Jim Trend
Melbourne
AFL career
3 games3 goals
- Debut
- R2 1905 v SME13 May 1905
- Most recent
- R4 1905 v COL27 May 1905
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Boroondara, Jim Trend played a brief cameo for Melbourne during the club's tumultuous 1905 season. At the time, the Redlegs were struggling to retain talent due to the committee's staunch refusal to pay players—a principled amateur stance that eventually saw the club slip to its first-ever wooden spoon. Trend was brought into the side in Round 2 to bolster the attack and proved immediate value in front of the big sticks, booting three goals across his three senior appearances. Despite averaging a goal a game in a struggling forward line, his VFL career was confined to that single month of football, leaving him as a short-lived but efficient contributor during one of the club's bleakest early eras.
Profile
- Full name
- James Trend
- Born
- 02 Nov 1878
- Died
- 17 Feb 1954 (aged 75y 107d)
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Boroondara, Jim Trend played a brief cameo for Melbourne during the club's tumultuous 1905 season. At the time, the Redlegs were struggling to retain talent due to the committee's staunch refusal to pay players—a principled amateur stance that eventually saw the club slip to its first-ever wooden spoon. Trend was brought into the side in Round 2 to bolster the attack and proved immediate value in front of the big sticks, booting three goals across his three senior appearances. Despite averaging a goal a game in a struggling forward line, his VFL career was confined to that single month of football, leaving him as a short-lived but efficient contributor during one of the club's bleakest early eras.