1912 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1912 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 157.0%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 26
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Len Mortimer (40)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Charlie Ricketts

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbott, Les #26 3 R14-R16 0
Belcher, Vic #2 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 3
Bower, George #3 11 R01-R02, R04, R07-R08, R12-R16, SF 1
Caldwell, Jim #4 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 1
Carpenter, Fred #6 18 R01-R06, R09-R18, SF, GF 24
Casey, Dick #22 15 R05-R08, R10-R18, SF, GF 20
Charge, Les #5 18 R01-R04, R07-R18, SF, GF 16
Comer, Frank #27 2 R05-R06 0
Deas, Bob #7 9 R01-R04, R09, R16-R17, SF, GF 1
Deas, George #8 3 R03, R15, SF 3
Franks, Bert #9 18 R01-R14, R17-R18, SF, GF 17
Grimshaw, Tom #10 7 R01-R04, R09, R15, SF 0
Hiskins, Arthur #11 18 R01-R18 5
Milne, Herbert #13 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 7
Mortimer, Len #15 19 R01-R18, GF 40
Mullaly, Dick #14 17 R01-R16, GF 1
Pentland, Alan #16 5 R02, R05-R08 0
Prince, Joe #17 14 R01-R02, R08-R16, R18, SF, GF 0
Ricketts, Charlie #1 16 R01-R13, R17-R18, GF 9
Rusich, Les #23 19 R02-R18, SF, GF 9
Saltau, Harry #24 16 R05-R18, SF, GF 0
Scobie, Jack #19 19 R01-R14, R16-R18, SF, GF 0
Sloss, Bruce #18 18 R01, R03-R14, R16-R18, SF, GF 10
Tandy, Mark #25 9 R03-R07, R15, R17-R18, SF 0
Thomas, Bill #20 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Walsh, Jack #21 6 R01, R10-R11, R17-R18, GF 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Jack Walsh Bert Franks Tom Grimshaw
Half-Back: Arthur Hiskins Bill Thomas Jack Scobie
Centre: Jim Caldwell George Bower Joe Prince
Half-Forward: Charlie Ricketts Herbert Milne Bob Deas
Forward: Fred Carpenter Len Mortimer Les Charge
Follower: Vic Belcher Bruce Sloss Dick Mullaly

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 20 14 -0- 6 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1912 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 13 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
04/05/1912 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 3 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
11/05/1912 Round 3 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 32 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
18/05/1912 Round 4 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 6 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
25/05/1912 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 15 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
01/06/1912 Round 6 University AWAY WIN SOU by 32 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
03/06/1912 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 32 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
08/06/1912 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 18 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
15/06/1912 Round 9 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 8 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
22/06/1912 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 38 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
29/06/1912 Round 11 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 89 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
13/07/1912 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 78 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
20/07/1912 Round 13 Essendon AWAY WIN SOU by 13 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
27/07/1912 Round 14 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 31 Charlie Ricketts unknown
03/08/1912 Round 15 University HOME WIN SOU by 38 Charlie Ricketts unknown
17/08/1912 Round 16 Geelong AWAY WIN SOU by 19 Charlie Ricketts unknown
24/08/1912 Round 17 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
31/08/1912 Round 18 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 16 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts
14/09/1912 Semi Final Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 12 Charlie Ricketts Vic Belcher
28/09/1912 Grand Final Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 14 Charlie Ricketts Charlie Ricketts