1909 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1909 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 168.9%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 28
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Len Mortimer (45)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Charlie Ricketts

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baird, Des 5 R01-R03, R12-R13 0
Barry, Dave 10 R02-R09, PF, GF 1
Belcher, Vic 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 7
Bower, George 19 R01-R11, R13-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 5
Caldwell, Jim 19 R01-R17, SF, PF 2
Callan, Hughie 7 R10-R16 0
Cameron, Jim 15 R01-R05, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 6
Casey, Dick 20 R01-R18, SF, PF 20
Deas, Bob 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 29
Dolphin, Bill 14 R01-R11, R16, SF, PF 0
Drane, Horrie 2 R14, GF 0
Franks, Bert 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 13
Gough, Alf 18 R04-R18, SF, PF, GF 19
Grimshaw, Tom 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Harrison, Ed 1 R06 0
Hiskins, Arthur 19 R01-R07, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 7
Jones, Jack 6 R08-R09, R12-R15 5
Kerr, Alex 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 9
Moore, Herbert 1 R01 0
Mortimer, Len 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 50
Moxham, Billy 9 R08-R10, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Pentland, Alan 14 R08-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Richardson, Jack 1 R07 0
Ricketts, Charlie 20 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 11
Scobie, Jack 19 R01-R12, R14-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Streckfuss, Bert 2 R17-R18 0
Thomas, Bill 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 2
Wade, Ted 11 R01-R07, R11, R17-R18, GF 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Jack Scobie Bill Dolphin Tom Grimshaw
Half-Back: Arthur Hiskins Bill Thomas Alan Pentland
Centre: Jim Caldwell George Bower Billy Moxham
Half-Forward: Jim Cameron Bob Deas Charlie Ricketts
Forward: Alf Gough Len Mortimer Dick Casey
Follower: Vic Belcher Bert Franks Alex Kerr

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Ricketts, Charlie 21 16 -0- 5 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/05/1909 Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN SOU by 9 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
08/05/1909 Round 2 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 17 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
15/05/1909 Round 3 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 64 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
22/05/1909 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 39 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
29/05/1909 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 20 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
05/06/1909 Round 6 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 13 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
07/06/1909 Round 7 Essendon AWAY WIN SOU by 1 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
12/06/1909 Round 8 University HOME WIN SOU by 63 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
19/06/1909 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 77 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
03/07/1909 Round 10 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 80 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
10/07/1909 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 24 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
17/07/1909 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 21 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
24/07/1909 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 14 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
31/07/1909 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 11 Charlie Ricketts unknown
14/08/1909 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 93 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
21/08/1909 Round 16 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 4 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
28/08/1909 Round 17 University AWAY WIN SOU by 26 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
04/09/1909 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 22 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
18/09/1909 Semi Final Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 21 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
25/09/1909 Preliminary Final Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 22 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
02/10/1909 Grand Final Carlton AWAY WIN SOU by 2 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts