1911 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1911 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 13-1-4, P%: 140.4%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Players: 29
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Len Mortimer (44)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Thomas

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Belcher, Vic 18 R01-R17, SF 12
Bower, George 18 R01-R18 5
Caldwell, Jim 18 R01-R17, SF 2
Cameron, Jim 16 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18, SF 3
Carpenter, Fred 17 R01-R04, R07-R18, SF 23
Casey, Dick 12 R06-R12, R14-R16, R18, SF 14
Charge, Les 1 R05 0
Deas, Bob 15 R01-R02, R07-R18, SF 13
Deas, George 1 R18 0
Dolphin, Bill 6 R06-R07, R09, R16-R18 0
Fielding, Fred 1 R05 0
George, Ernie 1 R10 0
Gough, Alf 16 R01-R16 11
Grimshaw, Tom 19 R01-R18, SF 0
Hiskins, Arthur 17 R01-R08, R11-R18, SF 11
Kerr, Alex 7 R01-R06, R17 2
Main, Ben 1 R03 0
Milne, Herbert 11 R06, R08, R10-R17, SF 7
Mortimer, Len 19 R01-R18, SF 44
Pentland, Alan 14 R01-R09, R14-R16, R18, SF 0
Prince, Joe 17 R01-R02, R05-R18, SF 0
Punshon, Arthur 7 R01, R07, R09-R12, SF 1
Ricketts, Charlie 7 R01-R04, R13, R18, SF 6
Scobie, Jack 13 R02-R06, R10, R12-R15, R17-R18, SF 0
Sloss, Bruce 17 R03-R18, SF 9
Strownix, Tom 14 R01-R05, R07-R13, R15, R17 1
Tandy, Mark 3 R03-R04, R18 0
Thomas, Bill 18 R01-R02, R04-R18, SF 0
Walsh, Jack 18 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF 0

Team Line-Up

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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)
Thomas, Bill 19 13 -1- 5 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/04/1911 Round 1 University HOME WIN SOU by 62 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
06/05/1911 Round 2 Carlton AWAY DRAW drawn Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
13/05/1911 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 56 Bill Thomas unknown
20/05/1911 Round 4 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 26 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
27/05/1911 Round 5 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 6 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
03/06/1911 Round 6 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 8 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
05/06/1911 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 48 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
10/06/1911 Round 8 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 13 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
17/06/1911 Round 9 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 3 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
24/06/1911 Round 10 University AWAY WIN SOU by 38 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
01/07/1911 Round 11 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 15 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
08/07/1911 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 37 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
15/07/1911 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 13 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
22/07/1911 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 1 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
29/07/1911 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 36 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
19/08/1911 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 9 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
26/08/1911 Round 17 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 9 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
02/09/1911 Round 18 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 5 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas
09/09/1911 Semi Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 30 Bill Thomas Bill Thomas