | North Melbourne | 21 years, 233 days | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kevin O'Neill | Richmond | 22 years, 44 days | 1 | 209 | 12 | |
| Martin Bolger | Richmond | 23 years, 271 days | 3 | 185 | 2 | |
| Ray Martin | Richmond | 20 years, 173 days | 2 | 159 | 135 | |
| Eric Zschech | Richmond | 20 years, 325 days | 2 | 102 | 16 | |
| Ted Cusack | Richmond | 20 years, 3 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Hope Collins | Richmond | 25 years, 256 days | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bill Griffith | Richmond | 24 years, 149 days | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Stan Ogden | Richmond | 19 years, 197 days | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack Davis | St Kilda | 21 years, 298 days | 2 | 150 | 31 | |
| Harry Comte | St Kilda | 21 years, 54 days | 1 | 104 | 55 | |
| Clarrie Hindson | St Kilda | 22 years, 208 days | 1 | 90 | 0 | |
| Pat Hartnett | St Kilda | 20 years, 28 days | 7 | 66 | 58 | |
| Lloyd Jones | St Kilda | 24 years, 119 days | 1 | 54 | 7 | |
| Doug Bourne | St Kilda | 21 years, 251 days | 16 | 48 | 2 | |
| Arthur Roberts | St Kilda | 19 years, 85 days | 8 | 31 | 10 | Brother of Billy Roberts. |
| Billy Stevens | St Kilda | 24 years, 270 days | 1 | 23 | 9 | |
| Jim Forbes | St Kilda | 21 years, 128 days | 1 | 19 | 6 | |
| Jack Smith | St Kilda | 20 years, 268 days | 4 | 9 | 8 | |
| Clyde Beattie | St Kilda | 24 years, 255 days | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Keith Storey | St Kilda | 25 years, 51 days | 10 | 5 | 0 | |
| Hugh Dunbar | St Kilda | 26 years, 310 days | 01 | 3 | 1 | Brother of Edgar and Harold Dunbar. Previously played for Melbourne. |
| Victor Lucas | St Kilda | 23 years, 111 days | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Pratt | South Melbourne | 17 years, 245 days | 1 | 158 | 681 | Father of Bob Pratt Jr. |
| John Austin | South Melbourne | 19 years, 166 days | 4 | 140 | 19 | |
| Reg Bennett | South Melbourne | 23 years, 277 days | 6 | 39 | 5 | |
| Ron Shapter | South Melbourne | 24 years, 306 days | 1 | 26 | 14 | |
| Rod Leffanue | South Melbourne | 17 years, 120 days | 1 | 12 | 14 | |
| Martin Wheelahan | South Melbourne | 22 years, 102 days | 12 | 11 | 5 | Brother of Danny Wheelahan. |
| Charlie Troughton | South Melbourne | 23 years, 297 days | 3 | 7 | 6 | |
| Jack Shelton | South Melbourne | 25 years, 141 days | 7 | 7 | 2 | Father of Bill Shelton, cousin of Bill Shelton and uncle of Ian Shelton. Previously played for St Kilda. |
| Dave Coutts | South Melbourne | 25 years, 66 days | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Tasman Knight | South Melbourne | 23 years, 164 days | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ron Martin | South Melbourne | 25 years, 287 days | 9 | 4 | 3 | |
| Bill Jordan | South Melbourne | 23 years, 194 days | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Bill O'Brien | South Melbourne | 25 years, 134 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | Grandfather of Gerard and Greg Healy. |
| Stan Lawler | South Melbourne | 20 years, 291 days | 17 | 2 | 6 | |
| Alf Callick | South Melbourne | 21 years, 354 days | 18 | 1 | 2 | |
| Roy Cassidy | South Melbourne | 23 years, 86 days | 18 | 1 | 0 | |